The photo Haiku here is a product solely of English class; we first wrote haikus, and then edited them onto a photo that was not necessarily a literal interpretation of the poem but still had some sort of connection.
The conceptual piece is from Design class, and involved combining traditional and digital media in order to express a concept. The artist statement is as follows:
The concept from which I worked for this semester was “impatience because of the desire to rebel.” This piece is my interpretation of that. The setting of a racetrack implies impatience like in the anticipatory moment at a starting line, right before the race begins. The runners are all tensed up, waiting for the gun to fire. The one runner at the forefront of the piece represents impatience when it causes one to jump the gun, so to speak. It’s the inability to resist impatience. The runner in front also exemplifies the desire to rebel in that instead of waiting in a row behind the line like the others, they have begun already. They have refused to conform to the rules which would have allowed them to succeed, which is the heart of rebellion.
The colors and mediums I chose reflect this idea. The simple, flat colors and imperfect, wiggly lines are themselves an expression of impatience in that an impatient person might not want to refine shapes or add depth. I highlighted the energy of impatience by using bright, primary colors (especially for the runner in front) and long flowing lines suggestive of motion. The background of the piece, an edited picture of acrylic paint, is reflective of