Alison Koybayashi // SAY SOMETHING BUNNY blog #4

You know, after the artist presentation by Alison Koybayashi left kind of seeing things differently. Seeing some kind of niceness or a little beauty in the everyday things. I was taking time to really see and pay attention to the things I just just nonchalantly pass everyday on my way home. And found what I saw nice and somewhat refreshing on this new open mindset and take on the ordinary things. I think I found this new way of looking at things after Alison Koybayashi's presentation because I saw that she took something that most people would say "oh it's just a old recording on some old machine" and she saw the beauty in it, something nobody saw and took that old recording on some old machine and made it not just that. She made it more than that.

Now one of her themes of creating a space for audiences to participate, since I was June in her reenactment of what Alison does in her shows I found it awkward. Although the concept is interesting I don't see I how I can incorporate audience participation in an actually film with people in a movie theater without some audience members, well actually I can but to do a whole film like that may be limiting. Speaking of limiting how I think imposing limits on yourself can help artistic practice is by taking yourself out of your comfort zone and pushing your mind to think of clever and creative ways to get what you want to accomplish. Instead of take the simple and easy way. Because when you limit yourself you can create something unique and beautiful; and who wouldn't want that.