The Ultimate Dream Catcher

             Today, we were to get into groups and create something out of materials each of us brought. Our source of inspiration…the materials we were working with. Our group had no idea what we were going to create prior to the final product. We just put things here and there and kept moving forward. It would most definitely be classified as abstract art. We called it, The Ultimate Dream Catcher. As seen above it is constructed of various everyday materials. We managed to make a hot air balloon out of a plastic carton, string, and a plastic grocery bag. Another portion of our creation appears similar to that of a squid, not realistically of course. We worked with the materials, responded to them. A famous artist has a source of inspiration similar to ours. Painter Jackson Pollock creates his art with lines. He “responds to the materials to express something rather than illustrate.” He has control over the paint, and nothing is an accident. Many say that good artists seek inspiration outside of themselves. Pollock claims that his source of inspiration is completely internal and isn’t found outside of himself; his feelings and emotions are his inspiration. However, Pollock responds to the materials, therefore the materials are his inspiration. In many cases, whether artists agree or not, inspiration is found outside oneself.