The topics of the readings this week were how to convey emotion and message through lines and text.
Lines can convey many emotions when they are manipulated into images. Fear, confusion, control and order are among these emotions and feelings that the viewer can believe are conveyed by images. The concept of dynamically provocative lines is one of the oldest concepts used in art. I actually was assigned to convey emotions using only lines in my Design 1 class at my CC. It is very interesting to go from conveying feeling abstractly using only lines and then also implementing them in larger more detailed pieces to emphasize the meaning of the piece.
The second part of the reading was all about text. The earliest form of text was actually closer to art than one would expect. Pictographs were the earliest text and followed early art. The text in art can be used to enhance the meaning or to add to the art piece visually but usually it is used in a meaningful way that informs the reader as to the purpose or concept behind it. Text can also be a sort of art itself. typography has always interested me. Sometimes the way a word is written can be more powerful than the word itself. Type can be used as a medium even such as the picture below. Opening ones mind to the use of fundamentals like lines and text in art can be very effective. It's important not to forget the simple things.
