yijingc--Assignment 5

Hello!

Your artistic ability is really impressive! Initially, I actually preferred your original painting because I felt that it better represented the artwork as a whole. However, I realized that this was simply a reflection of how I thought the work was supposed to be interpreted, and not my actual emotions following exposure to the work. I feel as though you may have had a similar problem: because you dwelled on the thought of the painting for so long during your original painting, you may have missed the part of the assignment that called for us to abstract our own reactions to the piece. I feel like in your final 5 minute work, this was exactly what happened; in such a short span of time, you were forced to follow your gut instinct rather than carefully plan every symbolic stroke. I'm glad that it worked out for you in the end! The final piece is really lovely, and I feel is really effective in portraying the emotions you described.