User:Ticus Elisaia

Bio
WHEN YOUR STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE P.U.S.H. AND REMEMBER F.O.B.

OU TE ALOFA IA TE OU DAD MOE FILEMU. Let's see my name Ticus Elisia-Sili'ifaiva I'm American Samoan and proud of it. I was born in Daly City California but I grew up in Arizona. I'm pretty much a chill person and of course my aiga comes first. You mess with the aiga then there's going to be a problem. If you all about negativity and bull shit then stay away from me. F.O.B. ALL DAY EVERYDAY.

Always Wanted To Schedule

 * Topic I always wanted to play the ukulele.


 * Research Component


 * week 1 Find a good ukulele online order it.


 * week 2 Start praticing.


 * week 3 Research the history of the ukulele and learn the main chords.


 * week 4 Practice and learn a song.


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 * week 8 Hopefully I've got it down and play like a pro.

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
As I walked through the Olympic Sculpture Park I looked around and I saw some nice sculptures, but there was one in particular that I did not like I believe it was titled “Untitled” by Roy McMakin. I thought how stupid it’s a bench, how can you call a bench a piece of art. I thought the title pretty much said it all. To give something a name such as “Untitled”, to me says that Roy McMakin gave little to no thought about what he was doing at the time he was constructing this bench.

As I contemplated and researched Roy McMakin to find a reason as to why he had created something so boring and dull I tried to keep an open mind and see things from a different perspective. While researching him I found out that McMakin’s mind and the way he thinks and perceives ordinary objects such as a bench is far more intricate than the normal human being. By human nature we tend to perceive little simple things such as a bench in two dimensions and we think of it as just a bench. While on the other side of it McMakin sees it in three dimensions. Which he is trying to show us that it’s not just a bench it is a piece of art.

In conclusion I now know why Roy McMakin constructed this piece of art. He wanted us to look at things with an open mind. Now I can say that I see this bench as more than just a bench. I now actually stop and take the time to appreciate simple things that we humans have a tendency to overlook. This has even taught me not to judge things before I know what the meaning behind it is. McMakin has really helped me to see simple objects in three dimensions.