WP3: Pre-Writing Assignment 2

As far as my previous experience with art objects goes, I have very little. Most of my art object experience stems from my elementary and middle school art classes. Many of the assignments we were given, however, fell under the more “advanced” categories of pottery and sculpting. My art teachers generally tried to avoid delving us as students into abstract art. This is perhaps due to the fact that they felt that we would be unable to grasp the concept of it all. As a result, the majority of our art assignments involved everyday objects and still-life work. Generally, our created pieces were finished with glaze, so I do have some experience in that area as well when it comes to pottery. Although my past experience with art objects is rather limited, I feel that it will help me in many ways with this next writing project. For instance, in addition to creating sculptures in my art classes, we would also analyze and interpret works of art selected by our teacher. We would try to decipher our own meanings behind these works of art and often times create our own interpretations of them. I find this very helpful now even though the medium they would expose to us would be mainly paintings. This deciphering of the different meanings and emotions behind the works of art we would be assigned in class, and the analyzing and dissembling of such works has allowed me to more easily create in my mind both a visual picture and a verbal argument through which I would be able to interpret the work. Overall, I believe I would do well writing a rhetorical analysis on a sculpture I chose from the Sheldon Garden because of the experience I have had with art objects, but I am sure this will not stimulate me at all in the realm of creativity.