User:Aaron Reinke

bio
Hello, my name is Aaron Reinke. From Iowa, I am a first quarter student at the Art Institute of Seattle, studying Digital Film and Video Production. I made a few videos in high school, i only have one on the internet and you can find it here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeVl7vJLd44. I love the sport of paintball. My Paintball team's website, http://www.2ndcoatpaintballteam.com. if anyone is interested in playing paintball and or joining team 2ndCoat please contact me on facebook, http://www.facebook.com/home.php.

midterm
Part I: “Why do I like what I like?”

Aaron Reinke February 10, 2009

When I visited the sculpture park last week, it was very hard for me to not like anything. I really like sculpture and did a bit in high school. I appreciate what other people create. When I see a piece and don’t like its usually because I don’t understand it. However I did manage to find a piece that I disliked very much. It was Persephone Unbound by Beverly Pepper. Beverly was born in New York, traveled Europe and lived in Italy for a while, and started producing sculpture in 1960. Looking at her other sculptures, I loved them. Many of her works are very large and made of some sort of metal. All of her sculptures incorporate some sort of shape or hard lines or edges. I am pleased with all of her work, except for Persephone Unbound. I did not expect it to be made of metal. It is very different from any of her other metal sculptures. I did not like how, being made of metal, it had a natural/abstract form…I guess is what I’m trying to say. I like the more geometric sculptures of hers. This piece, I just don’t get. I appreciate her creating it; I just wouldn’t want it in my backyard.

reflective assessment
This class had to be my favorite this quarter. Steve, you are one of the best teachers I have ever had. In this class I learned a lot about different sources of information and how to judge them, reliable or not. I learned more about my taste in artwork. I may not like how something looks but I still appreciate the work that went into making that piece. One thing I could have done better was not to procrastinate on the final project. Part of the problem was that I didn’t have a specific book I had wanted to start with; however, in the end I ended up not even using that book, so I could have started immediately by looking up books on the Internet like I ended up doing only 2-3 weeks later. I believe that I helped a few other students by clarifying some uses of HTML and CSS, and by showing a decent example of what it can do. I also learned a bit about planning. The classes about misology were very good, though not very new to me, it was a good review and I think that for other students who may not know about it Its very important.