Follow Through

November 11, 2011

Why is 11.11.11 such a big deal? Some may say because they make wishes when it turns 11:11am! Or because this will be the only time when the date will all be the same numbers and they can make the most epic wish ever! This date, November 11th, 2011 means a big deal to me is because one of my good friends George, he's like my big brother got married that day. I asked him why he picked November 11th, 2011 to get married and he responded with "because it's a easy date to remember and both our birthdays are in November." Which I thought was a good reason because I thought he was going to say it means lucky or something along those lines.

For my final project, my big idea will be relationship because I'm going to use his wedding day as my final because it's an important day in my life too. I will be collecting eleven pictures and either make it into a video or slideshow and play the song Gavin DeGraw's song Follow Through and play eleven seconds of it. I chose eleven pictures and play eleven seconds of the song is because of the significance of the number. I chose the song Follow Through is because that's the song the Red Bicycle Media who filmed the whole process used for the video that they made for George and his wife, Viola. The eleven picturs would be from their enegagment photos to the wedding day.

"So, since you want to be with me
You'll have to follow through
With every word you say"

Now this is my reasoning why November 11th, 2011 is a special day to me.

To Bend/Curve

  

My word for this project was to bend and/or to curve. At first I thought those two words are really similar and it would be an easy project to do because we bend or curve everyday. From walking to bending down to get something out of our backpack to surfing the web. But it was hard to to use these simple words to make it seem artful. I chose my shoes because I wear them everyday and they keep my feet warm and safe. I chose this triangle thing (I apologize for not knowing what this is called) that I always see walking to class. And I thought to myself wouldn't it be cool if I could bend my shoes and fit it in there and it'll be pretty cool looking. I tried it and it came out pretty cool. In the first picture, I'm showing what the big image is and I circled the part that I was going to use, then I took a closer picture of it. At first I didn't think of putting my shoes there and when I was taking pictures, people were walking by and staring at me. It actually took me a while to think of what to do for this word and I realized how easily we do this action in our everyday life. Even when we're driving and when we're pressing the gas pedal our feet still bends a little and put a curve to it.

Fairy's Super Power

The place that I chose was Thompson Library because that's where everyone studies or in this case, sleeps. I made myself a fairy with the power to make people when they wake up less stress, able to focus and absorb the knowledge in. Often times when I'm studying I always look around or get distracted. Sometimes I would get sleepy and would take a break and go back to studying but can't take the information in. It would frustrate me because I would spend a lot more time studying than other people would. So in this picture, this girl is sleeping before she studies. So I'm the fairy that you can't really see and sprinkle my lavender star dust on her. When she wakes up, she'll be able to focus on studying and know what she's studying. I chose the color lavender is because it's a soothing and stress relief color. So when she's up she'll be relaxed and not worrying about her studies. I chose the fairy because I thought of Tinkerbell and how she fly around and being mischievous, but I wanted to help people. When I was thinking of what super power that I could have a couple came to mind like understanding all languages or having X-ray vision, but I liked this one the best. What I like most about my piece is the dust because it fits how my wand looks like. I like how the dust are star shaped instead of the typical shape of dust. What I would change about my piece is how cropping was harder and I wished that I did a better job at it. Overall I enjoyed this project and am pretty satisfied with my piece.

Identity and Place

I picked this place because it's the spot that I always go to when I need to use a computer or study. It's the psychology computer lab that only psychology students can use. It's more quiet and I know for sure that I would have a computer to use. I'm here the most often also because I commute and don't really stay on campus after my classes. I'm a psychology major so I'm always in this building for my classes.

This is how the computer looks from the back side and the iPod is representing me sitting there. People would obviously will see me, but they know that when someone is using a computer that they won't bother them. Unless it's someone I know then they will come bother me.

This is the front side of the computer and this is what you'll see when you're walking into the room. I'm also currently on this computer right now typing up my blog. Once again, my iPod is representing the back side of me. So I'm pretty much something people will see, but will not bug. This is my place to study and do homework and my iPod represents who I am.

And lastly, this is a side view of the computer. This is how I'm usually like sitting in front of the computer. Laid back and not worrying much. I chose the the subject psychology is because that's what I'm studying in college for four years. It plays an important role in my life because that's what I'll pursue in my future after I graduate. I chose my iPod as the object is because music plays a large role in my life too. I'm constantly listening to music from driving in the car to walking to class to doing homework. Without music, I feel like it's just incomplete. There will always be silence and quietness. Music has different genres and it can also define my mood.

This Is Me!

In this picture, it may seem that I use technology a lot and I do. I appreciate everything that I own and usually use it for a long time. I work two jobs in order to buy some of the things I have on here. So it's another reason why I appreciate them even more. I also value friendships a lot, so that is why I have a few pictures of my closest friends. I also chose this background because it describes my personality. It's dark, but yet bright at the same time. The brightness describes my happy and bubbly personality most of the time and the dark colors describes me when I'm down. I put my family in the center and everything around it because I value my family the most. Even though I only have sushi and a fruit tart cake as my food, there are a lot more other types of food that I enjoy. But as of right now, it's my top favorite food right now. I hope this picture has helped you get to know a better understanding of what kind of person I am.

Ten Objects

Family: I chose my family because they are always there for me. They made me into who I am. Without my parents, I wouldn't even be alive today.
Description: Unity


Friends: I chose friends because they also shaped me into who I am today. I can't imagine my life without them because I can always count on them to pull me through a bad day.
Description: Appreciation

Ipod: I chose my iPod because I'm always using it. Walking to class, driving to school or anywhere! It helps me start out the day right. Listening to different genre of music depends on my mood at the moment and it also comforts me.
Description: Soothing

Phone: I chose my phone because this device is like stuck with me at all times. I have this more than my iPod and it helps me keep in touch with people and I use this as an alarm to wake up for classes or work.
Description: Communication

Camera: I chose this because I don't have a iPhone and I enjoying taking pictures. I bring this with me almost everywhere I go, but don't use it half of the time. It captures moments that I would forget in the long run. I can always look back at the pictures and remember the good times.
Description: Memories

Laptop: I chose this because I use this everyday. This is what I use to check my email, facebook, carmen, just anything! Without this, I would be a mess and wouldn't know what's going in the world.
Description: Resource

Car: I chose this because my car takes me everywhere I need to go. Without my car, I would just stay at home and be bored to death. It takes me to my destination and protects me from the bad weather.
Description: Magic Carpet

Bible: I chose this because I read this every night and it let me get a better glimpse of who God is and what He is capable of. Reading it comforts me that no matter what that He is always there for me. I can always count on Him to fall on and love me no matter what.
Description: The Truth

Forever 21: I chose this place because this is pretty much the only place I shop at. Whenever I'm in the mall, I would usually just go to this store. Most of my clothes are from there and I love their clothes.
Description: Fashion

Food: I chose this because I love food! I can't live without it and I would always snack even when I'm not hungry. Sometimes it can be comforting food if I'm having a bad day. My pantry would always be full because I work at a supermarket and I would always buy new things to try.
Description: Comforting

Journey to Class

This is the typical day of how I get to Art Education 252 every other morning. I would leave my house around 8:40am to go to Christie's house because we would carpool to school. Every Monday she would drive to school and every Wednesday I would drive to school. When I have this class, I would wake up super early because there's always traffic getting to Christie's house and sometimes to school because that's when everyone goes to work. So usually I would feel like I'm in a rush to get to her house and wait for her to come out so we can get to school. And somehow every time when we arrive at school, we only have 10 - 15 minutes before class starts. We would start off speed walking then end up running to class because we don't want to be late. We always arrived to class out of breath and look at what time to see if we were late or not.

As you can see in the first picture, I'm driving out of my neighborhood to go to Christie's and it was a foggy morning. Then I would take 315 S and there would always be traffic and I feel like no matter how early I leave, I'm always stuck in the traffic. In the third and fourth picture is when Christie and I already parked and speed walking to class. We would see the cross walk and hope to tell us that we can cross the street before we start to check the time to see if we need to start running yet. Then we finally see the stadium and wished that our legs were longer or that we could have parked closer, so we wouldn't have to walk as much. And finally we arrive to class on time, but out of breath!

In the picture above, I used photoshop to create this image. Even though it looks like one picture, but I used four different layers for each picture to make it look how my day starts to when I get to class. Then I added text to it describe what's going on so whoever is looking at this picture wouldn't get confused. It was hard to get make all the pictures the same size, but I kept changing my scale to make it perfect. Then adding the text and the color of the text points out my personality. This was my first time really using photoshop, so I'm glad it was a easy project to start with. 

I feel like I don't pay much attention to my surroundings when I'm getting to this class because I'm so focused on getting to class on time and don't really look around. But today was different because we are doing a project on how we get to class and what we pay attention to and what we miss. Today, we stopped and took some pictures of our surroundings and made me realized how much I'm missing out on what's around me because I'm just focused on getting to class on time. Usually I would see these things, but not really pay attention to it and just glance at it. The usual things I would see are cars, lights and stadium.

Wexner Center: Soft Palate

So today I went to the Wexner Center with Christie and the only thing that opened was The Box. We went in to watch Martin Arnold's Soft Palate and it was three minute and ten seconds long. At first, we didn't know what was going on and it was dark and there was some kind of noises coming from the screen. We didn't know what to expect and thought something was going to jump out or something. What we first saw was Mickey Mouse's gloves and shoes:

Then more and more of Mickey Mouse's body starts to show:

His mouth starts showing and the sound becomes a snoring sound which means Mickey Mouse and sleeping and soon will be awake.

Mickey Mouse is now awake and startled of what is going on. I think Martin Arnold's big idea is that even though we all know who Mickey Mouse is, but when he shows us bits and parts of Mickey Mouse it doesn't register to us right away that it's Mickey Mouse. He slowly builds up who he is showing and at the end we know who he is showing. 

Introduction

Hello everyone! I am Si Chu and I'm a junior majoring in Psychology and minoring in Chinese. I'm shy at first, but once you get to know me I'm pretty outgoing. I know how to speak Cantonese, Mandarin and English. I would like to learn Korean and re-learn my Spanish that I took in high school which I don't remember most of it. I am a Christian and I go to Columbus Chinese Christian Church. During my free time, I like to go eat or just chill because there isn't that much to do in Columbus. I'm currently working two jobs and they are Kumon; which is a learning center for kids from preschool to college level for reading and math help and a cashier at Columbus Asia Market. My top five favorite colors (in no order) are: 1. Silver 2. Baby Blue 3. Pink 4. Purple 5. Green. My top five places I would like to visit are: 1. France 2. Korea 3. Spain 4. Japan 5. Italy. I hope you have learned something interesting about me and that we can become friends. :)