This collection is a gathering of ideas about the Line. As I collected data to show growth as seen in The Word|Growth: Collection of Data post, I also asked participants from the art school to expand on ideas about the Line. Here are some participants working on the growth and development of ideas:
Many ideas about growth are based on economic or scientific models. After Google image searching “growth” in my Word Definition post, the majority of images dealt with graphs to show growth in economy or population. I was motivated to explore my own scientific observation about growth. I sat again in front of Ade Hall where the Line runs through the corner and tallied the number of people who walked into the building for lunch and dinner. Then, I graphed these to make my own images of growth:
In this collection of Growth on the Line, I gathered photos examples of growth that was not intended to exist. The Line runs through woods and civilization, both of which are tested by nature. Changes are everywhere because of this. Here are examples of growth from the Line:
When words are exhausted and photos won’t suffice, let the imagination run wild with drawing. Because there are so many interpretations of growth, I decided to look to others about what they initially imagined about the word. Take a look at what some of my peers think of growth:
Growth can be mean an augmentation in size. One of the best ways to capture this idea is with a paper towel absorbing water. Inspired by friend, roommate, and fellow art student, Carlyn Slagle, I took video samples of paper towels seeping up water from puddles and streams. Here you can watch a compilation of these videos:
In class today, Brett and Katie tacked about 50 pages of computer paper on the wall. Each page had a word in bold, some nouns, some verbs. When they told us to grab a page everyone rushed to the wall in a stampede. The word on our page is now our topic for the rest of the semester. My word is “growth.” This post is dedicated to the complete definition of growth and the beginning of its connection to the Line.
In this exploration of Keri Smith’s How to Be an Explorer of the World we were given a view finder to look through and make quick compositions of things that are unrecognizable at such a zoomed in range. I drew thumbnails of spaces I visited on the Line. Let’s see if you can identify:
Oh my goodness, patterns are everywhere! I am a big fan of texture, so this exploration from How to Be an Explorer of the World by author Keri Smith was one of my favorites. It was simple, too. Photography was my preferred method of documentation. I feel that with rubbings you lose the full dimensions and depths of the texture and end up with a 2D surface image. Photographs capture the full pattern in the environment to which it belongs. Here are many many many of my favorite patterns I found along the Line:
One of the most exciting and adorable explorations in Keri Smith’s How to Be an Explorer of the World is #41, Found Faces. I had a blast with this one. Humans have a naturally strong ability to find faces in objects because we have a keen understanding of the structures of the face. Once you start looking for it, you will find faces everywhere. Let’s see if you can tell these faces:
In this exploration from Keri Smith’s guide, How to Be an Explorer of the World, the explorer is asked to collect items which can be made into paint. The items I found on my stroll on the Line are common pieces found in nature such as berries and leaves. I took them back to my dorm, mashed them up in a bowl with less than a teaspoon of water, and painted. Some results are surprising while others I expected. Take a look for yourself at my new watercolor set:
Jill Mullen | Studio:Research 