Zentangles – Page 3 – Karyn Easton

May 24

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Zoom Session 27

A Making Session – This week we had a making session. However before we embarked on that task we did two other exercises – a writing exercise and a random searching exercise. This week was a really interesting week from a collaboration and connections point to view. Earlier in the day I had posted to our WhatsApp chat group, a pdf of some images I shot of the beautiful light and architecture at the MACBA in Barcelona. Sue saw this and she mentioned that she might like to paint one of the images which I thought was great! So, during our first task which was a writing exercise I wrote the following: From our writing exercise we then had to perform a series of searches which were initially based on the word or phrase that jumped out at us from our search. You can see from my writing above that I circles ‘I’m super excited’. Therefore this was to be my starting phrase. The sequence of searching was specific and as follows: Searching Exercise Take a phrase and search it Go to the 7th page of results Scroll to the 7th link Rinse and repeat 7 times to […]

May 16

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Zoom Session 26

Meet the Supervisor – Janet Waring Rago Today was an exciting day because we got to meet our supervisor. This will be the person to guide us through the task of compiling our research paper. Jonathan placed us in groups with our respective supervisors. My supervisor is Janet Waring Rago and my group consists of Thomas, Rachael, Sue, Ellie, Jason and me. We had a really good ‘get to know you’ session where we all discussed our projects. What struck me most was a feeling that we are all in this together. As such people were very helpful in bringing their comments and ideas to the table in order to help other students in the group. An interesting link mentioned during the session was Academia.edu, which I intend to check out. Speaking with Janet was very useful and helped me to further narrow my research question. I am really looking forward to working with Janet on my research paper. Updated Zentangle Gallery As usual here is the updated Zentangle Gallery. This continues to build each week as I practice my drawing and mark making.

May 15

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Zoom Session 25

Library & Research Tips with Julia Flood – In this session we used a workbook to help us with narrowing down our research and moving us closer to pinning down our research question. We also looked at how to conduct a Boolean search using a variety of characters acting as operators. Below are some useful links from the session, including: Access to SCONUL Abe Books Archive.org Wob – a source of cheap books Workbook Link UAL Libsearch Library Guides A Selection of Presentation Slides Below is a selection of slides from the presentation. I found the workbook with the Boolean searches exercise particularly helpful. Updated Zentangle Gallery As usual here is the updated Zentangle Gallery.

May 05

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Zoom Session 24

Photograph Analysis & Research – Christabel Harley I’m actually filling in this zoom session retrospectively as this is the first opportunity for the last 3 weeks that I’ve been able to blog. This is one of our busiest times of year at work. Prepping all of the students for their art exams although, very enjoyable and rewarding, is also very stressful and time consuming. Therefore it’s nice to be able to sit down and finally catch up on events. Christabel’s talk was excellent! I wasn’t sure if I was approaching my research paper properly. However, when she explained about putting everything into a metaphorical ‘paper bag’, tucked safely away for further use, things started to make sense. This is pretty much how I’ve been approaching the project up to now, so this validated my methodology. During our session we looked at a particular piece of research. It was called ‘The Art of Semi Living’ by Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr. Looking at this paper was actually really helpful on two counts. Firstly, we were tasked with reading only the first sentence of each paragraph to get a ‘feel’ for the paper. This isn’t something that I had tried before, so […]

Apr 28

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Zoom Session 23

How to Read a Book & Other Ideas – This week was all about reading and getting the most from it. Apparently Kevin Kelly the founder of Wired magazine had said that we are now in an age where we are moving from book literacy to screen literacy. As part of this we discussed the F pattern of eye movements when tracked across a screen. I always enjoy our group sessions and find the information from them really useful. I discovered that that there is something called ChatPdf which I would like to explore further. I would also like to try out ‘Voice Dream Reader’ and ‘Speechify’ which are text to audio generators. We also looked at the ‘Pomodoro’ technique as a way to approach the research for the research paper. An outline of how this technique should be used is summarised in the slide selection below. I intend to try this as I think it will be very helpful as both a time management and motivational tool. Perhaps the biggest takeaway for me this week though, was the notion of: ‘I feel’, ‘I wonder’, ‘I think’. I’d never ever thought about something in those terms before and this week […]

Apr 12

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Zoom Session 21

The Research Paper (An initial discussion) – Yesterday was our first day back and it was great to see everyone again! This week we launched straight into a discussion about the research paper needed as part of our course. This is probably an area that I am really under confident about, but I would really like to learn more about the process of doing this. Over Easter I continued working on my blogs relating to the idea of a derive. In my blog the ‘Time of the Signs’ I discovered that we are actually bombarded daily in our environments, with huge amounts of information, much of which we are probably unaware. As part of the process of producing the research paper it is essential to look at something that intrigues us, or that bothers us. Therefore, I was debating whether the idea of subliminal, visual information overload and its effects could be a good starting point? For example do people prefer less information or visual clutter in their world? Does a plethora of negative information unconsciously affect a person and can this be measured? Is there a way to limit information overload? Up until now, I really had not considered […]

Mar 05

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A Mental Derive

Taking a Mindful Wander – In our ‘Zoom Session 18’ Last week we talked about the concept of ‘Derive’ or ‘taking a derive’. I hadn’t heard of this concept before and therefore I really wanted to explore it further. I decided that I wanted to experience both a mental and physical derive, so I have produced 2 blogs on the work resulting from my wanderings. The results from my physical wanderings, or should I say physical derive can be found here. Each week usually on a Tuesday evening and after the weekly zoom session I produce little drawings which reflect my mood. I used to draw them during my the zoom session but I became increasingly anxious about missing important information so it’s now solely an evening pursuit. However, although I hadn’t realised it at the time, my little drawings were actually a form of mental derive. Therefore I decided to use these little ‘derive drawings’ as part of a larger mental derive. For many weeks now I have wanted to move my work into a more physical 3d realm but I wasn’t too sure how to achieve this. Last week I had a failed attempt to produce some […]

Feb 28

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Zoom Session 18

Derive, Derive & Thermodynamics – This weeks talk was really interesting and today inspired me to get out of my armchair and go for a wander. In our session we were discussing the concept of a derive or simply derive. In our discussion group I expressed my concern that Ai could potentially be robbing us of many jobs in the creative industry. However during our five minutes of contemplation Bea pointed out that nothing is ever really destroyed. She had been thinking about Thermodynamics and the idea that actually things just change energy is not destroyed it just changes. We spoke about how analogue photography had now morphed into a genre in its own right in the wake of the digital revolution. I can honestly say that I felt very uplifted after our conversation. In fact I was really taken with the whole concept of a derive. It wasn’t something that I had come across before but it was certainly something that I wanted to try. The very next day I set out on a long walk around town (Brixham in Devon). During that walk gave me time and space to think and reflect. It also gave me time […]

Feb 21

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Zoom Session 17

Guest Speaker Matt Fratson – This week we had a guest speaker called Matt Fratson who talked about one of his films. The film was very interesting and also very thought provoking. In order to absorb the film in its entirety we watched it twice and we did a 5 minute free writing exercise after the first viewing. Below is my free writing exercise. We also briefly discussed 3 useful websites which I’ve also listed below: a-n The Artists’ Information Company – information for artists Artquest – advice for artists The White Pube – opportunities for artists Five Minute Free Writing Exercise These we’re my handwritten digitised thoughts below. Interestingly I had picked up on the fact Matt hadn’t added a question mark after two of his text questions ‘Am I moving forwards’ and ‘Am I looking backwards’ the reason for this was that he had created his own font from his own childhood writing but not been able to source a question mark. Interesting… Updated Zentangle Gallery

Feb 14

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Zoom Session 16

Professional vs Unprofessional – This week we looked at a short article that was discussing what it was a to be professional/unprofessional as an artist. We went into our breakout rooms to discuss this. The consensus was that the article could be perceived as somewhat offensive. The comments were also very interesting. Somehow our conversation moved to positive discrimination and whether or not this was a force for good in society. Again the consensus towards it was negative. Time really did seem to fly this week!. As well as Zoom day it’s also Valentine’s Day today and as a gift I received a really interesting book called ‘Machines Behaving Badly – The Morality of Ai’ by Tony Walsh. I’m really looking forward to reading it. I really do welcome any insight into this fascinating area. I will blog about this as soon as I have read it. In the meantime I have updated my Zentangle gallery as usual. Updated Zentangle Gallery