Fireside Chat: Artist Statement

Fireside Chat: Artist’s Statement

            I chose to recite the poem “The Cremation of Sam McGee” for my presentation. I first heard this story from my oldest brother many years ago and which I have always remembered because of the visual richness, the comedy, and overall great experience. I have always been able to remember certain images that have come to my mind when certain stanzas were said. This story considers what it means to keep a promise. This moral has always stayed with me because of what the storyteller goes through to keep his promise. Because I first heard this story from my oldest brother and is something that has resurfaced from time to time, it has become something sentimental or nostalgic for me to remember and recite and so has a special place in my heart.

            I also enjoy this poem a great deal because it comes off being a serious poem about a guy dying and having to haul a body around on a sleigh pulled by dogs but turns into a comedic ending – a good mixture and representation of what our lives consist of. Because the poem has such poetic language, it’s sometimes easy to get caught up in the way it’s told rather than what’s actually being said. But once you understand what’s happening the language creates such vivid imagery it’s hard to forget. To ensure that people could follow the story to at least some degree, I compiled some images that met a certain aesthetic. The images were mostly painted, and were vibrantly colored except for the image of Sam McGee. I chose images that were representative of a stanza or two. This way, when I would recite those stanzas I would have the images projected on the screen that would help people follow along and get the most out of the experience.

A Concerned Citizen

 Artistic Statement: A Concerned Citizen

Being a concerned citizen does not have to mean just giving stuff to people. Sometimes it is just as important to know HOW to give or how we can improve how we help. This wasn’t the concept we expected going into the interview, but it was just right for making a compelling and insightful little documentary. It is having things develop naturally like this that makes developing our artistic vision more interesting.
One thing we wanted to do with our presentation is invite a calm and reflective environment for the audience and the speaker. Thankfully, the speaker had such an environment in the house she was staying at. Partly this served us because it was easy to access, but we felt it really served the tone of the narrative. When we think of someone who does service for communities, we picture a humble home and lifestyle that reflects their work. Complimented by the unflashy lighting and leisure flow of the editing, we hoped that the setting of the piece set the tone well.
However, this does not mean we just wanted to do a “gather around for story time” video either. As sweet and calm as the speaker and environment are, there is still a sense of fun to the things she does to help in Bolivia and the other countries they did work for. To reflect this, we added a few creative choices into the mix. One of those choices was the Latin music in the background. It is just subtle enough to not be distracting, but light hearted enough to add some enthusiasm. The other big choice was the inclusion of some lighter moments from the taping. Jordan’s hands serving as a clapper, some of the speaker’s comments, some moments where she can just laugh, etc. It not only rounds her as a character, but it adds depth and personality to the narrative.
Ultimately, all of these decisions and manipulations of the film are to portray an honest picture of the speaker. She is a very humble person. She is a funny and lighthearted person. She is informative. Through the way we assembled it, we wanted to give respect not only to the advice she gives on how to do service well, but respect to her as a concerned citizen.

Protest Poster - Medicinal Marijuana

 

Artist Statement

            This is a protest poster against legalizing medicinal marijuana. This is hot topic for some states as the elections are taking place and the option to legalize marijuana is an option for states like Oregon, Colorado and Washington. 17 states have already legalized it. Colorado is actually the number one producer of legalized medicinal marijuana in the country and are looking to completely legalize it – medicinal or not. Within the city there are 204 places that sell it using a green cross as the symbol of where you can find it. This is 3 times more places than there are McDonalds and Starbucks combined. This is an interesting topic because the states are legalizing it but it is still illegal with the federal government. So, technically the federal government could come into these states that have legalized it and lock everybody up. But, they’re not doing that – their focus is on the drug lords, not the medicinal marijuana providers.

            I don’t think we should legalize marijuana because of its implications. Anytime something becomes legalized, immediately the use of the drug across the country skyrockets. This is because now its “ok” according to the law. When prohibition was revoked and people could drink alcohol legally again, the use of alcohol by citizens shot up drastically and created all sorts of problems that we still deal with. The same thing would happen with marijuana and we don’t want a bunch of people walking around on marijuana. It’s addictive and doesn’t put people in a very cognitive state that allows them to function like a normal human being. I also don’t think that it’s ok to legalize it because if the country were to legalize it, it would be telling everyone that it’s alright, and I don’t believe it is because of the negative effects it has on people and the dangers it presents.

Webspinna

 Webspinna link:

http://soundcloud.com/kartchner-films/webspinna-jordan-kartchner

 

Artist Statement: Webspinna

            This was a really fun process to go through. I thought it would be really neat to take a walk through some big events in American History all provided by the Internet. I thought the first soundtrack provided a good ambient feel for many of the sound clips but eventually transitioned into a sound used for a skydiving video in French. The sound clips used started out with Martin Luther King giving his famous “I have a Dream” speech – this was mostly to capture people’s interest and give them an idea of what the theme of the whole piece was going to be. I wanted to make the rest of the presentation chronological as we moved through American History so I next went into a reading of the Declaration of Independence by celebrities. Next was the bombing of Pearl Harbor report by the president Franklin Roosevelt, then the recording of Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon, Nixon’s resignation speech, Reagan’s call to Gorbachev to tear down the wall, and last the live report of the 9/11 attack on the twin towers as the second plane hit.

            Because much of my sound clips were people talking, I had to make sure to fade one audio clip out as the other one was played. I set this up by setting the volume of each clip at a fairly high volume. When I felt it was time to play that clip, I would hit play, then go back to the previous sound clip and fade that down. This provided for some interesting mixes of music, sounds, and dialogue. Before I live mixed the audio clips, I found the clips that interested me, then had to watch through much of them to find the right place that I wanted to start recording. This way, all the sound clips were cued so I could just hit play and fade the previous audio out. I felt it was important to get the first two sound clips fairly well synced to encourage some emotion between the song being played and the sound clip of Martin Luther King. I practiced this a couple times until I felt fairly confident of the timing – but when it came time to record it was all done impromptu.

Links to audio Sources:

1.)   Ghostwriter: rjd2

a.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKJeLG8-M5I

2.)   Martin luther king Jr. : “I have a dream” speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs

3.)   Declaration of Independence

a.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYyttEu_NLU

4.)   Nixon Resigning

a.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEOGJJ7UKF

 

5.)   Landing on the Moon

a.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4

6.)   Reagan – Tear down this wall

a.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWDrTXMgF8

7.)   Pearl Harbor Presidential address

a.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqQAf74fsE

8.)   911

a.     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVhhu5OjMf8

Medium Specificity

Artist Statement: Medium Specificity

I chose to explore the medium of digital video. There are many things that are specific to photography that are similar to film or video, but one of the major things film does have is motion. I think some of the simple processes and details of life are so beautiful, but go unnoticed because they happen so fast.

            A perfect example of this is water. Because water changes shape so fast, there are so many details that go on in that process that we never see. This could be like when water comes out of a faucet into a glass, and the initial impact it has in the glass and the shapes it creates. Because of technology and the ability we have to capture movement and slow it down, we can now see the tiny details and processes that happen really fast that go unnoticed but are so beautiful. To show this, I played with the various speeds of the film in post-production. The original footage is waves, which was shot at 120 fps. When played back at 24 fps, the new amount of video gives me 5 seconds of footage. So what took one second to shoot the water – when played back is stretched out to 5 seconds giving me beautiful detail in slow motion. To play this back at a normal speed I would have to increase the raw footage (120 fps footage) by 500% to make it look normal. I instead increased the footage by various degrees of speed – like 200% and others as well. One of the issues I ran into, was that because the original footage was shot at such a high resolution, it was somewhat difficult to work with the raw footage without it being transcoded to 422 – so this particular footage is an export of the proxy files created rather than an export of a nearly uncompressed codec.

Social Media Adaptation

An adaptation of the novel The Giver, by Lois Lowry
Follow Jonas' journey on Instagram! @ReceiverJonas

OR click the links in the order below:

http://instagram.com/p/Q019MvOpOY/ 

http://instagram.com/p/Q04XLKOpAX/
http://instagram.com/p/Q06h4pupB7/
http://instagram.com/p/Q06pmCOpCE/
http://instagram.com/p/Q061x_OpCO/
http://instagram.com/p/Q0697nupCX/
http://instagram.com/p/Q0--Q-upFc/
http://instagram.com/p/Q0_HdgOpFi/
http://instagram.com/p/Q0_NUsupFq/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1AOpsOpGS/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1AmfSOpGg/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1A1_ZupGs/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1DvwoOpIq/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1D-eoOpIz/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1EPtvupI-/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1EaRuupJD/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1Ek86OpJF/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1HvMpOpKy/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1H3xxOpK4/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1IB-cOpLB/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1IJBmOpLG/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1IR4POpLJ/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1LYvNOpMl/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1LjXmOpMq/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1LvNPOpMz/
http://instagram.com/p/Q1MfbsOpNJ/


Artists' Statement:

For our social media adaption, we chose to portray The Giver through Instagram. Because this book focuses heavily on visual elements and is written from Jonas' perspective, we felt pictures would be a great way to tell such a story.  We chose to use Instagram because it allows Jonas to take spontaneous snapshots of the world around him. We never see his face because the book is told through his perspective, and so too are the pictures. This point of view allows for us to show how Jonas' world changes as the story progresses, because if it was from anyone else's perspective, nothing would change.

This first person view of the story is similar to the interactive artistic collaboration known as The Infinite Oz. The Infinite Oz leads us through several landscapes as if we are seeing them through Dorothy’s eyes. Each new artistic landscape considers something different in her journey, just as each picture in Jonas’s Instagram account tells us something new about what he is experiencing. Furthermore, all the characters in both Jonas's and Dorothy's stories are stuck in their respective areas of the world except Jonas and Dorothy who move beyond what's considered normal. So although the media methods differ, there are some definite parallels between the two, which allow us to experience the journey as if we are alongside them.

Perhaps the most important element for adapting our pictures dealt with the portrayal of color. In the beginning of the book, the reader realizes that the society in which they live is black and white, and all color has been removed. We chose to use black and white photos early on because Jonas also saw in black and white.  However, he begins to see glimpses of red as the story progresses. We used photos of specific events, like when Jonas saw his friend Fiona's hair change and turn red.  As the story progresses, the Giver gives Jonas memories with color, and this is also reflected in our images.

Similarly to our use of color, we wanted to reflect how we felt society would look.  Our adaption shows the sterile society they live in.  The pictures in the beginning are completely clear and shallow.  They highlight structure to emphasize that there is little depth and excitement to life. As time goes on, and Jonas learns more about the world he is living in, he sees more depth of field and more angles.  

In Harper's Magazine, Jonathan Lether wrote the article, "The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism."  He speaks of Bob Dylan and the influence his music has had on society.  He says how "Dylan's art offers a paradox: while it famously urges us not to look back, it also encodes a knowledge of past sources that might otherwise have little home in contemporary culture."  This is very characteristic of The Giver because the entire society is created to avoid and forget the past.  The society relies upon a single person to hold the burdens of the past.

The Hitchhiker: Textual Poaching

Artist Statement: Textual Poaching

            I think when people first look at hitchhikers, they see less of a person. I’m a hitchhiker, and I’m not less of a person. There’s been so many times when I sit at a corner waiting for a ride – because I really need one, and people won’t stop. I think people won’t stop because they’re afraid of the unknown, they’re afraid from the stories they’ve heard about hitchhikers getting picked up and killing everyone in the car. In 2005 a statistic was released stating that 459 people have been killed on interstates in the past 40 years – that’s not many compared to just about anything else that’s happened in the last 40 years but it is still 459 people. So it is minimally understandable why and how people could completely avoid becoming another statistic by just not stopping. But compared to the amount of rides given each year to hitchhikers in the United States, picking up a hitchhiker is not too much of a risk. You could do more good by picking somebody up and giving them a ride.

            This picture was taken in 1971 of a guy who looks somewhat like a hippie. When people see somebody like this they might think “homeless” or “might kill me”. In reality many hitchhikers have homes, they’re just traveling to a job, or a new home and are harmless – they just need a little help. There is much more to a hitchhiker than our initial reactions. I added pictures to the original so as to suggest the depth to a human being – who happens to be hitchhiking. These people usually have families, interests, hopes, and dreams just like everybody else. This image more accurately represents me.

DIRK

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Artist’s Statement: Historical Story Script

            Because this story is a period piece – it required a fair amount of research so we could accurately portray the events that happened hundreds of years ago. This included researching the actual story of Dirk Willems and reading multiple accounts. We then used these stories to create the story we have written. Part of the research included getting real names that were used in Holland during that time. Some of the names – like “Burgomaster” were actually part of the true account and who was a real person who told the guard pursuing Dirk and who fell through the ice to bring him back after Dirk saved him. The Judge listed in the screenplay actually sentenced Dirk to death. Dirk’s sentence was almost verbatim of the actual recorded account that was verified and confirmed by the town clerk of Asperen. The original sentence was wordy so we did some editing to shorten the sentence a bit.

            We chose to portray this story as a drama because this story is serious, heavy and dark. We wanted to approach the screenplay in a mood conducive to that style instead of it being a comedy for example. We also chose to make this story from the perspective of a guard – Meerten. This allows us to have a more objective perspective rather than if it were from the perspective of Dirk. This other perspective also allowed the story to be reflective of the whole event rather than just having Dirk die in the end and that be it. With Meerten tying everything together, we see how much someone suffers when they go contrary to their conscience or moral duty. This helps humanize the whole story as we can relate better to a man like Meerten who has flaws – like us - but goes through significant character development rather than Dirk who seems unflawed. This is also is a timeless story – one that applies to us today. Although we may not have to make the same moral decision as Meerten, we do have to make similar moral decisions that challenge our personal beliefs and standards.

The Suspenders

The Suspenders

            When you make your own clothes, putting loops in the pants for a belt is a lot of extra work. That’s why suspenders are so convenient, they just clip onto the front and back of the pants and are easily adjustable for a preferred tension – at least that’s what the Hutterites think. The Hutterites are religious groups who have separated themselves from the world in many aspects. They stem from the Protestant Reformation in the 16^th century and are akin to the Mennonites and Amish. They live in colonies that range from 60 – 150 people and have essentially lived the law of consecration for hundreds of years – since 1536 in fact. I first learned about the Hutterites in elder’s quorum and was fascinated by these people. So much so that I called up the Spokane, Washington colony – did a little convincing – and eventually ended up living and working with the colony. The first thing you’d notice about a Hutterite from just looking at them is how they dress. The women look like pioneers from the 1800’s with ankle length dresses and bonnets, and the men go around in black pants and suspenders. It was only natural that I would join the colony style by growing a full beard, and wearing suspenders too. Having never owned a decent pair of suspenders – or really ever had the need, I didn’t own a pair and was grateful when one of the young Hutterites offered me ones he often wore.

            We did almost everything in suspenders – because that’s just what we wore. We pollinated canola plants with bees, repaired a car, built fences, wrapped wire, helped build a new school and church, played volleyball, soccer, golfed with a sledge hammer, hunted, ate, went to church, and almost died or got really hurt a couple times in those suspenders to which the comment was “another day on the farm”. Those suspenders became an icon for everything that was “The Hutterite” way. And in that environment it was perfectly normal – if you tried wearing suspenders here at BYU, you might never get married.

            At the end of my stay, I had drawn close to these people and had great love and admiration – a people with a special place in my heart. I had become so attached to the suspenders I had worn almost the whole time I was there, I didn’t want to give them up. Or rather – I had become so attached to the people, and the suspenders reminded me of them so much that I didn’t want to give them up. Graciously – the friend who lent me the suspenders let me have them. “Compliments of my mom” he said in his extremely thick Hutterish accent that was sometimes hard to understand, as his mom was the one who made them.

            The Hutterites live a peculiar lifestyle that is centered around Jesus Christ. They give up all personal possessions for the benefit and welfare of each other and the colony. They are a people who strive to be like Christ in everything they do – even sports. They are a community in every sense of the word – a community who work together, play together, worship together, live, love, and thrive together. They are the closest thing to Zion I think I’ve ever seen – and they do it all in a bonnet and suspenders.

 

Artist’s Statement:

I chose the suspenders because they are a significant symbol of my life. I wear them in part because they remind me of some of the greatest people I’ve ever met who have in many ways put me to shame about how often or how hard I try to be like Christ. The colony eats every meal together in a big dining hall – so you can imagine what it was like walking in there looking like…well, like someone that wasn’t a Hutterite. I didn’t dare look up as I could feel everybody in the room was looking at me. It was almost as shocking the next morning when at breakfast I had acquired some suspenders and was wearing them. I found out later that everyone was happy that I had put on suspenders and was becoming “one of them” – at least to some degree. After a while I had grown accustomed to wearing them – and actually thought I looked pretty cool. It was no longer awkward throwing those things on and snapping them onto my pants and I didn’t feel out of place – even when they would get snapped. Although the suspenders symbolize an entire lifestyle and people for me, it’s interesting that something so powerful in my mind is actually commonplace for everybody else and is only used for practical reasons. On the back and inside of my suspenders, written in whiteout ink is the name “Erik”, who is the guy who gave them to me and is one of the better friends I made while living in the colony. He was one of the best examples of who a Hutterite is and we remain close today. Although the suspenders symbolize a colony and people, they also are a physical representation of my friendship with Erik that I presume will last the rest of our lives. This is similar to the article I read in our reading about Daphne who plays the violin because those things represent her. I would hope that my experience with the Hutterites have left a lasting impact on me – and the suspenders are a representation of that for me.

Process Piece: Creating a Song

Process Piece: Creating a Song

http://soundcloud.com/shawn-davis-13/process-piece-tma112_writing-a

Artist's Statement

            The idea is to accurately represent in a couple minutes what goes into creating a song. To do this we chose a band that would be able to show this process. Before the recording session we acquired some audio recording equipment and planned with the band when we would record them. This band has a song they are currently working on, but isn’t completely finished. So we decided we’d record them playing what they do have finished, and also the process of them adding to the song.

            After we acquired the equipment, we set it all up. We had one microphone set in the center of the five-person band that would record everything. This allowed for us to capture all the sound in the room, rather than putting microphones on one or two people. We thought it would be good to record for 30 minutes or so as the band played what they did know, and what they didn’t. We then took notes for those thirty minutes as to what happens when so we could go back and reference those notes to edit it down into a couple minutes in post-production.

            Because we had the detailed reference notes of what was happening at which time, we were able to go through and choose the parts of the recording session that show the creative process of creating a song. The idea is to show good beats/rhythms that the band created, but also show mess-ups and discussion about the song that helped the band create more of the song together. We then took those segments and edited them together into a 2-3 minute piece that shows the creative process a band goes through to create a new song.

            I like Dean Duncan’s documentary piece called “Scripture Study” because scripture study is definitely a process. I don’t think kids remember what they learned in scripture study as much as they remember that is just happened and was part of growing up – and were told it was good. The recording of a musical song is similar in that it too involves a great deal of mess-ups and not so perfect practices. But the idea is that through working through the process, you end up with gold in the end.

Thick Description Video Accompaniment

Thick Description

This holy house in the hills comfortably sits between tall trees that create a boundary – protecting everything inside it. It is common for the temples of God to sit high in the hills or on the mountains. It was on Mount Sinai that Moses spoke with God, and on the Mount of Transfiguration where Peter, James, and John saw and received amazing things. This place in the hills that has such value and is like a temple - is my grandmother’s house.

            Up in the hill sits this house that is holy to me – and specifically inside this house is a living room situated between an antique dining room and a well-used and lively kitchen. This room has square windows – higher up on the wall that you can only see out of when you stand. Looking out the windows is an incredible vast view of Provo with Utah Lake spanning across the land in the distance like a broad paint stroke that’s cuddled in by the mountains behind it. The evening sun shines through brilliantly - illuminating everything with a golden hue. As my grandmother sits near the windows reading with her unsteady hands, she – herself seems to be transfigured – glorified – illuminated by the evening light that causes her pure white hair to glow. This is a place of peace.

            This is a place of peace, and rest. Pretenses have no place here. You are who you are here, and it is a beautiful respite from the pressures to be something more than you are – whether you try to be or not. The people that live here are humble enough to know they don’t know everything, but they are intelligent, educated, extremely experienced in global issues because they are so well traveled and read and so give meaningful thought and advice on many topics. They are in large part what make this place so beautiful.

            This place seems almost a world apart in contrast to the BYU Provo lifestyle. People in the valley are at the genesis of their lives filled with energy and optimism, but as I “ascend” the hill, it’s like moving through a century over the course of a few minutes. In this home I’m confronted with the realities of life – of age, experience and wisdom where although I am in the presence of someone who’s experienced time, they seem to live outside it. And although they seem to live outside of time, they know the inevitable awaits them and they are not afraid. Rather - ready to embrace their next phase of life – even death. Here, I can ask questions and receive an honest answer.

            This place and the people here are old enough and experienced enough to take delight in the simplicities of the world. Life is not a mystery here, it is subtle and has significant purpose, and it is slow, methodical, constant and enduring. It is not the center of attention, but a quiet reality set in the hills. This place and these people have been exposed to so much of the world that new things aren’t really new – or at least that’s my perspective of them. Rather, things are just different as time goes on. The magic of technology is bewildering, but not overbearing as the valuable things in life are always kept in perspective. It is a place of quiet significance that always sits at the feet of a grandeur mountain as a constant reminder to be still, and know that God is God.

            Sometimes I can go there, and not have to say a word to anybody – because slow silence is beautiful. The couch I lay on for a nap isn’t long enough for me, so I have to drape both legs off to one side in an unexpectedly comfortable position. My grandmother quietly sits in her chair and reads. The silence is comfortable. To me - this is holy ground.



Artist's Statement:

It was a great joy to do this assignment – primarily because I had to put myself both physically in this special place, and mentally when I wasn’t to accurately describe it. By writing this description, I would put myself in that place, which would inevitably bring back memories and feelings from which I would draw to express this location. So it was enjoyable putting myself either physically or mentally in this place to relive – and then articulate my feelings. I go to my grandmother’s house at least once a week – usually for Sunday dinner. By being there it helped the detailed and accurate descriptions come to me as I wrote the description. Because I am there so often, I didn’t have to plan a special time to go – in part because I go there every week, and also in part because it has such a vivid and powerful impact on me that I only needed to think about the place – and specifically the living room to bring back the memories and feelings I needed to create the description.

            In the description I describe the place as my grandmother’s house but later on refer to what seems to be like other people that live there. I understand that this may be somewhat confusing but I don’t feel like it detracted from the description and so left it how it is – but I feel I should clarify here. My grandmother does live there, but I have an aunt and uncle that live there too who take care of her and are a large part as to why this place is so special. My grandmother is very well traveled, but my aunt and uncle are currently still traveling a great deal – and so I feel they bring a living feed of information to the house that is in part what makes them so valuable to me. They are a current source of information regarding humanitarian work all around the world and are what I feel people who contribute to my education and understanding of the world.

This was an interesting experiment for me to see how music affects my photography. I normally don’t listen to music when I shoot so it was interesting to see how the music moved me to shoot and look for things to shoot that maybe I otherwise would not have. The collaborative effort before the project helped me define what I was looking for and eventually gave me the idea to complete this project as I did. The main word that I felt represented the music was “urban”. Having that focus allowed me to go into an urban setting, listen to my chosen music and shoot away, which turned out to be fun and emotionally rewarding. The theme I felt as I listened to the music was how there is human emotion amidst the emotionless (the urban setting). Whether I was naturally inclined to shoot patterns within the city or if that was evoked by listening to the music I wasn’t sure – maybe a bit of both – but the music gave me a feel of rebelliousness, which I equated to the “emotion” within the “emotionless”. The emotion represented itself in different settings – and not every picture I took had the emotion I was looking for but was rather setting the art piece up for the emotion to come. I think the emotion came from the human elements within the shots – with the exception of the parking garage that looks wavy from one angle. Most of the pictures are of patterns within the city, but every once in a while you come across a person in a shot, or a hand, or something done by a person against the pattern which creates an interesting juxtaposition of the two worlds. The arrangement of the pieces was also under the influence of the music. As I listened to the music it caused me to arrange the pictures in a way that I felt somewhat followed the music. For example, when a part of the song would come, my eye would naturally look to a picture I felt represented the emotion being portrayed in the song. All in all it was good to experiment with how music affected my photography.

Music for music mosaic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVqAdIMQZlk