Week 10: Passion |The back of gray is colored

 


         

            This is a photo taken on a rainy day this week. This is the only two rain I have come to in California for half a year. I joked that the California sun is finally on vacation, so I want to feel the rainy days in the rain. What kind of light is, first of all, there is a gray atmosphere in the light. There is no contrast between light and dark, but the movement of rain is like a passionate note and a group dance that symbolizes life, especially in the contrast of gray light. There was a sky that was not obscured by dark clouds, like the dome of a church. Through the light of the dark clouds in the accompaniment of the rain and against the dark clouds, it was like a symphony symbolizing life, full of passion and hope. The light of rainy days is so rich, let yourself imagine the color, imagine the rainbow after the rain, imagine the flowers blooming in the rain after being poured by the rain...

Week 10: Passion | Power of Colors

While trekking through the seemingly endless terminal of the international airport, I happened across this striking hallway. The morning light had bathed the otherwise unremarkable hallway in varying stripes of bright saturated light. Even though the colors were on the warm end of the spectrum, the simple tinting of the windows gave the space a comforting sense of oasis from the otherwise harsh utilitarian architecture of the terminal. The way that just a simple design element managed to transform this hallway into an attractive space reminded me of how even basic artistic contributions can make big impacts on how we perceive and enjoy the world. As artists in our different ways, we all are passionate about our work and hope that our creations make some kind of connection with those who get to experience them. To me, this is just a small reminder that even simple things that we do can make big changes in what others perceive and enjoy.

Week 10: Passion | Intersections

Through the continual observing that is provoked by critical thinking throughout my graduate school experience thus far, I have noticed that I have a great passion for questioning and analyzing how things intersect with other things. Whether it is humans intersecting with other humans, humans intersecting with their surroundings, or maybe even how certain structures intersect with other structures, I find the ways in which these intersections happen to be particularly interesting because it makes me pay attention to the way things consciously or unconsciously exist in the world, and how these existences intersect with each other. Oh man, so many intersections.

On that note, what I am drawn to in this photo is the intersections of all the patterns, lines, and color. There is something that is very satisfying about predictability of a pattern, and for the rebellious part of me, I love when a pattern is interrupted. In particular what stands out to me is the shadow line that slices through the beige brick wall pattern, creating two different worlds of the beige brick wall: light and dark. The shadow is created from the sunlight hitting the red brick wall (left hand side of the photo) at an angle which creates the crisp line cast onto the beige brick wall. This contrast in particular stands out in the photo because there is such a drastic contrast between the light and dark within a small space. As I begin to observe other aspects of the photo, the intersections of other colors and more subtle patterns begin to emerge. These intersections are not as prominent however because the colors are closer to the natural world as humans are more accustomed to seeing it.

Week 10: Passion | Take a Bow

This photo was a bit of a happy accident. I took a photo of my lights from my piece, but realized as I was taking the photo, it didn’t look as cool through the lens as I thought it would, so I quickly put the phone away. It still took a picture though which resulted in this.

I’m actually a bit mesmerized at the result and don’t know exactly how it came to be, but I really like the way the lighting is in a swirling motion around the ends leaving the center of the picture a bit more crisp and clear.

Although this photo may not represent passion just by looking at it, it represents a piece of work that I am very proud of and have loved working on this quarter. Teaching and choreographing are my passions currently and it all leads up to these moments on stage. When I took this photo the lights were not in so this is all stemming from work lights. The distinction of the lines streaming across the top and it is duplicated below but at a lower intensity. The haze could be the literal haze used in my piece, but I love that unfocused affect that is happening in the photo.

Week 10: Passion | DOOOGGG

Serious. I have so much love and adoration for this dog. She has changed my life in so many ways and I never knew I could love so hard until her. We adopted her on kind of a whim when my partner was having a crummy day. I casually suggested that we go to Boulder Humane Society to look at puppies and here we are. 

This is Dziga on our couch because she is a queen and dogs deserve everything, including posting up on furniture. 

I love that in this picture there is a mix of so many different aspects of light - the cools and warms from direct and indirect sunlight, the highlights of her fur, the black shaping of her snout, and the shadow line that cuts across her body. 

Because of her, I am outside more, more adventurous, and quite honestly, a happier human. She is the best cuddle buddy and puppy girl that I didn't know I needed until I met her. She is much of the light in my life. Right? Because while light is the thing that makes things visible, I also think that light is capable of symbolizing goodness, love, and hope!

Week 9:Taste

It was a neat picture，I was sitting on the edge of my bed on a sunny afternoon after a rain, watching the sun shine on the blinds. Everything was quiet.The light passes through the screen window and becomes softer. Sometimes I find the light has a taste. It gives you a sense of smell. I felt the warmth of the sun and the warm smell it gave me.It reminds me of when I first came to Irvine, when the sun was shining and the air was filled with the smell of burning.I have found that light does give people different ideas and tastes through one's emotions.For example, when we see a color similar to lemon, we will feel the sour taste in the mouth and feel sweet when we see pink.Lighting must take into account the perception of the audience, with this starting to do lighting

Week 9 : Time is relative

This view of the moon shining through the clouds gave me a strong sense of time. It seems as though a Batman type of spotlight is shining up towards the clouds, but in reality, the rays of light from the sun reflecting off of the moon are percolating through this thin layer of clouds. Another interesting concept is that the appearance of the moon behind those clouds is not quite as large as the attention grabbing orb of light in this image. In the great distance between the moon and these clouds the light has diffused enough to create this larger ball of light. It makes me think of what is possible with lenses that throw light out at different angles and the effect of that light hitting a translucent object. What fascinated me in this case is that the translucent object was slowly moving. With the projector-like moon in the background, the unidirectional creeping of the clouds made me feel like I was in a slow motion movie. Although seconds were proceeding at their usual pace, it felt in those moments as if time had slowed down because of the stillness around me. I'm also amazed by the illusion of distance. I'm still left in wonderment looking back at this photo because it appears as if the clouds were lit from below due to the bright activity in the foreground. They were actually at a higher altitude than they appear and it takes me back to the question of time. They made time slow down, yet if they were moving right in front of my face, would time have felt faster? I wish I had more time to play with some of these concepts in class!

Week 9: Pyramid

Two weeks ago I was visiting California State University Long Beach and happened to glance up at the Walter Pyramid. At 18 stories tall, this massive arena structure on the campus is an icon for the university and can be seen for miles around. Covered in sheets of dark-blue corrugated aluminum, the semi-reflective exterior catches the light in a unique way. From my vantage point, I found it interesting that the sunlight seemed to brighten the general color of the building to almost blend in with the color of the sky.

Week 9：Sunrise and Sunset

             
                 I often notice the sun in two periods during the day, sunrise and sunset, because they are in the same direction, but the height is basically the same, the light and color are very similar. The first photo is a photo taken at the bus stop in the morning. The light is particularly strong, just like the baby's strong crying, full of hope, the second photo is the sunset scene, the light is not so glaring, but the color is basically the same, the yellow is deeper, in addition, the color cloud becomes richer, floating in the red light In the middle, like the old man who has experienced many years, perhaps the light of sunrise and sunset means this day, and it also symbolizes a lifetime. A staged scene emerges: young life runs in the setting sun...

Week 9: Ah the rain...

Oh how rare the rain is in notoriously sunny Southern California. Though many LA/OC natives might stereotypically dislike the rain, I have always loved the feelings that come with cooler weather, particularly when my husband gets excited and joyously shouts "cuddle weather!!!," in a high-pitched voice while proceeding to stretch open his arms to come in for a squeeze. In this photo, though the depth-of-field blurs out the focus of the lights, I feel this "blurred out" look is often one that comes with rainy weather. Due to the rain clouds in the sky, the amount of light that is let through to earth is significantly more diffused than on a typical sunny day in Southern California, giving a more even distribution of light overall. The colors within the photo that stick out quite vividly are the grey in the sky in contrast to the red from the cars' headlights due, once again, to our eye's natural tendency to prefer cools in the background and warms in the foreground. Since I am particularly drawn to neutrals and "no color," what I am focusing on lately is asking myself what the tones are of the neutrals I am drawn to and what those tones evoke. So for example in this photo, I am noticing the grey tones are more of a blue-ish tone and for me, evoke a sense of solitude and cold.

Week 9: Dashing through the.... Sand

I felt as if this was fitting for the first day of December. Christmas lights!! Although I have had the place decorated for the past week, seeing Christmas lights warms the heart.

It’s something about that glow that draws the viewer in. It was always a tradition on Christmas Eve to go see the lights around the neighborhoods. I think what makes them so fascinating is it makes the tree or house the lights are on seem bigger then they are. You see a tree at night not lit up and it falls flat but when the lights turn on, the tree really comes to life and it’s almost as if you can feel the needles growing two inches past where they originally are.

I also enjoy my Christmas tree because of the colors and it reminded me that it is ok to use colors and that it is always pretty to see the blending of different saturation’s ’