As I procede to contemplate how I might visualize music I look upon various sources. I love the idea  of using Jackson Pollocks work because it is free flowing. His method of painting allows him to harnesses and release kentetic energy that lies within us all. If I am able to truly absorb the music am listening to, perhaps I can release its effects in this way.  

Action lines in figure illustrations help me to visualize the energy, or emotion of differentvariations of line.

Critiquing Tools

Critiquing Tools

ART VOCABULARY LIST

Mood - a feeling evoked by design/art often created by colour or imagery

Positive Space - is an area filled by the design elements

Negative Space - is the area that is left empty within the design

Transparent - see through, or allowing light to pass through

Proportion - whether the elements are balanced within relation to each other

ADJECTIVE LIST

Geometric - square; hard lines; straight edges

Organic - curvilinear; flowing round

Contrast - juxtaposition of opposing elements

Smooth - even, level, flat - referring to texture

Tactile - when referring to texture tactile is something you can feel.

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

Stability - strength given often by centred vertical elements

Dynamics - movement within design conveyed by diagonal elements

Rhythm - movement created by repetition

Scale - size of elements in relation to each other

ELEMENTS OF DESIGN

Line - This image has organic, flowing, sensitive line

Colour - Colour is used effectively to draw attention to the arm and parts of the hair

Texture - Texture is seen through the watercolour paint used

Shape - is seen with the imagery along the arm

Form - form is given the hair with the highlights and shadows

These images show different ways to represent line and what this representation my connotate .

   

These are some pieces of music that I will use as inspiration for my collection.

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I soon began to regard these duels as a puzzle in motion. This idea lead me to Newtons third law of motion. This law suggest that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Technically, I beleive, this is how any duel is conducted up until the point in which the law is broken, the puzzle pieces do not fit, and the joust has concluded.

I am now exploring the German mensurs, or fencing students in the 19th century ."The mensur is niether a duel or a sport. It is a traditional way of training acquiring character and personality." Two participants, or "Paukanten"  stand in a fixed position, only separated by an arms length, they raise their swords, or "Korbschlager," and lash at each other in the air. The fight is concluded by the first to draw blood. The victor gains the honor of besting his counter, while his counter gains honor with his scar. There are no winners or losers. I very much enjoy the nature, and structure of this kind of  battle. The protective gear  creates great volume, texture, line and shape.

Naturally my exploration of kites has brought me to an exploration of sailboats.  Sailboats as well as kites maintain a very natural elegance despite their stark geometric compositions. The movement of the billowing sails, the erratic winds, and the water beneath, be it tumultuous, or calm provides a sense of subtle tension and fluidity.  

A kite seems to embody all that I seek.  A kite explores geometry, a sense of tension between order and disorder as is wavers with erratic wind, and fluidity as it glides, and with its tail. At the same time it provides a new element to consider, namely the dependence of fluidity on wind, or motion.  I will consider this dependence while I continue searching for inspiration.