Suzanne Lacy

As I read the Suzanne Lacy article, what really sparked my mind was the connection between art and it's audience. When I do "fine art" I normally do it to express myself and to create something that helps me get out my emotions. I usually never think about an audience when I'm drawing but I started thinking, "If my major is fine art, how would I want to incorporate my audience?" The diagram with the circles was extremely helpful in the whole process. I was having a diffucult time thinking about the importance of the audience when it comes to art in general because I have always interpreted art as one's inner being releasing energy into a craft they cherish. So why care about what others think? But upon reading this article, specifically the section about the audience, I found that the diagram really played a significant part in the entire process of relating your audience to your work. With the ripple pond effect it causes everything to react off of each other in a constant flowing motion which is a great image to think upon. You have to ask yourself how you are going to get from point A to point B and with this chart it was a lot of help.

-Jemar Rovie- Frenchwood