User:CindyNunez

bio
My name is Cindy Nuñez. I am in the Photography program at The Art Institute of Seattle. I have lived in the Seattle area for about 16 years now. I am originally from California and have also lived in Mexico for a couple of years while in high school. I have been in and out of college since I graduated in 2001 and have now decided it's time I finally do something for me. I have a 5 year old son who has had the biggest influence on me to get my degree and to fufill my goals. Eventually I would like to move out of the county, although I'm not sure where yet, and open my own studio. I feel photography has a universal language and I am quite confident that wherever I go I will find my place with it.

midterm
Roy McMakin has two sculptures at the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, Washington. Both are very similar in style although I feel one has more creativity than the other. When I was given the assignment of walking through the park and picking a sculpture that was "not my taste" I thought that it would be a rather hard objective but to my surprise I realized it would not be so hard once I stumbled upon the "art" of Roy McMakin. To me, a sculpture should have creativity along with passion and it should reflect one's energy and love for art yet I felt Mr. McMakin mocked every artist that had ever done a sculpture. To be honest I thought it was a joke. Seriously, how can you put a bench, a box and chair together and have the audacity of calling this art? This work shows no passion or creativity, granted he did make the box out of steel and a chair out of bronze, it still showed no reflection of what I think an artist should portray when producing greatness. And while my objective in this project was to try and find motives to change my opinion of the "artist" I felt the only real thing I did by researching more into the life of Mr. McMakin was to find out that this so called artist was far from being worthy of the title. To my dismay I found out that not only has he proclaimed himself a sculpture artist but he also claims to be an architect and a furniture designer and maker. This only made me wonder more about him so I went to the Matthew Marks Gallery website, which is the representative of Mr. McMakin, and found a number of pictures of "art" that he has made and exhibited throughout the U.S. It was then that I realized that there are actually people in this world even more clueless than I that would consider a wooden toilet worthy of being exhibited as art in a Gallery. This made me dislike all his work even more. I think it is absolutely a shame to consider this guy talented enough to give land to, so that he can put his junk as exhibition pieces. Even after reading about Mr. McMakin and going through pictures I still have yet to see his reasoning behind the "art" he produces. One would think there would be a long and rather boring story as to why he came up with the idea of putting a lawn chair, a cardboard box, and a bench together. Maybe to those clueless people it makes sense but to this clueless critic, it made me rethink what my definition of art was. In conclusion, my feelings on the piece were not influenced or altered in any way shape or form. MID TERM PART TWO After carefully reviewing ads and commercials, I have found some advertising with fallacies. The one that I found that I believe was a DUBIOUS AUTHORITY was on a box of Sleep MD. This box says it’s drug- free sleep aid. However, after looking up the definition of drug on the Merriam-Webster dictionary I found the following:

Main Entry: 1drug

Pronunciation: \ˈdrəg\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English drogge Date: 14th century

1 aobsolete : a substance used in dyeing or chemical operations b: a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication caccording to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1): a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary (2): a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease (3): a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body (4): a substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device2: a commodity that is not salable or for which there is no demand —used in the phrase drug on the market3: something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness

Since this pill is intended to help you sleep or to cure insomnia, the box itself is already letting you know that it will not work.

My second on is from the box of BREATH RIGHT nasal strips: I found that the box states it helps open your nose so you can breathe better and therefore sleep better. This is an example of NON SEQUITUR, this makes shoppers believe that if they somehow buy this product they will be able to have a better night’s sleep. Although I think this might help it still does not guarantee better sleeping habits.

final
Name _______CINDY NUNEZ____________________   By the end of this quarter, I want to:   Be able to be a bit more healthy. I wish to lose 10-15 lbs naturally. No diet pills, no starving. Only healthy food choices and excersing along with multi vitamins, sleep, and enough water intake. This might be more difficult because I'm also quitting smoking at the same time.   and the research component of this goal is to:   Read the following books: 1. Low Cal Dieting for Dummies, Dieting for dummies, and Nutrition for Dummies, Along with some articles from Nutrionist and Dieticians. This includes Magazine articles, newspaper and alot of internet usuage.   WEEK 2:   Buy Treadmill. Reasearch the importance of walking and excersising. Find answers to How long should I excersise per day? What conditions should my excersise room be at? How much water to drink during, before and after my workout etc.   WEEK 3   Plan out meals for weeks to come. Continue with Excersise and reading. <BR> <BR> WEEK 4 <BR> <BR> Listen to Brenda Jaeck, Seeds to Change, Nutrionist from NY. Take important notes from her lectures and website. Continue excersising and reading the books. <BR> <BR> WEEK 5 (midterm) <BR> <BR> Research Multivitamins and how they play a special role in weight loss and weight control. Possibly go to Dr. to see how my level are. <BR> <BR> WEEK 6 <BR> <BR> Research how weight loss groups work for people. I.E. Jenny Craig and/or Weight Watchers. Continue reading and excersising. <BR> <BR> WEEK 7 <BR> <BR> Research whether famous diets are good for one who wants to lose significant amount of weight. I.E. Atkins, South Beach etc. <BR> <BR> WEEK 8 <BR> <BR> Continue with excersise, Start organization of report to give to class about weight loss and misconceptions. Reach goal of 10 lbs by this week.