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What does it mean to be an architect? In a word, God. You are in control of your own world. Its in the way you see
things, hears things, smell things, you pay attention to every detail of what is around you and within you. You
change the way people view art for what it is, but also the world. You break ways of communicating with people.
It becomes a more interactive showing people the world through your eyes, and let me tell you it drives everyone
crazy. What I believe is that were here on earth to create. That we are here to create ourselves, not find ourself. I
go to two schools , architecture and music production, at the same time because I have a passion to pursue
architecture and music in my life, and I want to share my life, experiences, emotion, in the way I create. For me I
get a lot of haters, critics, teachers, students, everyone, saying that my head is all make believe.. but at the end of
the day we all dream, and for me I dream bigger and I will prove year after year again to do so, because
architecture is sexy, and being able to incorporate my music, and use my emotions in my architecture allows me to
break every barrier possible, and teach people that life has no limitations, that if your dreams don't scare you,
make you nervous, then there not big enough. You can create the experience you shape the way you will feel
today, tomorrow, and for the future. That whats it means for me to be human, and at the end we are all architects
in our own field, it doesn't take a genius to be here, it takes commitment and you have to be willing to risk
everything. I feel sad for those that choose to live an average life, that what if life, it doesn't exist. You do you, at
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learned that it is the hub of hollywood, where all the major attractions, nightclubs,schools, hotels, and
concert halls surround it. I wanted to create a way that attracts hollywood to the center, and I wanted
to pull them into my space, so I came up with the concept of Puzzles learning center. I initially came up with the
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building in the shape of my chord progression. And I wanted to further explore ways of progression, with
architecture, such methods of slicing the building, and using the field to create shifts between the plates to create
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of language, it is a way of breaking barriers, cultures, surroundings, and environments and mixing
them together. Perez- Gomez, Burke, Loos, and Perrault all shared the idea that for art to progress, in
must meet the needs of form in beauty, and taste. Perrault argues that beauty comes in two forms,
arbitrary and natural. That progress can be influenced not only by our surroundings, but our various
customs of living (religious/ social). It can be understood that each art portrays a different meaning,
that for one to progress it must know and understand its meaning. The real challenge is to see art what
it really is, Perrault argues that progress would not only depend on an individuals taste, but it must
meet the criteria through form, functionality, and appearance. Architecture is explored between the
ancient, and modern times through themes of the sublime, the aesthetic, and synthesis.
Two Modernists Alberto Perez- Gomez and Adolf Loos claimed that aesthetic purism are
reflections of nature, art, beauty and taste, where the focus is on form, function, and appearance.
Where as Hegel is a symbol of progress and tradition. That art comes down to its culture, its toots, its
absolute spirit coming from manifestations. That it can be in forms of power, understanding that its
not only appealing but that it has depth. Where in classical times, where the Greeks were perfection in
the appearance was evident but the depth was limited.Adolf loos says ornaments are a waste of
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perception affects the identity that is being portrayed.
At the same instance Perez Gomez argues that without form function is still evident. His work
can be related to the works of fellow modernist Adolf Loos.
That art shouldn't just be solely focused on ornamental and decorative designs. Adolf Loos
argues that freedom from an ornament is a sign of total strength. That for to progress it must look at it
through its pure form. Just as the idea of clothes is a mask, tattoos represent a persons reflections. That
decoration of peoples faces and bodies, just as a wall with symbols is immoral, and that in modern
times to progress we must remove the ornaments because people are already aware of what exists, but
the real challenge is how to create depth and meaning without having something in front you. He tries
to create meaning in architecture through rationalistic approaches. Just as Beethoven with his sounds,
it wasn't something physical like a building where you can hold it, touch it, but it was a way to impact
your sense. Just as ornaments are symbolic of natural elements blending, forming, allows space for
new meaning and language to be created. That people shouldn't be close minded, but should embrace
various styles and cultures as they are the roots for progressing. Just as in the Majolica House, Vienna,
1899 by Otto Wagner, and in Joseph Maria Olbrich, Secession Building(Vienna, 1898). Where the
belief of the ornament can distort the realness and purpose of the building. It is ways of shifting
focuses, and still understand that each little piece of an ornament has its own story to tell, that in
someways its symbolizes the variation, the materials, speak its own story, it creates a new level of depth
and meaning.
Depth and meaning can be explored through emotion in architecture. Burke deals with the
sublime, claims that it can be the strongest type of emotion felt. Usually a near death experience,
where one would feel pain and danger. He claims that we shouldn't be scared, and that we should
embrace moments of fear, because it challenges you to think, react differently, that in a way it is a
work of art. We do, and we must suppose he uses an example of light. What appears light to one, is
light to another, dark is dark, bitter is bitter, that there is a certain fine line of satisfaction that people
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the use of various method of operations to create the same thing. Think of a spot the difference
picture, where you have two of the same pictures next to one another, and you have to spot whats
missing in one to another. Having two distinct objects next to each other, leads to no impression on
imagination. Having two similar objects, tricks your mind to look closely for difference, it is the idea of
creating the same thing a hundred different times, and each time it creates a new way of looking,
thinking, and imaging.
An example of a figure and the vastness of nature is the Cenotaph for Newton- Etienne Louis
Bouelle . Modernists as Bouelle challenged the way the ancient and classical teachings. He claims that
in ancient times people needed to step back from the rationalists point of view and look for the
meaning and depth in art. Just as light is is light, dark is dark, ways to create new apparent languages
through similar distinctions. Think of drawing a square, you could draw it in straight lines, dotted,
dashed, but in the end its a square. He pushed to find different variations to creating the same object.
Finding out different methods of construction allowed ways to further progress our understanding.
That in traditional times, he understand the need how everything should have purpose, but also
appreciates the various ways in achieving them. Where the structure is achieved by simple forms,
where the stones create light to pass during daylight.Where an interior creates an inversion of the
exterior lighting, creating different perspectives of looking at the world. For Bouelle, the circle
represented moments of perfection, where having a 500 ft structure would challenge the way people
say architecture. Its foreshadows modern conception of architecture, its true meaning, just as in a
church when the church light shines through the alters, it create a sense euphoria peace, where it can
impact a persons emotion, through the way in which a structure is created. When it comes to progress
and tradition there are two distinct views ancient and modern. In ancient traditions, individual genius
was worshipped, it was either you were born with talent or you weren't. In modernism it was ways to
develop systems, that anyone can have talent if taught well. With Burke, his used subliminal art and
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beauty in modernism. The Pantheon, by Jacques Germain Souffolt, in Paris. is the perfect example of
neo-classical architecture. Its use of hidden geometry when facing, then entering. Its use of the
column and beam, the doric order, the columns, and the pediment. It is clear that the use of vitruvius
methods from the high ceilings are apparent in the tall arches, to the apses. Similar to Sant'ivo Della
Sapienza,1642, Borromini, where it starts off with complex geometry as gets simplified, its spiral
suggests to religious belief the idea of going through different layers and times, resembles the vastness
of life as it slowly becomes to end. The long ceramic tiles, columns, in the pantheon resemble the
Santivo Della Sapienze, it suggests a religious power and meaning as you go higher in the buildings
you see all the paintings, ceramics of religious acts suggests human nature and behavior, dealing with
life decisions. That its progress is developed from the Greek order, suggests its perfect geometry where
a balance is created between depth and meaning in geometry. Just as the Bibliotechque national, by
Henri Labrouste, in Paris creates contrasts with its facade. The simple square, symmetrical image
creates the idea of matchy-matchy, creates a rather ordinary plan as opposed to the Pantheon.
There is a certain balance between tradition and progress, and for many years people have
turned to the Greeks for synthesis in architecture. And for many years people understood its perfection
in form, beauty, and function but also understood that it lacked depth and meaning. It is
understandable to art to progress we must understand the system, the balance and rules which were
made to create it before we begin to break them and create new ways of language. That architecture
refers to different stages before receiving the outcome. Think of making the color purple, the color
red, then the blue. But within making it there are thousands of different shades of the same color that
reflect the outcome. Just as the variation between mixing styles, and looking at art what it really is, can
create more interesting layers of depth and meaning. Which can be shown through the use of sublime,
ornamental, and even different various techniques. Tradition and progress, the debate between
ancient and modern influences the way art progresses. An example, when you try to explain
something to parents something that you need want, but there is generation gap, where you then
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"Adolf Loos Ornament and Crime." 1 Jan. 1908. Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <http://
www2.gwu.edu/~art/Temporary_SL/177/pdfs/Loos.pdf>.

Shelley, James. "The Concept of the Aesthetic." Stanford University. Stanford University, 11
Sept. 2009. Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aesthetic-concept/>.

Burke, Edmund. "Of the Sublime. Burke, Edmund. 1909-14. On the Sublime and Beautiful.

The Harvard Classics." Of the Sublime. Burke, Edmund. 1909-14. On the Sublime and Beautiful.
The Harvard Classics. Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <http://www.bartleby.com/24/2/107.html>.

"Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science by Alberto Perez-Gomez." Andrew Pun.

Web. 4 Dec. 2014. <https://andrewpun.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/architecture-and-the-crisisof-modern-science-by-alberto-perez-gomez/>.

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Without art, life would be a mistake. Art is everywhere, in the way we see, the way we hear,

smell, touch and feel. Its an experience, it takes you through the journey of the untold, and allows
you to connect mentally and socially. Think of your favorite song, food, painting, building, and Im
sure just thinking about it, you are taken back to the exact time you were there. When I hear my
favorite song, or something Ive heard as a child, I get a rush of memories that come pouring, I can
remember the exact time I woke up, what I did that day, everything that led up to it and right after it.
That to me is what art is, the ability to create a connection between subject, object, and share them.
Art is explored through expression and communication, with it comes limitations and implications.

Art is a form of expression, its purpose is to make a statement. Expression in art refers to the

thoughts, emotions of an individual. When you enter a museum, a library, a record store, or even
SCI-Arc, what is the first thing that you see? From the shelves of books, vinyls, paintings, and
drawings. Behind each vinyl, book, painting, and drawings, a persons vision, his/her reality,
everything that makes them who they are for you to see. Behind every brush stroke, every line, every
shape, every form, there is a story being told and for you to read. What changes is the way you
interpret the reading. With communication, it is the ability to share ideas, thoughts, as a collective
through subject/object. Not everyone will agree with you, and only few will understand the message
youre trying to interpret. As art was and is to be used as signs of expression, and communication
between one another, meant to challenge the way people think, and learn why people act and believe
a certain way. When both expressionism and communication work together in art it can be very
powerful. I remember back in 2012, when I was a senior in high school, during the time of the Gaza
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options were through art. In high school they had exhibitions showing artwork from the children of
Gaza, portraying all the hopes, dreams, messages, all onto one canvas for us to see. Where words fail,
art speaks, and through art are we able to see results and changes in the world. Sharbat Gula, the
afghan girl was her name for 17 years. Just from this picture you could see all the hardship, the
struggle, every detail, from the rugged face, to sea color eyes, it captures you as a work of art shows
you everything, and through the image. It was a sign of political art that turned to a movement, she
was living in a refugee camp where the photo was taken, and it wasn't till 17 years later where they
were able to meet again learn her name Sharbat Gula. Its not just paintings, or sculptures, even
pictures, light, shade, texture, create whole different impact towards the audience, when
communicating, what makes art different from one another is the meaning, and for some the
unnatural, surreal life of living alone in the middle of mountains, away from politics, views,
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When we go all the way back to history of art, when you think of cavemen, before the

hieroglyphics. When you think about the way how caveman communicated. Art has the ability to
translate through different in time. This gives mankind the ability to have an insight on the history of
mankind through visual representations of art. A simple example of this dates back to caveman era.
Perhaps we would have come across to prove their existence, had it not been for the art found in the
caves, it would have been difficult for society to understand the caveman's habitat, way of life, etc.
We were also able to conclude from their art that it shows a form a communication between each
other, we may call them symbols today, but to them it could be stories. It is sometimes the simplest
form of communication that speak the loudest. This is to an extent evident today in society, in the

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form of sign language. Sign language was created so that people with certain disabilities were able to
communicate with the world. This is a form of art as through it, they were able to express themselves
freely, and this is similar to the case of the cavemans paintings. Whether hand gestures or paintings,
people used a form of art in order to express their emotions, thoughts and stories. Whats interesting
is how with lack of resources, they were capable to create pieces, objects, pyramids, that last lifetime,
and today artists cant make something to last a week. If it wasn't for expression or communication,
they're would be no education, no freedom, no speech, it would be just empty. For that we have to
sustain all our art and others and learn new ways to communicate with not only humans, but with
nature, and life.

Art was not just an expression, its a movement that can be shown either positive or negative.

Everywhere in the world there are extremists in the world, people that take what they believe and
change the meaning to their own, which brings me to my topic of ISIS and destruction of the Mosul
Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. One of the largest museums, holding over 2200 ancient artifacts of
religious and historic sites. If you look up the video online, you can see those smashing statues that
have been there for decades, and for what reason? The reason that they claim is that idols were not
meant to be worshipped, and that people chose to worship instead of God/Allah. That they would
use the idols as signs of acceptance with their actions.
Imagine if museums around the world had missing, or destroyed paintings, sculptures or documents,
then what would society be taught in schools? Because society today is Ill see it to believe it type of
attitude, they're needs to be evidence for it exists. For society to progress, we have to learn from the
past and use it for the future.

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Art today is going through a recycling period. I appreciate modern art as nothing but decor.

What separates art in the past to today, was the way we are influenced. In the past there was no
freedom of speech, freedom to create, freedom to believe, and art was used and explored in various
ways and depths, such as impression, surrealism, realism, cubism, renaissance movements and much
more, and they're for looked for ways to explore emotions throughout. Such as sculpting, screenprinting, oil, paint, water, and other natural sources to portray what is being represented. Today art is
more influenced by technology, which I feel loses the sense of originality, and purpose. There are two
types of people, those who love art and those who manipulate art. Because today is concerned about
branding, and trends, it doesn't seem to have a universal purpose. It feels today, that because we have
all our resources available at our fingertips, that now we have to find new ways of re-creating the
already existent. In schools, for instance there are a lot of limitations. In architecture we learn all the
rules, and a lot of people choose to follow. But the question is why do few choose to break them? The
reason is simple is to find new ways to exploring ways of expression, and creating new trends is the
only way society is going to progress, and I feel that art is in this current phase, looking to re-create
itself. With Modern art, looks at perception and simplicity, and challenges the way people view the
world through objectivity, looking for ways to reinterpret the past.
What separates Modern Art compared to Realism? Well both share the need of
sustainability. Art is meant to be sustained, regardless of what era. Today anyone can make art, but
in the past In Italy, Greece, Spain, and other places your job was assigned to you. If your dad was a
carpenter, then so were you, if your dad was a sculpture, then so were you. And painters were usually
the poor, and art was not valued as today. Realism art was a branding yourself, a way to show off for

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some, such as the rich. Art was used to class and wealth in the past, and today I feel that the same
thing is happening now, that people are trying to brand themselves that they lose sense of what is
being showed as to what is being expressed. When you think of communication in art, there are
various things that we consider. What is being displayed to us? How is it being displayed to us? And
why? With Impressionism, Cubism, and all types of art, people look at materiality that is being
chosen and why. Why would an artist use watercolor to oil or acrylic? Its because each has different
element, texture, and can influence the way you see an image, a sculpture, or painting. With oil, the
dark tonal colors portray dark meaning compared to watercolor, a softer mellow mood. Each color,
represents a different feeling, the same way as each instrument has a different sound, each food has a
different taste, when mixed, and you are looking for new ways to create something. To me I feel that
is something every individual goes through every day, every day is a chance to re-create ourselves,
and show our new stories, cause if were not creating, then what would be the point?

In conclusion art is not about finding oneself, I feel its about creating yourself, and every day

we must try and sustain art and learn from it, as it is the only way society will ever develop and move
forward. Expressionism and communication has no limits, and no boundaries, and you shouldn't let
the judgement of those affect you in what you want to create. There are various ways of selfexpressionism, through music, writing, sculpting, painting, screen-printing and more, and art does
make a statement, as it is reflection of society.

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A common theme that can be found between both artworks is Reflections. From Diego
Velasquez portraying himself in the mirror with all the different social classes of the Spanish people.
From the Spanish Ruler, to the maids, to the distant faces lurking in the background, the use of shade
and shadow amplify the mood of the painting. The use of oil creates a darker, more gritty effect
towards the audience. Warhol on the instance is very similar. He tried to create the same effect of
creating the lighter parts in the front of the canvas, and dark in the back. He contrasts between the
positive and negative space on the page to create the same effect. But he contrasts with using a variety
of colors and shadows, as you see in the right, no two frames are the same, in each piece there is some
variation. Because the use of silkscreen, and the change of colors varying from bright green to
bloodshot red, each screen shares elements of all colors. Whether the black, to the different strokes,
you are able to see more than one combination creating the color, and the use of the black to create
the shadows varies, smaller, medium, bigger, it carries your eyes throughout, just as the Las Meninas
you are able to trace it by the color of the people, how it starts with the lightest and slowly begins to
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