Writing a personal manifesto was both a challenging and releasing experience. Trying to put what I feel and what I believe in to words is almost unimaginable for me -especially as an artist where I lean towards the visual. The way I chose to write this piece is a list because of the fact that I feel that it is something I can read everyday, plus it matches my style. I feel like lists can be really powerful on their own.
What I state varies, for instance I wrote about what I aspire to be, what I believe in, and what I want to focus on. I hope to believe in this manifesto for the rest of my life but I am also realistic in the sense that it is subject to change, grow, and transform as I continue to live.
It’s not about changing its about growing
It’s about staying true and accepting
It’s about not worrying about what you can’t control
It’s about breathing
It’s about remembering your roots
It’s about being comfortable in your own shoes
It’s about patience
It’s not about taking things personally
It’s not about assuming
It’s not about removable material goods
It’s about you
It’s about spirituality
It’s about love
It’s about difficulty
It’s about exploring
It’s about having control of attitude
It’s not about problems, its about creativity
It’s about letting go
It’s not about humans, its about all beings
It’s about energy
It’s all in you
My manifesto poster includes a glimpse into my manifesto. I began by sketching, looking back on the manifesto diary, making small compositions, and exploring formats in illustrator. I knew I wanted to use stippling because it is a style which really defines me as an artist as well as what I believe in. I also added the possibility of including my eyes -since for me eyes reveal a lot in a person.
This Semester I am taking History of Design, as well as Typography and Visual design. These classes made me think twice when creating my poster. I realized that a lot of my posters are inspired by universal style or Bauhaus since they involve simplistic sans serif fonts, and a similar color scheme to what I used in my pieces. Additionally, I enjoyed playing with different styles within font families that I learned about in typography.
Initial sketching:
Exploration pieces:
Final poster :
Irene Inouye November 13, 2016
This is a fabulous post, Balbina. I really like how you reflected on the process of writing your manifesto. What you said regarding hoping you will believe in it for the rest of your life says a lot about how you strongly you feel about it. And yet you are honest about knowing that life is about change and that your views may be altered as you grow older.
It’s terrific seeing the thumbnail sketches and then the evolvement of the digital comps. Great connections with your HIstory of Design and Typography classes. I believe awareness of these connections make your design/creativity process even richer.
Your manifesto is amazing. Direct, heartfelt, deep.