Hockney Style Joiners

David Hockney is an extremely influential artist from the twentieth century and a pop artist known for his photomontages. You guessed it! These past couple weeks in Kapa'a Middle Schools GT class, we have been working on photomontages. We started by taking a picture of a doorknob and creating a photomontage from that, then we took a picture of a friend and made a photomontage of them.  The final photomontage we have been doing is one that is supposed to send a message out to others. Though both the images are photomontages, mine are very different from David Hockney's.

In our world today, anyone with the access to a smartphone can post a photo within seconds, whether they want it to be of something fun they did, a beautiful view they saw, or even just a quote they want to share. With this instant ability to take a picture and share it with people all over the world there is bound to be both positive and negative messages in these images.  One way images send messages is the colors, certain colors can make you feel or view things a certain way.  For example, when I think of the color yellow I think of happiness and family because I had a  house that was the color yellow. Not only does the color make a difference, but also how vibrant the color is.  For example when I think of a soft pink, I think about love or valentine's day, but hot pink (which is more vibrant,) sends a different message.

I am the second oldest of five, all seven of us live in a small house, we don't often get one-on-one time with each other. Me and my little sister are two years apart and we are really close.  The only times we get to be together, just us, and talk about is when we walk our dog or just go one walks together.  I wanted to portray the time that I get to spend with her, so I took a picture of my street. When I first started making this photomontage I didn't really like how it was turning out, someone told me to align the side of the streets and when I finished doing that I ended up liking the finished project.

2016 Aspirations

2015 was full of laughter and tears, the memories and friends that I made in 2015 are unforgettable. I'm excited to make new memories and complete my new goals in this coming year.  My goal this year is to be less of a procrastinator and try harder at doing my homework and other projects right when I get them. I want to try and be a better person, I want to try and think more about other people's needs and feelings more than just my own. The people who know me know I can be a really big grudge holder, I am hoping that I can try and work on forgiving people. I want to try and get a 4.0 if not this semester than when I get to high school.

All of the goals that I want to accomplish are very important but to me the most important is to be less of a procrastinator and try harder to do my homework the day that I get it. I think this is the most important because I am going to High School at the end of this year and when you are a procrastinator you typically either forget about the project or assignment or it is not done to the best of your ability. All of my grades in High School are going to count on my record and colleges are going to look at them so I have to make sure everything is done on time and to the best of my abilities so that I can get an A.

The first step I need to take is to do my homework and projects the day I get them, if I do it right when I get it then I won't be stressing about it and there is no way I can forget and not do it.  The second thing that I can do is be less lazy when I'm doing my work.  I have to make sure that every thing is done to the best of my abilities and that I try as hard as I can. The third thing I have to do to ensure that I complete my goal is to start now. If I develop the habit now of doing my homework and projects right when it's assigned I will have the habit through the rest of middle school, high school and college. With the habit, it ensures that I do the work to the best of my abilities.