Object Impressionism Journal – Entry 5

In class today, our teacher asked us to describe this stone figure, which I thought of it to be an angel judging from the human-shaped figure from the front and its two long oval shapes attached on its back. We described what we saw and wrote down some questions – at least that’s what we were supposed to do I kind of just word vomited. After the duration of observing, he revealed to us that it was a prototype given by his friend. They were merging cement and rubber pieces (this was what created the glittering effect of the figure) and ideally the product would be able to rebound if thrown on the ground. As we passed this object around, however, this product didn’t feel the waxiness of rubber, so I hesitant in the idea of it bouncing around. The fact that it was a prototype means that his friend experimented with the mixtures or materials of whatever he had to create the idea he had in mind. They might have gone to through several trials to gratify their plans or maybe they’re still going on with their idea. In any case, this shows the importance of experimentation of even the most unlikely things. They may be unimportant to the world and you may be just experimenting out of curiosity, but I believe having the drive to even go through with something especially insignificant actually makes it more significant.

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