Link to TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dustin_yellin_a_journey_through_the_mind_of_an_artist#t-168180
A Journey Through the
Mind of an Artist, done by speaker Dustin Yellin was a TED video that
inspired me the most in many ways. Dustin is an artist that works with glass
panes and paints on each layer individually to create a three-thousand-pound glass
block with a person entrapped in this ‘box’ and their bodies are made out of
different elements and different stories. Some of these stories that are told
within every contour of the piece are both original, made-up stories. Others
incorporate past events that have happened in our history, even taking some
inspiration from other art works.
It was visible how excited Dustin was to talk about the
layers and specific attributes he had incorporated into various pieces to show
just how much detail and thought he put into it. His art work has a certain
complexity to it, one piece in particular that he did is called the Triptych. The whole piece weighs 2400
pounds, is eight feet long, and is double sided. There is definitely a theme
that I am seeing that I would compare to giving ‘Calamity’ as a whole and giving
it a body form pertaining to its’ own story. Watching him talk about some
little details that were meaningful to him made a definite connection to me,
being an artist myself. What I took away from this TED Talk was making the ‘box’
we live in look a lot more than what we see. Show a connection between the
environment and story that makes it it’s own is basically my goal in life.
The work that I plan to do for my online presence is
continue and finish working on my website that will display my portfolio
digitally and add more content to my LinkedIn. There are some projects that I’ve
done recently that I haven’t added yet to any social media accounts. I haven’t
checked my Klout score since the bachelor’s program so I would love to see
where I’m at and interact more with counterparts that I admire online.
