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      In the article  John Berger talks about a man-made bird, that is mysterious in a sense because it is not known how it's truly made. but still, has a sense of natural beauty because of its simplicity. worked with a kind of love that makes it become more than just a bird. a  white bird which now provoke an aesthetic emotion. he goes into further detail comparing it to outside nature and art.      After doing some research and finding the bird, it makes you respect the craftsmanship it takes to make something like this. I see how this could be compared to the beauty of nature and art. also when talking about nature and art he states " Art does not imitate nature, it imitates a creation" which I feel that was perfectly said because I feel that nature is all around us, it's everywhere. so its nature that we see around us that gives us our inspiration to actually create. you can't help but agree with his word about art at the end 

     In this interesting article Jerry Saltz talks about how it's unfair to exclude outside artists from today's museums and not consider them real artist because they're " so-called "outsider," "self-taught," and "visionary". He goes on to name a few artist that have made incredible work, better work that should be in museums like the MoMA. This article fights for the for the museums and other to kill the term "outsider" and to let everyone's work be shown.      I strongly agree with this article, I believe everyone deserves a chance for their work to be shown. Regardless if they were taught in a school setting or just learned by themselves. Us artist just have to continue this fight and stand our ground until they give in. It's crazy to see this in the art world just because some artist haven't had " preapproved training". All artist should be given a chance or at least be considered to be put in shows a

Creative Impulse : Exercise- Paper Folding (Use this naming strategy to label your blog entries: Topic: Category- title) 1. Include an image of your paper folding; make all images large or extra large. 2. Place a brief description of the exercise here. Nothing fancy. 3. Add the appropriate labels. This one will be labeled:  Topic: Creative Impulse, Exercises 4. Hit Done (in the Labels dialogue box) when finished adding your labels. 5. Don't forget to PUBLISH your blog and save while you are working/editing. this exercise was great

Labels Help You Organize All blog posts must be labeled with two keywords, which blogger calls Labels. When faculty visits your blog for evaluation purposes, we will use the labels to quickly find your work. If you do not use the keywords properly, we will not be able to find your work.  Proper set-up and maintenance of your blog falls under the Research and Participation part of your grade which counts for 30% of the overall semester grade.  Topical Keywords The first set of keywords correspond to the module we are working in. We will refer to these as topical keywords since they correspond to the topic we are exploring over the two-week periods. Your first group of posts will be labeled under  Topic: Creative Impulse  since this is the first topic (Topic #1). Here are the topical keywords you will use through out the semester: Topic: Creative Impulse Topic: Pattern and Ornament Topic: Rhinoceros Topic: Narrative Topic: Landscape Topic: Zine Categorical Keyw