Reading Response: Seven Days in the World

This week you're reading an excerpt Seven Days in the World. On your blog write a short personal response to what you've read. Any revelations? Surprises? Can you imagine yourself participating in a crit like the one described here?

Surviving the critique.

This week you're reading a chapter from The Critique Handbook, by Kendall Buster and Paula Crawford. When you're done with the reading post answers to the following questions:

In your opinion, what do you think the role of the critique, as it's described in this chapter, could be in a class like ours?

According to this chapter and your past experiences, how can you get the most out of a critique of your own work?

How can you be a helpful participant in your classmates' critiques?

Reading Response: Art & Fear

This week you'll be reading an excerpt from the book Art and Fear, by David Bayles and Ted Orland.

Select three quotes from the excerpt that you can relate to and type them into a post on your blog. Maybe they remind you of something that's happened to you in an art class or something you've seen someone else experience. Write about how you relate to the quote and include as many specific stories as you can.

Reading Response: Twyla Tharp

This week you've read an excerpt from The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It For Life, by Twyla Tharp.

Throughout the pages you read there are many warnings about how artists can get into "trouble", creatively, in their work. Think about which of these you can imagine being potential issues for you and/or your classmates in the Senior Studio class. Select three of these issues, and on your blog, describe how you can see them coming up in class. Be specific in your writing! Use references (quotes) to the text and to your own work/process in your writing.

If you're up for it...do a little writing about Tharp's concept of scratching. How can you imagine using her ideas in your own working process?