Rut Exercise #2

Happy Birthday Flash Mob

For my this weeks, "do that one thing you have never done but you have always wanted to do" assignment, I decided to do a flash mob. A happy birthday flash mob. The idea of creating a commotion, making someone supper embarrassed, and making someone feel special was the whole goal.

So this is how it worked:

• Scout out location for unsuspecting birthday celebrator
• Have friend #1 sit and start a conversation
• Friend #1 asks their name
• Friend #1 texts me their name

Meanwhile

• Friend #2 finds location to set up camera
• Friend #2 films the whole ordeal

Meanwhile

• I join another group of people
• Convince them its my friends birthday 
• Ask them if they will join in me singing happy birthday
• I get up and make my way over to unsuspecting birthday celebrator

Now its party time.

Cue the Confetti, Ukelele , Kazoo and Cupcakes!

Video to come.

Rut Exercise #1

 We Could Be Heroes

What struck me out of the whole exhibit as creative was how the artists took something that was so childish, their love of action figures and heroes, and turn it into something that was more than the simple character of Superman or Batman. Most of the artist took the approach of putting a spin on their childhood favorites, or being inspired by the youth of action heroes, but one piece did the opposite. I will shoot myself in the foot for not being able to remember the artist or the name of the painting (but I could tell you exactly where it is in the exhibit!), however this piece was particularly interesting to me because it showed a group of older (elderly) people playing cards, all dressed as super heroes. I think that it showed particular creativity because it illustrated how even when we are all grown up, we still want to be heroes, or that maybe these old people used to run around as heroes and now just play card games but they could be heroes to someone. I would imagine that the artist came up with this idea by looking at who our heroes should be. Our grandparents should be super heroes to us. And they used to want to be super heroes, so we should treat them as such. Even if its not int he conventional way of idolizing Superman or Batman, but it should be with respect, awe even. Because there are everyday super heroes all around us. And some of them are our just playing card games waiting to be asked to share their adventures of saving the world.