The Shape of Time

When you think about talent you don't ever necessarily think about the time in which it arises.  The western mind thinks that if someone is talented and has the ability they will rise to the top no matter when they are performing their skill.  Yet depending on the time period the skill not be needed or appreciated.  Timing and opportunity comes into play even when it comes to talent.  We can easily identify painters such as DiVinci and Michaelangelo because they are extremely talented and their skills fit their time period.  We may not know about less significant artists, yet they can be very talented but their work didn't rise to the top because of the time period they were in.  I found this article to be a thought provoking point on talent and how it can come to be.  It doesn't just hold true for art but for other areas as well.

Post Modernism

What I have gathered from Post Modernism:

• That it is a collective type of art
• Bringing all different cultures and realms together
• Everyone has their own dialect
• Things aren't supposed to be together somehow work together
• This idea of making everything imaginary to make everything else seem real (Disneyland)
• Capitalism has brought different groups together (Coca-cola)

Data Visualization

The thing that I found most fascinating about this video was how data and visuals relate.  When you look at data you don't typically think about art as a component however it is very important part to how we as human beings digest information.  When compiling information it can be difficult just giving a person a piece of paper with words and numbers on it.  This can make it hard for the person to understand and have a deeper understanding of what all this information means.  The tool that visualization gives us is a better comprehension of the data that is placed in front of us.

The last line of video really stuck with me when the last man said along the lines that visualization shouldn't serve as confirmation, yet as a picture.  So what I took away from this is that we should still question visualization, not always allowing it to be the end all be all.