Walker & Barrett

       In Barrett's article, it was interesting to see how artists can market different interests by intertwining connotations and denotaions in their artwork. I loved the discussion about Michael Ray Charles. He used his artwork to illustrate the racism era to express his feelings to the world. Rather than stating how he felt about racism and all of the controversy he could have caused, he spoke with his paintings. His paintings inspired and touched the souls of many, making him a memorable artist.
      I did not find anything problematic in this article, there was just a small thing that bothered me. Into the reading, the Rolling Stone cover with Destiny's Child was being examined; it was baffling to me how it was explained that even though the girls were artists it would only be assumed to prepare their readers for sex, based on the magazine cover title "booty camp". It's understandable that every reader would have their own opinion, but I don't think it gives anyone the right to put a label on something based on a picture.
    In Walker's article, it was all about how that "big idea" is what every artist needs to fuel their productivity. It was interesting to read the about how its easy to get confused between the big idea and the subject; but the subject was merely the topic and the big idea is the concept. This article depicts the importance of the big idea, and how one artists big idea is different than the next creating a great contrast. For example, I liked how artist Deborah Butterfield always loved horses and her big idea was to create horses even though she was afraid; but she did it and she succeeded.
    Overall, I thought this article was very interesting. The only thing that I found problematic was how towards the end the reading became sort of jumbled and confusing to follow. Walker kept discussing student assignments and teaching, I was unsure of what I was supposed to be comprehending while I was reading an assignment listing and problems.