week 7

I enjoyed hearing from and her works of art very much.  I think its funny that she has to tell people that she is an artists instead of a photographer because I would never consider myself a photographer even though I take pictures with my friends all the time. When I think of someone saying they are a photographer I think of the kinds of things that she creates. I really like that she likes to experiment with so many other things. I really enjoyed her photos that were done on the fabric, it was so unique and different from anything I have seen before. Her focus on the human connection with nature captured in pictures was incredibly beautiful. I think it’s awesome that she slept under the stars for over 100 days to observe the different characteristics of nature. This along with the field studies and public installations I have a great appreciation for.  Another series of work I really enjoyed getting to see was the vanishing points works. I really the idea that locations are always changing, nothing is ever the same, it is only a certain way at that certain point in time and after that it will look different from before.  I like to notice the changes in places I go too, I always note changes to myself whether they be positive or negative, and so it is cool to see someone photograph the changes they see. I honestly really enjoyed all her different works she showed, the way she plays with layering materials and relationship of surface and image makes her photos truly beautiful.

I like what Richard  Shusterman has to say about art and the idea of art. He says that art cannot be denied as ephemeral, meaning that art comes and goes. He says that lots of things can be meaningful and beautiful; I like his idea of art in this way.  I think that this kind of goes along with my idea of art, pretty much that it can almost be anything and that it should not be thought of in one way. The fact that he says that it comes and goes and changes makes me think of vanishing points. All of Terri’s photos that had to do with her series vanishing points were beautiful, like she said they were all slightly different, but they changed and still kept their beauty and meaning.

In the Conversations before the end of time story with Carol Becker they talk about the fact that artists are trained to “remain autonomous” and that they are taught to keep themselves in the studio. I think that the fact that Terri always puts herself out into the nature of the world is another way that she experiments. She is not doing what everyone else has taught, or thought of as the norm, she goes out and gets the experience she wants and interacts with nature on her own personal level. I think this is one of the reasons her works are so beautiful to me, don’t get me wrong I think that those who stay in the studio also create beautiful works, but there is something different about her photos, you get the feeling of how real it is. I really enjoy it.

A photo of Terri’s that I enjoy.

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