More Bucket Collage

....started with collecting images of Buckets

Bucket Quotes:

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain

William R. Alger 

Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean.

Percy Ross quotes

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.
Jim Rohn 

More 'bucket-quotes' Here


I started my 'bucket journey' by exploring a little about 'what is creativity'
(see below - excerpt from Robert Harris 'Introduction to Creative Thinking')
and doing some research into buckets - googled for images, quotes and general bucket art stuff.

I also doodled a bit in my journal, starting with a Bucket List - what sort of buckets there are, what sort of materials are they made from, what can we use them for, what function could I use them for, single buckets, multiple buckets, coloured buckets, etc.
and, Where do they come from?

I'm using this Blog to collate information, I also have OneNote and my Visual Diary to collect stuff and document my thoughts, and eventually sort it all into a powerpoint.
I feel more comfortable organising my thoughts into a blog format - I like to see it up on the screen, so to speak.

[have to remember to check into Oasis as well, because it is moving rather rapidly in there and it takes a bit of catching up!!!]

Bucket Art - Project 1 - Exercise 2

Bucket Art Images from Google Images

VSW100 : Art and Creativity 
Module 1 

 'The Creative Mix'

Project 1 - Lateral Thinking
Exercise 2: Buckets 


See my Holy Bucket on YouTube




Introduction to Creative Thinking 
- Robert Harris

What is Creativity?

An Ability. A simple definition is that creativity is the ability to imagine or invent something new. As we will see below, creativity is not the ability to create out of nothing (only God can do that), but the ability to generate new ideas by combining, changing, or reapplying existing ideas. Some creative ideas are astonishing and brilliant, while others are just simple, good, practical ideas that no one seems to have thought of yet.

Believe it or not, everyone has substantial creative ability. Just look at how creative children are. In adults, creativity has too often been suppressed through education, but it is still there and can be reawakened. Often all that's needed to be creative is to make a commitment to creativity and to take the time for it.

Introduction to Creativity
Robert Harris
Version Date: July 1, 1998
Accessed December 6th, 2010

Mad about Buckets

Classic Metal Bucket

Glass Bucket

The Humble Plastic Bucket

The Exquisite Rothschild Glass Bucket
[~ worth an estimated Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds]

Blueberries in a Bucket

The Green Bucket

Glass Bucket

Steel Bucket

Small Candlelight Bucket

Folk Art Bucket

 Lone Bucket

 Jagger Bucket

 Spiderman Bucket

Wooden Buckets

Art Deco Bucket

Bucketful of Hearts

Banksy Graffiti Bucket (pulpfactor.com)

Banksy Angel Bucket (pulpfactor.com)

Photoshop Bucket

Copper Bucket

Clip aRt Bucket

Scrap-Booking Bucket

My Favourite Bucket

Bucket Fountain in N.Z.

Craft Bucket

Photos from Google Images

See also my Bucket List on Flickr

Hands

VSW100 : Art and Creativity 
Module 1 

 'The Creative Mix'

Project 1 - Lateral Thinking
Exercise 1: Mind Maps

Hands, Geckos and Buckets

My Reflection

Hands soothe

Hands communicate

Hands help us read

help us see...

let us play...

and relax.

Art in Nature

Incredible Little Geckos!

VSW100 - What is Art?

It’s fascinating to read all the viewpoints on creativity, 

and it stimulates me to consider/share my own opinions as I attempt to articulate my thoughts :)

What is Art?

Art is often about who calls it art as well as who makes it.

This question ‘what is art’ depends on whether we are looking for a definition or an opinion (the expert)

and

it/art is usually accompanied by someone’s opinion, i.e. someone who claims it to be ‘art’ (the expert/promoter), irrespective of who is doing the creating, (the artist, God/Mother Nature/The Creator of the Universe…) or who is observing it (the witness/viewer).

So whether it is an elephant or a child or a brightly coloured gecko, stepping on a canvas with paint, it is all relative to some of the points above – the observer, the expert and the creator (and who knows if the elephant is conscious or not of what he/she is doing? Comes back to learned behaviour and whether creativity is innate….)

Art to me in practical terms, is the end result of the act of ‘creating’ -  creating as in making/doing something – whether that be fine arts, music, conceptual ideas or performance - imo (in my opinion)Things are developed not created….

I prefer to think that the art of creating involves a 'co-creator' rather than a ‘creator’ per se, as nothing we do as artists is original in a sense, like if you paint, who made the paint,  (who made the pigment?), who made the canvas, who made the creation? It again involves a multitude of factors and as a co-creator I believe it is also a ‘collective’ effort to produce a work of art (who has influenced me to think/create/act/produce in this way? or develop a creation).

Therefore to me, ‘what is art’ involves the ‘co-creator’/artist, the promoter/expert, and the everything else that developed our thinking and feelings along the way, and if we are lucky enough to share our work with anyone else, then the observer/participant is also a part of ‘what is art’

Co-creator/Artist/Developer/Eternal Student – Susi B.  :o)

Back on Track!

Finally got through my Assignments for VIS18!!!!!!! WooooHoooooo!!!

Now I am looking forward to getting into a bit of lateral thinking and creativity with my new Unit for SP4:
VSW100 Art and Creativity