sculptures~~

Looking for possible inspiration for a tree sculpture :D

THIS ONE IS SO FREAKING CUTE. and its so easy to make too! but it looks so classy~ like you could put it on one of the side tables in a posh hotel's reception lobby or something :D kay back to topic back to topic~ this sculpture is interesting cuz because it looks like a tree in shape [or at least a bush.. thing] but in colours and way it is glazed, it looks sort of like a flower :D but it strikes me as a sort of mutilated flower D: like the brown bits are where its injured and bleeding and the green is the life/flesh in it O:

verdict: interesting to make as a side thing when i'm bored ^^
ooh thisthisthis. its like made out of windchimes but i think its all glued and fixed together. which is sad D: cuz windchimes are like supposed to be free to swing and knock into each other as the wind blows to make pretty chimes<3>

verdict: interesting ideas given~
oh this one has an apple!! like the tree of knowledge and wisdom in the garden of eden. i sort of want my tree to be like the TOKW so i wanted an apple there too but didn't really know how to attach it on.. this one is like attached to this small stalk which will DEFINITELY be too weak to support a clay apple if the clay is still wet. hum. maybe hollow the apple out to make it lighter? or like wait for it to be fired separately then super glue it on?

verdict: food for thought ^^
oh i put this here cuz it like completely ties in with what i wanted my tree to portray. see my idea is to like have a hugeee tree of life supporting a pandora's box similar to how atlas is supporting the world.

verdict: nice hands, but DEFINITELY not making a human figure.
ahhh this one. i put it here cuz of the outlines of the world that atlas is holding up. it makes me want to put the box inside ^^ also, i like the angle the photographer took of this statue, looking at it from a bottom up view making it seem more gigantic and towering and like majestic. he also captured the entire length of the building from this angle which increases the level of... majesticity and makes it have a "infinite potential~" feeling ^^

verdict: angle!!! i love what photography can do to a sculpture :D

from whence we came~

the greatest evil.

"Hope. Pandora brought the jar with the evils and opened it. It was the gods' gift to man, on the outside a beautiful, enticing gift, called the 'lucky jar.' Then all the evils, those lively, winged beings, flew out of it. Since that time, they roam around and do harm to men by day and night. One single evil had not yet slipped out of the jar. As Zeus had wished, Pandora slammed the top down and it remained inside. So now man has the lucky jar in his house forever and thinks the world of the treasure. It is at his service; he reaches for it when he fancies it. For he does not know that the jar which Pandora brought was the jar of evils, and he takes the remaining evil for the greatest worldly good—it is hope, for Zeus did not want man to throw his life away, no matter how much the other evils might torment him, but rather to go on letting himself be tormented anew. To that end, he gives man hope. In truth, it is the most evil of evils because it prolongs man's torment."

day 3! ^^

ITS ALIVEEEEEEE. teehee.
green beans grow awesomely fast :D red beans are so slow D<

tree of life

hum. i wonder why all the images that i got for 'tree of life' were leafless trees with curling branches.. hmm.. for people who have experience drawing swirley patterns, you would know that out of each swirl, grows another. And another, and another. The swirls maybe big, or maybe small, but they all add to the graceful effect. This picture really is quite nice :D with the nice scenery of the sky and all.. but why are there people chopping it down? It sort of reminds me of Avatar where the humans were going to chop down the tree of souls.
This is alot more peaceful and gives the sense of hope. Like in the movie the Prince of Egypt, talking about Moses and his stories of helping his people and parting the red sea, when God first approached Moses, He came in the form of a glowing white light, much like the light shining out of this tree. Everyone always thinks that God lives up in the sky. Maybe He lives in the ground, giving small seeds the power to produce huge trees. This picture /sort of/ supports my theory, having a tree that looks like it could give hope. :D

the [possible] meaning of life!

seeds!! ^^

growing a red bean and a green bean for coursework :D see my beloved water babies ^^ hope they grow okay :D

the seed of life

"The seed of life", Ermis



It gives a really surrealist feel.. whether is it the brushstrokes, form, or subject matter. The head of the mother reminds me of the head of Dali's Narcissus. Thats probably where the artist got the inspiration from too. I like how the artist blended the mother's womb with a seed and made the mother's face have a very plant-ish feel with the leaves as hair and the sprout as her fringe. Notice that there are only females in this picture. Whether the baby in the womb, or the two spectators. The artist is probably feminist and wants to show that females are the ones that carry life on and on and should be given their credit, not the males. The whole painting is really tranquil and gives the warmth of a prospective new life and a mother's anticipation. The mother also appears to be growing out of the ground. Could this be a hint towards mother nature? Hmm.. makes me think of Gaia, mother of the earth :D

and from the ashes...

Phoenixes are so awesome. They are like the symbol of hope. That life can still come from destruction. Like in Harry Potter. I LOVE FAWKESSS<3>
I saw a phoenix statue in this art museum [oh dear forgot where ler] in europe. It looked really magnificent but its gonna be so hard DDDDD: not like anything realistic was ever my strength == maybe i can do something like that for project two ^^

;;{and from destruction, comes life, stronger.. than ever..