more cloud contributions

these are very dramatic!
The outlines of clouds we can get from these photos can be used in our mural. Can't wait to get started painting!
michelle

Rene Magritte, Belgian surrealist

Magritte is one of my favorite artists. He paints in a textbook style and poses complex questions about reality and "the mental universe" using simple, recognizable images. Clouds were a favorite subject.

some graphic depictions of clouds

cloud collection - more!

Activity #5: Balance, Sustainability & Hialeah

First, you gotta go and read all the comments for Activity #1 and #3. If you read all the posts about sustainability, everyone is saying it's about keeping things in balance...keeping a healthy balance with the environment...integrating our behaviors so that we work towards using less resources and creating more satisfaction in life. That's what the stairwell full of quotes will do. We'll use the elevator less, get inspired more, and maybe even improve our health simply by adding a little art in our lives. Rahimil had a great idea about putting explicity health quotes throughout to emphasize our purpose.

What we want you to comment on in this post is about what is out of balance not inspiring and therefore NOT sustainable in Hialeah. Look around at our city and our lives. First mention your example of what is out of balance and then give some ideas for how this could be changed or fixed to create the balance, to live more in a way that is sustainable. Go!!!!

Activity #4: Register for Community Service

Everyone needs to sign up for community service hours. You can do only the hours you need for this class, or you can count more hours by designing a presentation you give in another class about the stairwell project. Up to you.

Either way, you need to register by going to http://www.mdc.edu/cci/. Click on the magnifying glass and search for the "Stairwell" project. Fill out and print all the forms you need for keeping track of your hours. You will bring them with you at the end of the semester when we paint to have them signed.

To get credit for this part of the activity, bring the printed out forms to class and show Professor Donis.

the clouds just keep on coming!

Thanks to Marialina, Christopher, Michelle L., Giselle, Michelle G., Amaris, Georgina, and Michelle C. (anyone else think it's weird there are so many Michelles?)

The Classroom

Mr. Donis' Humanities classroom is our lab for discovering a cloud vocabulary. After defining visual literacy, we created some simple cloud images for use in our stairwell.

they keep coming...

Thanks to Luisa, Rahimil, Laiyan, Maricely, Lenna, Myri, Solange, Daryl, Yexenia, Maria V. and Alexander.

and more clouds...