once again, marc johns ftw.

The Miller test was developed in the 1973 case Miller v. California. It has three parts:

• Whether “the average person, applying contemporary community standards”, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest,
• Whether the work depicts/describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law,
• Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.

I forgot all about this tidbit from AP Government. Can anybody really claim to be the authority on whether something has “serious artistic value” or not? Hmm.

today I am actually not simply screwing around on flickr. I’m looking for still life composition ideas.

today was critique day in my drawing class. we typically go through everyone’s drawings one by one and discuss them after each artist says a few words about his or her piece. at one point, we got to what seemed to be essentially a million scribbles and a stick figure dog standing on a cabbage. a very unfortunate-looking girl in my class jumped up:

“OKAY soo this one’s mine. this is supposed to depict Artemis gazing longingly into the distance at the moon and this deer, which are both her symbols.”

the assignment was to draw a still life.

nothing rhymes with orange.

“knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.”

- e.e. cummings

another hobby to take up when I get old: egg sculpture.

I sat outside in the sun and whittled myself a pen out of bamboo. Once again, living the dream, people.

ugh I have so much art homework to do tonightttt

MY LIFE IS SOO HARD, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND.

A few of my faves from the RISD Museum today. We were completely exhausted after this trip!

marc johns

this guy rocks.

(via spindlezini)

I think this accurately portrays my passion for coffee.

thesingularmc:

Today I cleaned my entire room. So fresh and so clean. and yes sarah that is your colored princess on the wall. it looks fantastic thank you for this wonderful gift.

how did I just now see this post? I am so glad that my art is finally getting the respect it deserves.

my teacher looked at my work and told me that it was “almost art,” which is a big step up from “everything leans a little to the left,” or my favorite “hmm, what happened here?”