This is What I Know About Art by Emmanuel Orellana Monsalve

 This is What I Know About Art by Kimberly Drew

Q1: "The more art I saw, the more I wanted to share it with others."

R1: At times I do really wish to share my ideas with my friends or show off whether it be drawing based or video based, I do sometimes get demotivated and overthink that I wouldn't be able to do it. However, when looking around at others do it. I too strive to accomplish my ideas and look to learn to be able to do that.

Q2: "Real talk—working at a small and under-resourced art institution was a powerful, humbling experience."

R2: Looking at this quote/statement and looking where I am now. I can relate a tiny bit being able to work with a story that is family owned make me feel grounded and know that I'm doing something for myself for once and learn many new things.

Q3 "As the years carried on, I used this optimism as a shield. I wielded it when people expressed surprise that someone like me sauntered proudly through the museum’s halls. The optimism came to my defense whenever I spotted one of the museum’s many flaws. Optimism kept me afloat as I set out to fix them."

R3: This quote really made me think about how I use optimism in my life. Whenever I'm at the lowest point or maybe on the highest point of my emotions. I use optimism to help myself cope and push forward my emotions or ideas to express any problems I have.

One of the very many blog posts I was looking through that caught my eye was this piece called "Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture" at first glance before reading any title or any text. I assumed this looked like some concept art or piece that would fit in for a movie or game. However, when looking at this piece again with the title this had widened my eyes even more making me realized what if this is the place where people were able to freely express themselves with the topic or theme of hip-hop.