response to Walker's and Barrett's articles

     In Walker's article, the author mentions about the importance of the big idea of the artworks and the differences between the big idea and the subjects. The big idea is about the conceptual ground for artmaking, but the subject matter serves as the context for examining the big idea. I think it is important for artmaking people to form a big idea before they begin to perform their arts. The big idea is like a signal which could let us keep going in the right direction.
      I think even though we need to focus on the big idea, we still think about the technique skill and material,etc. We should not let the big idea go beyond these skills. We should consider the big idea first because we need get some general ideas which could inspire us to do some artmaking. However, if we wan to make our work more attractive or formal, we should improve our work by using these skills. Even though the context is important, we need to consider the ways we use to express the context.
   
         In Barrett's article, I agree the idea that denotation and connotation are different. We cannot just make a judgement by looking at the appearance. As Marilyn Kern-Foxworth mentioned, "You can see me and you can see that I am black, but you don't really know who I am. " Denotation is what you could see and we don't need to consider. However, connotation is the meanings of those you see. As a viewer, we should interpret the purpose artists want to transfer.
         Even though I agree that people with different ages and education could develop the skills to recognize the denotation and connotation in art work by learning. However, I think it is more important to let them think by themselves than teaching them. Different people could form different ideas to the same art work based on their experience and we should not force them to form the same  basic opinion when viewing the work. It could reduce the chance to improve. Besides, only the person who has similar experience could have the same feeling and understand the artists' purpose better. We cannot develop this kind of feeling and understandings by teaching.
 

responses to Kidd's, Hickey's and Weschler's articles

       For the Kidd's article, Kidd mentions the preference such as left to right, top to bottom, big and small and in front and in the back, etc. I have not noticed these "habits" before the author mentioned. It seems that we just pick up these kinds of rules and habits instead of thinking in our own ways. It is important to develop our own thoughts and design some things which belong to us and unique. I agree the point that Kidd mentions that we need to take something we have made and use it to claim a moment for ourselves. These things just belong to us. That could help us develop some extraordinary opinions and ideas.
 
      However, I think for the "in front of and in the back of" part, it is a little bit difficult for me to understand and I think even though we develop our better and more unique ideas than the previous ones, who exit in front of us, we really have relied on their basic ideas and knowledge concluded from them. We cannot improve our thoughts just based on our knowledge.
   
       For the Hickey's article,   I think the point that the basketball players should have the ability to show their unique skills in this field. They should not be the same and they should not be limited by the rules. Players should try their best to show their talents in the game and should not focus on their territoriality, which could block the innovation. At the end of this article, I really like the guiding principles. I think these five principles could encourage the players to show their talents to the audience.
     
       However, in this article, I think sometimes the deadline could play a positive role for people's innovation. If people work without deadline, they might leave the things along and they even don't want to make an effort to do it. However, if there is a deadline, people will try their best for the results in the limit time. Some people could even get more unique ideas because of the push of the time.

       For Weschler's article, the author talks about the importance of the facial expression. I think people usually express our feelings and thoughts by our different expressions. It is difficult to analyze how those complex muscles work together. I think it is the gift for us human beings.
   
     However, I think it is not necessary for us to speak if we are familiar with each other and we could form a common facial expression signals.

introduction

     My name is Menglu Han. I am a second-year student. My major is pharmacy.
I like watching movies and some cartoon when I am free and I also like listening to different kinds of music. It is based on my mood. I am not very interested in doing exercise even though my parents and my friends always ask me to do that. But I like watching some sports games such as soccer and basketball. During the break, I would like to travel around and take some photos. It could help me to remind me some sweet memories when I look at them as a grandma. lol. I think during the school time, eating is my favorite thing. Maybe because the time in school is a little bit of boring and tasting different kinds of delicious foods could color my life. Just kidding. I think during the time in school, it is relaxing and comfortable when you eat and talk with your friends. It is a kind of release. I enjoy it a lot. Quarter is so stressful and we need to find some ways to relax. Eating yummy food is my way.  I think the class today is interesting and I could experience the brainstorming. It is to develop an unique idea to some ordinary objects.
Because I like watching movies, I want to list my favorite top 5 movies.
1. Spirited Away.(a Japanese cartoon movie)
2. 50 First Dates.
3. The Notebook.
4. Before Sunrise.
5. Pink Panther