Failure and Success

If there was one major thing I learned throughout this class that will stick with me as I move on with my college career, it's that failure is in only in the eye of the creator. When talking about art, you can't let someone else tell you if a project is good or bad because the only opinion that matters is your own. I believe that my biggest failure in this class was probably playing it safe too often. As an accounting major I kind of figured my art skills were sub-par. Since I knew I wasn't going to be very good, I let that restrict my creativity. I found myself doing projects the way I thought someone else would want them done, rather than doing it the way I wanted to. I actually learned a lot from this failure. I learned that its better to go for it and put yourself out there than to just skate by with the bare minimum and try to please others. With art, I learned that failures are going to happen on a daily basis and you can't let them hold you back from what you aspire to do. 

I think my biggest success in this class was opening my eyes up to the art world and giving myself a chance at enjoying art before I get too old. Before taking this class, i had rare,y ever been to an art exhibit and I didn't have an appreciation for art as a form of expression. Now, after being in this class for 13 weeks, I can honestly say that I feel more exposed to art and the effects it can have on a person. I really enjoyed going the art exhibit at the Wexner Center and I only hope that in the future I can learn more about other forms of art and continue to draw an interest in the fine arts. One of the biggest things I learned from this success was just how lucky we are at Ohio State to be surrounded by art. We are very privileged to have the resources at our disposal and the chances to see so much art. When I decided I was going to school here, it was for a lot of reasons, none of which had anything to do with art. I now add that to my list of reasons why I love this school. 

If there was one project I could do over again, it would probably be MP5, only because it was the most recent one we completed and it's still in the forefront of my thought with this class. I feel like I could've been a little more creative with this project and I played it safe with the way I presented it. I probably would have tried to incorporate my other action word into my picture, rather than just using the one word I was comfortable with. Other than that, I really enjoyed every project I did and I loved the creative freedom that was given to us throughout the semester.