Assignment #5 Art and Life

The fusion of art and life. I still laugh to myself whenever I think of a conversation I had with a friend who was a die hard economist. "It's totally understandable if FSU cuts the art program to fund other more important programs. The world can live without art, it cannot live without economics."

So, businesses can do just fine without art so long as it has economists on the job? Uh, no! Without art there would be no advertising, just a black screen with an actor speaking during those 5 min interruptions of those earth shattering reality shows (sarcastic tone). Yes boys and girls, art does make the earth go round, and if you think we can live without it, feel free to blindfold yourself for one day and recontemplate that idea.

Back from my rant, I chose to do a concept map for this project that shows how my artistic talent show up in my everyday life. My kids believe I can do anything. I make homemade pizza, cut and highlight the girls' hair, do my nails and my daughter's with acrylic, pretty much every project is an over-the-top artistic endeavor. Here is a linking of my art with my life and how it influences everything for me:

This may be very hard to see, so I will list what it says here:

Painter: Make-up, nail art, home decor

Colorist: matching contacts to my clothes, clothing (choices), home decor

Creator / Idea Generator: homeschool assignments, cook / recipe cracker, unique "artsy" holiday tablescapes, (over-the-top) halloween costumes

Sculpter: Doing my own acrylic nails, hairstylist for my family, weightlifting to sculpt my body.