User:Amandalopez

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic: I've always wanted to get my own dog:)


 * Research Component (eh what does this mean?)


 * week 1: N/A


 * week 2: N/A


 * week 3: N/A


 * week 4: Determine research topic for the "I've Always Wanted To" project.


 * week 5: Start making a list and determining what I want in a dog. What characteristics/ Qualities am i looking for? What kind of breed of dog?


 * week 6: Determine what sacrifices will be made by getting a dog, and determine how financially it will cost me to be responsiblw for my own dog. Taking into consideration; vet, food, maintance, grooming, toys, etc.


 * week 7: Get a dog!


 * week 8: Finsh up any last minute presentation details.

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Why Do I Like What I Like?
Typewriter Eraser, Scale X

  Why do i like what i like? I like things that catch my eye. May sound a bit shallow, but i like things with a pretty visual appearance. The first thing that caught my eye at the Olympic Sculpture Park was a sculpture called "Typewriter Eraser, Scale X", by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen. My personal opinion was it was kinda disturbing. The first thought that came to me was it reminded me of a bad dream youre having while sitting in the dentist chair high on laughing gas. Something that is flying towards you about to crush you as youre vigorously running at top speed trying to avoid it. My favorite artist was one of the original starters of pop art, so of course after reading a tiny fact declaring that this sculpture was a pop generation piece, it caught my interest. Pop art's main focus is minimalism, and Pop Culture. This generation of art was all about isolating an object by taking it out of place from its surrounding scenery. Typewriter Eraser Scale X was designed in 1975, but not constructed till 1999. The materials of stainless steel, acrylic urethane, and cement add to its bold and in your face first impression. After reading and researching more about this sculpture, it slowly did become more appealing to me. Also learning what it really was, a typewriter eraser, it made it more understandable to me. To tell the truth, if i would have never read the title of the sculpture, i would have had no clue what it was, coming from a youthful generation of laptops and iphones, a typewriter almost seems foreign to my age group. The way this sculpture is so minimal, and consists of nothing around it was why i was turned off by it before, but afterwards, The sculpture being minimal and consisting of nothing more but the core object, is what makes it appealing.