media 160, artist statement

I am interested in the unknown. That is the least amount of words I could use to describe my interests as an artist without sounding dreadfully dull to the reader. I tend to not want to be specific and more general because my interests are subject to change. However since we are required to discuss our interests at a greater length I will thus elaborate. The unknown can apply so many subjects I am interested in. The biggest is mystery. I often like to apply this to people.

My main interest is why people do the things they do. I am also interested in if how they were raised affects them at all and if so how much it affects them. Often people who are mysterious or situations in history that are also mysterious invoke my interest and therefore much of my writing is about people in different situations. My drawings also reflect this. Often the drawings will go along with my writings.

I also like the use of metaphor and double meanings in my work. Anything with an explicit meaning and then an underlying implicit meaning I find fascinating. The double meanings could be anywhere, in a song or in a movie. I like to visualize that double meaning and then draw it. I also like to apply that if I am writing a script or a story.

Every word a character says can be written to say something about that character. If you pay attention enough, that character’s true intent could be clear to the reader but not so obvious to the other characters in the story. I also enjoy putting all these elements together by using photography and eventually converting it to film. I would then want to edit the film and choose the music for the score.