Time and Motion

For our final project, we were asked to incorporate time and motion into one piece. My initial idea was to have college students dip their feet into paint and walk in any direction they choose. Then my idea changed into having the kids in my neighborhood do it. I thought more into it and I realized that those people have no personal connection to me or my life. The art I make is personal and meaningful to me, so I wouldn't want to deviate from that just for one project. So I decided to have the people (and dog) that effected my life use their feet. I am the orange foot prints, my mother is yellow, my father is red, my dog is purple and my friends Kinsey and Morgan are green and blue. There is no significance to anyone's color except it is either their favorite color, or they just chose it. While doing this project, there are many things that occurred that made the colors and pathways interesting. The colors that my parents chose are red and yellow, which make orange, which is my color. I am the only one that started from the right corner and went to the left. Finally, my dog is no longer alive and she is the only one that has a short path. I was very skeptical to my idea at first because I was afraid that it would seem childish and not very "artsy". But after finishing it, I realize that art doesn't have to be perfect or extravagant. It just has to mean something and evoke emotion.