Meh.

[spoon9001]

Ferris and I had it out with each other, again. Indirectly this time, and more maturely than last time, but we did.

We have to do a Still life assignment (think bowl of fruit), and I had the brilliant idea to use fishnet, black boots, spiked collar and wristbands and chains and................................................ my Nazi hat. Alongside Mein Kampf because it was the blackest (physically) book I owned, and Mom's black bible.
All this, with fuzzy white stuffed animals in the middle of it all.

This was all supposed to symbolize, "How well do you ever really know a person?" And when it's explained to people like that, they figure out the "why".

Well, there's a lot of black in that set up so I needed his help in exposing to get detail and not greyify the black. He walked in, took one look at what I had, and walked right back out. Five minutes later, Nancy, the teacher I spoke with last semester about this type of thing, came in and....

"Did he send you in here to talk to me? :P"
"What on Earth gave you that idea?"
"Just a hunch..."

Bottom line, after he ended his lecture with how one shouldn't assume things with people, he pretty much "assumed" that I was never going to do anything "controversial" (my wording, not his) for class ever again. Well, that was his mistake. I assumed he was smarter than that. My mistake. Once Nancy and I cleared things up with each other, she being the mediator, it was effectively agreed that I will remake the assignment, but he has to give me an extension due to the fact that he doesn't put boundaries in writing. He assumes everyone will comply. Hm, there's that word again... Yanno, he should probably make it clear that he's not a fully objective man; he's a client with expectations.

And to those that want to say, "Oh, well, he's only human, blahblahblah," :

He's a teacher. Teachers leave humanity at home.

Case and point: My Drawing/Design teacher asked us to make a still life at home and take pictures of it so that we could recreate it with pencil, paper, and wetf else we wanted. Naturally, I did similar set of displays. One set with the boots and chains, one set with the black and the white hats, and one with both. She flipped through them and just had this to say about the Nazi hats: "Hnh. This one kinda looks like it belongs on top of a wedding cake. ^_^" She wasn't phazed at all. That's what a teacher is supposed to do.

Comments

[jheti.livejournal.com]

Actually, I like the idea of the Bible as a (physically) contrasty enough object that it sits with OMG WHITE stuffed animals and...Mein Kampf. XD

(You know, all that title actually MEANS is "My Struggle". NOES IT WAS WRITTEN BY HITLER WE MUST SUPRESS.

If you whitewash history, it disappears. Seriously I am so mad. *Seethe.*

Meanwhile, if you had used, say, Kurt Cobain's Journals that came out last year, with some huge sign about how Suicide Is Painless with big red gooey splats on it, hey, that would be fine, because he WASN'T OMG HITLER. *Eyeroll.*)

The idea contrast and the physical contrast sit really well together, and he's a jerk.

Yeah, I'm done. ^_^

[rivetspoon.livejournal.com]

I actually think it was the hat that set him off. XD He's one of the few that would recognize it immediately.

Cobaine's book isn't a bad idea, actually. *rubs chin*

I do plan to do the same shoot again, sans Nazi stuff. Dad's got a white Bible with gold foil; that should contrast plenty. ^^ I'll try to get the Nazi's negatives printed in a timely fashion, though. I'm quite pleased with the layout.

*huggles*

[phyr-nyt.livejournal.com]

ya know... if this keeps up i would start reporting him. because he's just wrong. espechaly if he starts taking it out on your grades.

*hug* hope every thing works out and please don't let him walk all over you or make you feel bad/awkward.

if he does i'll come out there and photo shop his ass don't something he wouldn't like. ^_^

[rivetspoon.livejournal.com]

Fortunately he's not taking it out on my grades... Yet. But yeah. I need to not push his buttons anymore. XD

*hugs* I shall persevere!

[harusamemosuke.livejournal.com]

... you know, considering what happened last time, you'd think he'd get the idea that you aren't going to be a "drone" and just follow his expectations. But some people don't learn, apparently.
Sorry you have to redo the assignment, but at least it seems like the situation was handled with a lot less fuss than last time. And he should put boundries in writing. Though I can't really believe you're the first student to do something controversial.
Ganbatte!!!

[rivetspoon.livejournal.com]

Ari made the stipulation that perhaps I'm the first student that he's had to tell twice. o0

Maybe he'll learn after this semester to put boundaries.

[harusamemosuke.livejournal.com]

... maybe ^_^

[marc-penn.livejournal.com]

If you can, avoid taking him next semester, because he seriously sounds annoying. :/ How in the world does he keep being so short-sighted on art? He has to see the message in the art, not look at only the items. I understand that what could be classified as art has its limits, but I mean, it's not like you took pictures of dildos or anything...