Artist Poet & Writer

Jane Musoke-Nteyafas, is an beautiful African Artist and internationally recognized as a poet, visual artist, author and playwright. She is an inspiration to me and i decided to analyze her paintings. This piece by Jane is called Ishtar, and represents a strong, confident, beautiful, creative woman. I was hoping i would get lucky and manage to get intouch with her to hear her side of the story, on what was going on in her mind while she was painting and what she wanted the painting to say to her audience..however after relentlessly stalcking her on facebook, i have not yet heard from her. It would have be interesting to see the different interpretations we may have. Yes yours too.

However during an interview she was asked one question, this is what she had to say.

Jamati: What would you say is the main message that you try to send through your visual art?
Love yourself as you are. If you believe in God, trust that he did not make mistakes when he made you. There is this poisonous lie going around that people are not enough; not beautiful enough for example until they have changed themselves, you know, by lightening their skins, plastic surgery, starving themselves etc. It’s great to experiment with different looks, but when the basis of the change is based upon thinking you are not good enough or beautiful enough it’s misplaced. I have a poem called Not Good Enough based on that.

(from www.jamati.com)

I love the colours of this painting, bright and inviting, and the fact that the strokes are going round makes it seem like you can see her aura, very inviting, independent.

DELIVER ME!!!!!!!!!!!

So i'm thinking i should go with the ancient Egypt theme for my board game. Right after i decided this, i remembered that there was the movie Prince of Egypt. I love the visuals,as you saw above, the voice cast is amazing, it contains fabulous art work, the songs are powerful and moving and it is definitely one of my best animated movies.

Baby J

Textures...aka The Art Of Seeing

wool fabrics have a greater bulk than other textiles and retain air, which causes the product to retain heat. Its very ironic that i hate sheep, i think they are dirty animals but at the end of the day i wear colthes made out of wool. Considering the fact that, wool off a sheep
contains high level of grease as well as dirt, dead skin, sweat residue, and vegetable matter. So i thought it would be an interesting texture.














I love the rough texture of trees and some smell appealing to me. Ifeel like all the lines on them tell a story of some sort, they associate themselves with "age" just as the wrinkles on e.g my fathers face. Lastly, i love the curves and designs of this pillar. Its made of steel. Simple but yet captivatin to me.

Im obssessed over my niece, or babies should i say. They are so small, tender, soft, innocent. But what strikes me the most is how PERFECT they are.... Like my nieces skin is so pure/clear, soft, and has got no blemish what so ever. Just like silk.

DISCOVERING ANCIENT EGYPT

Todays seminar was all about brain storming on our potential boardgame ideas. So i was thinking...theres so much to explore while using Ancient egypt as the theme for my board game idea. As Andy would put it..It has the "Risk and Reward" factor.... My "players" will be able to roll a dice, get lost in mazes, get clues to find "treasure" or use maps to escape trapdoors etc.

pyramids, pharos, temple constructions, hieroglyphs,

Play the ancient game of the Pharaohs.
Board games were a favorite pastime in Egypt, and Senet was the most popular of these. It was played by two people, either on elaborate carved and inlayed boards like the one found in Tutankhamen’s tomb, or simply scratched into the earth. The oldest known representation of Senet is in a painting from the tomb of Hesy, from 2686 BC.

Many actual boards, with their counters and throw sticks (or “knucklebones”) have survived intact, but the rules of the game are not fully understood, there have been a number of attempts to reconstruct the game. The game board had thirty squares laid out in three rows of ten. Some of the squares had symbols on them and the path of the counters probably followed a reversed S across the board. The symbols represented ether good or bad fortune, and affected the play accordingly. The movement of the counters was decided by throwing four two-sided sticks or, in some cases, knuckle bones. Senet, means “passing” and had a religious significance – the aim of each player being to move their pieces around the board and avoiding hazards. Good luck was a blessing from the gods and the winner was the first to pass into the afterlife by getting all their pieces off the board. With colourful -graphics and fun sound effects this reconstructed version of Senet is not only a game of chance, a bit of skill and strategy is also required.

To help me further come up with the visual aspects of the game, i shall watch "The Mummy" and the "Mummy Returns"..................

I hope i make the right decision

So yes .....i have finally decided....VIRTUAL ENVIROMENTS it is!!!!!! yes i am not very strong in this area, but i intend to work work work work till i c some results! i figured i might aswell leave this university with a skill..as much as i wanted to do audio visual, i figured i would be able to attend the lectures and do my own work on the side, and thus devote all my time to the VE pathway

PASSION or LOGIC...

Summer is over back to work now...did my share of partying....! Dilemma dilemma im having a hard time choosing my pathway. Initially i thought i wanted to do Online Enviroments but now i cant seem to decide between Virtual Enviroments and Audio Visual. Im very interested in VE, however using 3d studio max was a challenge to me. AV was less complicated however i feel my creative potential was reflected the most in VE. AND another major thing to consider is employment. I inteed to go back home and work there, however the VE industry doesnt seem to exist. Should i take advantage of that and hope to be the person to make it big. OR jus play is safe and go ahead with AV to be on the "safe side".....Passion or logic? what would you choose.