KARYN EASTON
Feb 01
by Karyn in Animation, Books, Drawings, Videos, Zoom Meetings 0 comments tags: Animation, Books, Drawings, Videos, Zoom Meetings

Zoom Session 14

The Art of Seeing – This week we ran a really interesting exercise.  We were asked to look at a photograph and then look again more closely and then keep repeating this.  It is amazing how much can be missed with a cursory glance at something.  Our group discovered so much by analysing the image over and over again.  The little details gave away lots of information.  For example the police officer in our image was wearing a red poppy.  Instantly we knew that the photo must have been taken somewhere in the UK in November.  The poppy is synonymous with Remembrance Day which happens around that time.  This week we also did another 5 minute free writing exercise.  Our task was to look around our immediate surroundings and then say what it all meant.  I talked about all of the disruption in my front room because of having the room below it plastered.  We are extending the house and everything seems quite chaotic at the moment. One thing which I found absolutely fascinating was the idea that my salary will actually be the same as my salary averaged across the salaries of my friends.  Even more interesting was the […]
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Jan 17
by Karyn in Books, Drawings, Food for Thought, Hand Written, Handwriting, Zentangles, Zoom Meetings 0 comments tags: Books, Drawings, Food for Thought, Hand Written, Zentangles, Zoom Meetings

Zoom Session 12

Steal Like an Artist – For a long time now I have been aware that in the art and design world it is very difficult to find something that is completely new.  There are elements borrowed from one piece of work that may be copied or changed to make a more exciting piece of work.  Even in my own practice it feels like there is ‘nothing new under the sun’.  I find there is nothing more frustrating to think I’ve found a great idea, only to research it and discover that actually I’m way ‘behind the curve’. However in today’s talk this became even more pronounced when we had some examples quoted from artist Austin Kleon’s book titled: ‘Steal like and Artist’.  Kleon decided to research into his own style of art.  He found that over the centuries there had in fact been not one but three other artists working in a similar way.  These were namely Brian Gysin (1916 – 1986), Tristan Tzara (1896 – 1963) and Caleb Whitefoord (1734 – 1810).  Apparently they had all been doing something similar.  When this is seen across the ages it really does show that nothing at all is ever new.  Indeed […]
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Nov 17
by Karyn in Books, Drawings, Ideas, My Work, Patterns, Zentangles, Zoom Meetings 0 comments tags: Books, Drawings, Ideas, my work, Patterns, Zentangles, Zoom Meetings

Zoom Session 7

A Little Confession – Before I begin to document our zoom session from this week I have a little confession to make.  I heard someone say that this was zoom session six.  I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that this week’s session was zoom session seven.  The reason I’m so sure is because each week I take the time to draw myself a little zentangle.  I counted up my zentangles and I have seven.  Therefore I think this week is week seven, but of course I may be wrong. As we were discussing ‘active listening’ I thought that now was probably a really good time to ‘fess’ up to my little ongoing drawing activity. I thoroughly enjoy our zoom sessions, I feel it’s a time for me to learn as opposed to teaching, which as a lecturer is a nice concept.  When I’m listening I enjoy drawing.  Since I seem to be mainly locked in a digital world at the moment, it brings just a small dose of the physical into my weekly meeting.  I also find it very relaxing and for some strange reason it seems to help me concentrate more.   I set myself a few […]
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Nov 11
by Karyn in Ai, Books, Food for Thought, Tasks, Zoom Meetings 0 comments tags: ai, Books, Food for Thought, Tasks, Zoom Meetings

Zoom Session 6

Elusive Taxonomies – As always, I thoroughly enjoyed this week’s zoom meeting.  I was introduced to the term ‘Elusive Taxonomies’.  This isn’t a term that I was familiar with, but it has provided much food for thought.  Our breakout group felt that the language was very formal.  We discussed how the word taxonomy suggested the pigeonholing or categorisation of things.  We found the word elusive in this context somewhat harder to define.  We wondered if this may have been a word used by Darwin.  Jonathan gave us some interesting pointers and interesting reading material.  I screenshot some of the main points for future reference including some of the recommended literature from the session that I would like to read.   Elusive Taxonomies a Discussion   Task for Week 6 This week we have been asked to explore some reading material and present back to our peers.  Early indications from my ‘Tag Cloud’ is clearly showing that I have an interest in Ai and it’s relationship with art.  For this reason I decided to choose the book ‘Ai Super – Powers – China, Silicon Valley and the New World Order’ by Kai-Fu Lee.     Key Discoveries from the Book Below […]
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