The Nest

       My group decided to place our nest in a tree near the library/theater. Besides the tree being a sort of cliche place to put the nest, we thought that placing it somewhere visible. We also believed that the bird house added to the idea of a bird/animal living in the nest. I felt that the overall process was very valuable, as this was one of the first times since freshman year Survey at Branson in which I was able to use natural resources to build a piece of art. My group members and I all are hoping a bird will inhabit the nest. I really appreciated building the nest because I really got a sense of how hard it was to build something you'd think is fairly simple. I definitely gained a little respect for birds, after all, they don't even have hands. In all I really enjoyed this project and am excited to move into the next project and focus on the natural world through photography.

       For my next project I would love to try taking long exposure shots of water. I thought Jack's long exposure shots long exposure shots using flashlights was really intriguing. I looked up some long exposure shots of water online and would really like to focus on this for at least part of the next 3 weeks. I was thinking to start out, I could use the creek next to the soccer field to take some long exposure shots of running water.

Nature Walk - Reflection

All things in nature are everlasting but ephemeral. Throughout my walk I saw all kinds of plants and trees. All plants and animals die, but they reproduce and they in a way continue to live on. No life is everlasting, but their life-force and energy are everlasting. Plants leave seeds behind to grow and flourish, but the original plant eventually dies off. Thus I believe nature is both ephemeral and everlasting as energy is never destroyed but carried on through out different parts of nature. Ephemeral concepts are observed in art as throughout the process of a project I have many ideas that I base my ideas off of, but as I progress through the project these ideas become the base of my intentions as new ideas. The old ideas die off and new ones become the main focus of the project. I believe that one can make everlasting art/art forms. All art forms can be everlasting but art itself will eventually degrade and disappear. I believe that I have gained a sense of how I am ephemeral but I can accomplish things and create ideas that can be everlasting.