D) A percentage of the sale
The Japanese culture is very intriguing. They have traditional Shinto shrines and castles that are located in Kyoto and Nara. The Japanese also have traditional gardens that are influenced by Zen ideas. Japanese religion consists of Shinto and Buddhist rituals. These rituals coexist side by side with influences of other religions. This reflects who they are because it shows who they believe in and it also means that they are open to other religions and are influenced by them. The subject matter that might reflect my culture would be Indian. None of these subjects would reflect my beliefs because I am a Christian and I do not believe in Buddha or any of that.
Andy Yoder, sculptor: “Many people take great comfort in the bathroom towels being the same color as the soap, toilet paper, and tiles. It means there is a connection between them, and an environment of order. Home is a place not only of comfort, but of control. This sense of order, in whatever form it takes, acts as a shield against the unpredictability and lurking chaos of the outside world.
My work is an examination of the different forms this shield takes, and the thinking that lies behind it. I use domestic objects as the common denominators of our personal environment. Altering them is a way of questioning the attitudes, fears and unwritten rules which have formed that environment and our behavior within it.”
Nancy McIntyre, silk screen artist: “I like it when a place has been around long enough that there is a kind of tension between the way it was originally designed to look and the way it looks now, as well as a tension between the way it looks to whoever is caring for it and the way it looks to me. Trouble is, the kinds of places I find most appealing keep getting closed or torn down.
What do I want to say with my art?
Celebrate the human, the marks people make on the world. Treasure the local, the small-scale, the eccentric, the ordinary: whatever is made out of caring. Respect what people have built for themselves. Find the beauty in some battered old porch or cluttered, human-scale storefront, while it still stands.”
I feel like they would do something different to stand out since symmetrical balance can be overused.
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