Faces in Mirrors in Faces

For this activity, which explored the behaviors of "everyday life" as introduced to us by the writings of Allen Kaprow, my partner was Alex Garcia. We stood back to back on this dreary thursday afternoon. We positioned our mirrors to sneak a peak at each other's faces just so, and took steps forward. We attempted to imitate one another's expressions as we walked. She smiled, I smiled. Her tongue then found its way from her smiling mouth, and mine did the same. Then our faces grew smaller, and all that was visible were the hints of a grin. And our faces grew smaller still. And all that was left was the feeling of the activity (which was, at least for myself, still that of levity), and the perceived idea of what form the other's face may be taking. And then we could no longer see a face in the distance, but just the rich color of skin and the dark shapes of eyes. And this is when our activity was at an end.
The thoughts and emotions that this "game" evoked were that of a jovial nature. The instructions had already stated, to make faces (as children do). And there was the feeling of kinship, having a partner to participate with you in the activity, and that without, the activity would be null. The familiar setting of our school grounds also added to the sense of comfortable enjoyment. Based on the guidelines of the process I'd expect this reaction to be in the majority.

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Alright, originally I found simply working with one image in Adobe Illustrator to be demanding. Working with pattern was that much more complicated. At least it started out that way. My only reprieve were the wonderful command keys and replication shortcuts that I learned how to implement as the assignment progressed. Once those tools were aptly assimilated into my Adobe abilities, creating and manipulating pattern became much more manageable. And I found that there are endless images to be created if the program is used competently, whether it be one object, or patterns, or experimenting with positive and negative space.