id,document,tag,content
2,ParticipantA,Medium.watercolor,watercolor
3,ParticipantA,Medium.painting,acrylics
4,ParticipantA,Medium.ceramics,ceramics
6,ParticipantA,Inspiration.environment,inspirations from [things] happening in my environment.
7,ParticipantA,Inspiration.articles,articles
8,ParticipantA,Inspiration.conversations,having conversation with another person
9,ParticipantA,Documentation.sketchbook,sketchbook
10,ParticipantA,Documentation.picture,"But when I don't have it, for example, if it is another person’s painting, or exhibition I saw, I would just record it on my phone. Giana Ricci  03:20 Take a picture or something like that?"
11,ParticipantA,Documentation.journal,journals
12,ParticipantA,Inspiration.books,Do you ever use print books? Do you ever look inside print books for inspiration? speaker 2  03:59 Yeah.
17,ParticipantA,Books.expensive,"I love to buy artists' books, but most of them are expensive"
13,ParticipantA,Books.exhibitioncatalog,"There was a Bernd and Hilla Becher retrospective show at the Met. And I wanted to buy this artist catalog at the Met, which is like a hundred and ten, I think. So, yeah,I didn't buy it. Instead, I just go into the library at Bobst and try to look for it and I eventually find it."
22,ParticipantA,Library.checkingoutbooks,"So, yeah,I didn't buy it. Instead, I just go into the library at Bobst and try to look for it and I eventually find it. There are actually two in the library. I happened to get one of them."
18,ParticipantA,Library.forclass,"And then I used it as a research base for a relevant class at that time, which was also related to the show itself. So basically, I went to research about an artist, or a collaborative dual artist, who are historical figures, and then we were supposed to write an analysis of the work, and I used that book as a base."
15,ParticipantA,Books.artistmonograph,the Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel
16,ParticipantA,Browsing.bookstores,And were you browsing when you were in that store? Or were you looking specifically for that book? speaker 2  06:15 I was just browsing what was on sale.
19,ParticipantA,Books.expensive,Taschen's books are kind of expensive
21,ParticipantA,Library.forclass,"I also take other classes, and those do kind of go through the library. And sometimes I do return to the art project. For example, I was studying psychology, and we do have to look into some books [on] cognition. So basically textbooks, but they do have some other articles and you have to do readings from Brightspace."
20,ParticipantA,Misnomer.librarycatalog,"I also use the database sometimes, just because I was interested in scientific illustration, so I did look into the library to check if there are books about it, and there are."
23,ParticipantA,Library.checkingoutbooks,"I did look into the library to check if there are books about it, and there are. I actually borrowed one one semester about scientific illustration."
24,ParticipantA,Books.illustrations,"But that book is so old, it was written in the 70s. It's not even colored, it's just black and white, and I think it's outdated."
25,ParticipantA,Organization.mindmap,"for research ideas, sometimes it's just for a very small thing, and I would just make a mindmap."
26,ParticipantA,Professors,"That's interesting that they [your professors] directed you to read more and listen more and just kind of gather more information. speaker 2  10:30 Yeah, I think our professors, or at least the professor I met, they are a very good resource. They know a lot of books, a lot of artists, [who are] a lot of their peers. Somehow the class this morning, basically, we're talking about an artist he graduated with and who he found inspiring. We were also talking about futurist architecture, and he offered us a book,"
26,ParticipantA,Inspiration.recommendations,"That's interesting that they [your professors] directed you to read more and listen more and just kind of gather more information. speaker 2  10:30 Yeah, I think our professors, or at least the professor I met, they are a very good resource. They know a lot of books, a lot of artists, [who are] a lot of their peers. Somehow the class this morning, basically, we're talking about an artist he graduated with and who he found inspiring. We were also talking about futurist architecture, and he offered us a book,"
27,ParticipantA,Library.criticism,"The only thing that is a gap between artists and the library is that sometimes artists don't really know how to search for it. If I didn't have the class, I wouldn’t even know what is futurism? I won't be looking for Futurism, or knowing there is a book, right."
28,ParticipantA,Research.separate,"Yeah, it's mostly during the research process. I mean, it's just during the research phase I would definitely look into artists who are working with similar ideas, or just artists that I generally appreciate. And during my painting, I would just focus on my painting myself."
28,ParticipantA,Inspiration.artists,"Yeah, it's mostly during the research process. I mean, it's just during the research phase I would definitely look into artists who are working with similar ideas, or just artists that I generally appreciate. And during my painting, I would just focus on my painting myself."
29,ParticipantA,Research.online,"If a professor wants you to specifically mimic an artist's work I would definitely look into websites or something online, to find a high resolution image so I can kind of zoom in."
29,ParticipantA,Images.online,"If a professor wants you to specifically mimic an artist's work I would definitely look into websites or something online, to find a high resolution image so I can kind of zoom in."
30,ParticipantA,Images.printed,"Yeah, I think that's it. And sometimes I will also have the pictures printed out."
31,ParticipantA,Inspiration.artists,"I didn't even know it really looks like one of Kandinsky’s works, it looks specifically like one of Kandinsky's works, I can show you later, but I had no idea if it looks like that."
32,ParticipantA,Feedback.professors,"Yeah. I mean, I do sometimes have one to one with the professor I want to talk to. So individual meetings"
33,ParticipantA,Feedback.friends,And sometimes I also ask my friends about it
34,ParticipantA,Feedback.nonartists,"Okay, and the friends you talk to, are they artists? or not necessarily? speaker 2  19:34 Not necessarily."
35,ParticipantA,Timeconstraints,"I think for small projects,  like smaller paintings or something, I don't really do that, because I want to complete [it] in time."
36,ParticipantA,Medium.watercolor,watercolor
37,ParticipantA,Medium.ceramics,ceramics
38,ParticipantA,Inspiration.professors,"Yeah, for inspiration, I go to my professors. They're very resourceful. And also techniques."
39,ParticipantA,Help.technical,"Sometimes I will ask my classmates, who are better at working in one medium, I'll ask them for technical advice and also, sometimes [when] I have a concept done, but the material itself, I don't really know how to do it. I’ve also asked my partner because they've kind of specialized in that stuff."
39,ParticipantA,Help.friends,"Sometimes I will ask my classmates, who are better at working in one medium, I'll ask them for technical advice and also, sometimes [when] I have a concept done, but the material itself, I don't really know how to do it. I’ve also asked my partner because they've kind of specialized in that stuff."
40,ParticipantA,Difficult.egocentric,"I would definitely say the research, because I always have this fear that my idea is too egocentric. Because sometimes it does happen, when you're exploring your identity or experience, it can be very, very personal on some level, and then I always want to expand out of it, and I always find this gap between my between the two kinds of art I make, one is research based and the other one’s more subjective, and I find sometimes it's very difficult to combine those two. And somehow my research-based work would be too objective, and don't really have the quality to the stories. For my subjective ones, they also kind of alleviate the pain to myself. So at the time I do this work, I have to express physically about this, thinking as I have over there. So how to combine research and my own experience within that work."
41,ParticipantA,Exciting.completing,"Maybe, when I finish it? Honestly, I don't know what is finished or not. When I think at least the painting process is finished, I think, “okay, maybe it's time for me to do this a little bit.” And then, also sometimes, before critique, I will look at it back to see if it is not that finished, or not that much complete, or not that much is conveyed. But that is the most exciting, to finish it."
42,ParticipantA,Exciting.ideas,"And also, I think one thing that is very exciting, [is] when you are researching stuff and you suddenly have actually a new direction. Sometimes that kind of epiphany does happen, and when it happens, it's very exciting because it brings up a lot of visuals when you do that and that kind of sudden connection is also very precious for me."
42,ParticipantA,Exciting.epiphany,"And also, I think one thing that is very exciting, [is] when you are researching stuff and you suddenly have actually a new direction. Sometimes that kind of epiphany does happen, and when it happens, it's very exciting because it brings up a lot of visuals when you do that and that kind of sudden connection is also very precious for me."
43,ParticipantA,Support.professors,"I think during the research phase, we could keep in touch with the professors more, so for example, an instruction, step by step. Because sometimes I do fall into a trap of thinking of something very egocentric, so I do need that kind of guidance there."
44,ParticipantA,Support.critique,"Ok, and also in the feedback sessions, I think sometimes more constructive advice should be offered by the peers or by the professors, because sometimes, in some classes, I feel like people will say, ""Oh, I like this and that."" I like what? I really like what? Or “This is really interesting,” but what is not interesting or what is boring? Sometimes, I do want to hear something more critical because I don't want to be in an echo chamber, you know? It does happen."
45,ParticipantA,Support.findingresources,"And I also think in terms of resources, I think the technical resources we have been buying is enough, but I just think we should be more systematic, like a database, which we could just search it in acting as our professor, to be the connection between the specific resources on a specific topic. I think that would be very interesting. I don't know how to describe that. It might be a little bit difficult to have that kind of connection."
46,ParticipantA,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"Do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? speaker 2  28:53 Of course, yes."
47,ParticipantA,Research.definition,"Ok, yeah. I think research is about internal and external landscapes. An internal landscape will be our mental landscape, so if you dip into your own experience or personal stuff that is related to the topic, and then external landscape which is the environment, you could look into some incidents, things that prompt you to think about it, or books, articles and artists’ editorials about that topic. For example, working with AI, think of you as yourself, as a student in college, how it helped you. And what is your personal experience with using chatGPT right now. But you can also look further into the artwork and also in the real world, for example, you can look into artists who are making AI art. For example, a lot of my professors are working with AI and I can look into their commentaries on the work and also their own statements. What I really like is to go on JSTOR, at the research point [and] look into recent, really recent research about the topic I'm interested in. JSTOR is also a site which I use a lot for research."
49,ParticipantA,Databases.jstor,"What I really like is to go on JSTOR, at the research point [and] look into recent, really recent research about the topic I'm interested in. JSTOR is also a site which I use a lot for research."
50,ParticipantA,Library.specialcollections,"Yeah, I think a lot of points are already covered in those questions, and I personally am also interested in I think maybe on the second floor or third floor where they have those opportunities for graduate students to see the manuscripts? Giana Ricci  31:47 In Bobst? speaker 2  31:48 Yeah. Giana Ricci  31:48 Okay, yeah. speaker 2  31:49 I don't know if this is ever accessible for undergraduates. I mean, personally, I do want to do my own manuscripts, especially those illustrated like the Torah or other organized religious illustrations. I would be very very grateful to have the opportunity to look into them."
51,ParticipantA,Library.exhibitions,"And also I’m fascinated by the fact that the Bobst library sometimes has art exhibitions. I think that's a great opportunity too for artists to show their work, especially emerging artists who do need the platform."
53,ParticipantB,Medium.sculpture,"basic sculpture, I guess, concrete, chicken wire, plaster, that sort of thing, metal as well"
54,ParticipantB,Medium.ceramics,ceramics
55,ParticipantB,Medium.collage,collage
56,ParticipantB,Inspiration.books,"Jane Bennett's Vibrant Matter. It was a super cool book to read, and then Foucault, obviously, almost trite to say, but he's a big one. Walter Benjamin, stuff like that. I've read through a lot."
56,ParticipantB,Books.philosophy,"Jane Bennett's Vibrant Matter. It was a super cool book to read, and then Foucault, obviously, almost trite to say, but he's a big one. Walter Benjamin, stuff like that. I've read through a lot."
57,ParticipantB,Books.fiction,"And then recently, I've been reading a lot of postmodern fiction, like Don DeLillo and David Foster Wallace, sort of diving into that."
58,ParticipantB,Books.bookstores,"Almost always I go to a bookstore. I like to have the physical books, so I normally buy a copy of the book."
60,ParticipantB,Books.preferenceforprint,"Almost always I go to a bookstore. I like to have the physical books, so I normally buy a copy of the book. If I can't find it, then I will try to look it up online or pirate it somehow. But yeah, I really hate to read on my computer. Giana Ricci  03:02 Okay, so looking for an online version [is] sort of the last resort? Speaker 2  03:08 Yeah."
59,ParticipantB,Piracy,"If I can't find it, then I will try to look it up online or pirate it somehow. But yeah, I really hate to read on my computer."
61,ParticipantB,Inspiration.environment,I take a lot of inspiration from just the world around me. Like the subway ads in the metro really sort of interest me in a lot of different ways. And there's these sort of moments that I have. It's all about that. It's just moments.
62,ParticipantB,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"Another thing that I think I should mention is museums. I go to a lot of galleries, and I really like old collections of museums."
63,ParticipantB,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries.themet,The Met is awesome.
64,ParticipantB,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries.naturalhistory,"And even the Natural History Museum. They have these collections of Alaskan, I don't know the name of the tribe, but they have really cool, different artifacts there. And I'm drawn to those."
65,ParticipantB,Documentation.picture,"Well, I mean pictures, obviously, for subway ads. I have a little small collection of just really weird, fucked up subway ads, and then– Giana Ricci  04:50 On your phone? Speaker 2  04:51 Yeah"
66,ParticipantB,Documentation.sketchbook,"And then, same with the museum stuff. Sometimes I’ll bring a sketchbook and draw stuff out or I'll just write a lot. I journal a lot."
66,ParticipantB,Documentation.journal,"And then, same with the museum stuff. Sometimes I’ll bring a sketchbook and draw stuff out or I'll just write a lot. I journal a lot."
67,ParticipantB,Library.criticism,"The library is a resource that I just haven't really looked into that much. It is big and intimidating, and I don't know how to find what I'm looking for."
68,ParticipantB,Databases,"There's a lot of video stuff, especially. NYU has some really cool databases for video art, like just weird films that you can find that you might never even heard of. So that is awesome. I like to sort of dive in through that."
69,ParticipantB,Professors,One of my teachers put me on this giant thread of a bunch of different artists around the world that just share this one Google Drive of pirated video art. And so that's like its own little archive that I like.
69,ParticipantB,Piracy,One of my teachers put me on this giant thread of a bunch of different artists around the world that just share this one Google Drive of pirated video art. And so that's like its own little archive that I like.
70,ParticipantB,Research.online.internetarchive,"And then, Internet Archive, too, is super cool. You can find a lot of weird stuff on there."
71,ParticipantB,Research.online.youtube,YouTube too. YouTube has the National Film Archive YouTube channel [that] has these super weird propaganda films the US made and then sort of forgot about that I'm really interested in.
72,ParticipantB,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"I think it depends on what I'm working with. Like, the ceramic pieces that I'm making, it's a lot of back and forth, but it's normally that I'll finish a piece and then sort of analyze it, and then I'll go back to the research, and then, look back at my piece, and then do some cross referencing, and then I'll make the next piece. And then I sort of do the same process. With these it's very similar. I'll read these texts about this or that, or whatever, and then I'll make a couple things, and then see if that's sort of evoking what I'm thinking about it in a way that makes sense. And if it doesn't, I sort of read and go back and try to really analyze it as like a system of symbols and whatnot, and try to really get that down pat. And then with sculpture, after I make the steps, I just make it, and then I move onto the next thing. But in any sort of series of work, it's always a back and forth. It's like you make the thing, you pull back, you make the thing, you pull back."
73,ParticipantB,Inspiration.artists,"Yeah, totally. I think it's really helpful to just see how other people have dealt with the same ideas that you're dealing with. It's kind of the thing. It's like, you can't be a writer if you don't read, or you can't be a filmmaker if you don't know who Alfred Hitchcock is."
74,ParticipantB,Inspiration.recommendations,"And then recommendations are another thing. Like, “Oh, I saw this person, or my friend is doing this, or whatever. You should check this out.” That has also been a strong thing. It's been a good way to find out about new stuff."
76,ParticipantB,Research.online.artists,"So if you're walking past a gallery or someone recommends an artist, then how do you find that artist’s work? Do you Google it? Or? Speaker 2  14:59 Yeah, I would Google it. I mean, you go to the gallery, and then you look at it, and then, if I find it interesting, then I'll Google it and see what the rest of their body of work looks like."
77,ParticipantB,Support.critique,"I haven't done this in a while, but I did [it] a couple times my sophomore year. I organized a critique club, which is I guess still formal, but it's informal because it's outside of school. Everyone comes in [and] we just critique our work."
78,ParticipantB,Feedback.friends,"Or I’ll have some beers with a friend of mine, and we'll just talk about each other's artwork and sort of give feedback."
79,ParticipantB,Feedback.nonartists,"Now, a lot of them are kind of older, maybe like 25 I think is the youngest from me, and then early to late 30s, and so they’re weird New Yorkers like DJs. Giana Ricci  16:50 How did you meet these people? Speaker 2  16:52 Well, one of my friends is a DJ, and she plays in this DJ collective. They all happen to be older people and people that tend to be into art and, you know, it's just kind of a small world."
80,ParticipantB,Research.online.youtube,"With sculpture, YouTube University is huge."
82,ParticipantB,Help.books,"There's a couple really good woodworking books that just have easy tricks, ways to make rigs on saws and whatnot."
81,ParticipantB,Help.friends,"I know a lot of people back home that are in construction. They do welding or whatever and I'm like, “How do you set this up?”"
84,ParticipantB,Feedback.professors,"Professors are a huge resource for me, especially in terms of stuff that YouTube can't answer. Like, “What do you think about this?” You can't put that into YouTube, you know. Or, like, “Is this effective? Do you feel something when you look at this?” That's the sort of thing that you need to go out to someone whose opinion that you really respect,"
83,ParticipantB,Help.technical,"So in sculpture, if I'm running into an issue, it sort of comes in [at] the core preliminary stage where I'm like, “I don't know how to make this form out of wood.” And then I asked someone, “Do you think I should bend the wood, or, do you think I should glue them all together and carve it out?? There's a lot of different methods of doing that."
85,ParticipantB,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"I think, yeah, because I sort of see the creative process as the artist's life. So everything that I do, I mean, which sounds so flowery or whatever, but I kind of imagine like everything that you do interacts with everything else that you do in the same way, like everyone's life, everything that happens interacts with everything else that happens. So I don't really think there's a huge point in sort of defining, like, “Okay, this is like the creative part.” But your whole life, I mean– Giana Ricci  20:48 Is the research? Speaker 2  20:49 Yeah, my whole life is just a sort of endeavor. So art making is the result of that. So, yeah, I would say research is part of the creative process."
86,ParticipantB,Research.definition,"The artist especially creatively synthesizes their experiences and knowledge, those two things, into artwork. It's like, I'm a machine somehow. As I go through life, I'm fed experiences, and I put out artworks as I go [in an] almost mechanical way. Not in a mechanical way, it doesn't feel mechanical, but like that analogy. These things happen, and then I put it out, things come in, come out. Giana Ricci  22:06 So that experience and knowledge of life, that is how you define the research component? Speaker 2  22:14 Yeah. I would also put in that bucket reading and writing and watching films or whatever, and going to art shows. I will consider that part of the same thing, in a much more concrete way. I think [it] has just as big or [a] greater impact than the other life stuff that's just sort of living as a human being."
87,ParticipantB,Difficult.executingideas,"I think it's finding a way to synthesize what I'm thinking about in a way that makes sense and does justice to the thing that I'm trying to evoke. Because a lot of my artwork starts as these sort of very heady ideas, and then the difficult part is like, “Okay, how do I provoke this idea?” Then I start choosing a medium. This is how I want to express this idea. So I think that's the hard part"
88,ParticipantB,Support.critique,"And then also, feedback and getting good feedback, and having a good gauge for yourself and being like, “Was this effective? Was this not effective? What was interesting about this that I should keep or not keep?” That sort of revision process I think is quite difficult."
89,ParticipantB,Exciting.making,Just making. I love making stuff with my hands and feeling my body do things. That's really exciting.
90,ParticipantB,Exciting.epiphany,"And when I have these sorts of insights, or like an epiphany, like, I read something, and sort of understand it, and “Oh shit, this is where that fits into this process. And now I understand how these things come together.” That was sort of the thing with this and Vibrant Matter. I was like, “Oh, everything is interconnected in a certain way.” And I haven't figured out maybe what I want to do with that. But that was a huge jumping point, “Okay, [there is] something here,” and you keep digging until I can strike the gold."
91,ParticipantB,Support.findingresources,"I wish there was someone that I could ask and be like, “Okay, these are the things I really like reading about or these are the things I like looking at. Where can I find more things that are like this thing? I really like this book. What are other books like that?” And right now I don't have that. But it would be nice to sort of have someone to consult in that way [for] the information."
92,ParticipantB,Support.critique,"And then also the feedback thing, having more people to be, like, “Okay, yeah, I'll come and sort of chew on this idea with you.” And we can kind of bounce back and forth and see what comes out of it."
94,ParticipantC,Medium.fiberarts,I primarily work in fiber arts
95,ParticipantC,Medium.painting,painting
93,ParticipantC,Medium.ceramics,ceramics.
96,ParticipantC,Inspiration.youtube,"A lot of my ideas come from YouTube. I watch a lot of different kinds of YouTubers. When I was younger, I watched a lot of more illustrator, design people, and they played with Copic Markers, and then I got Copic markers, and that was kind of the world. And then I've recently been following a lot of knitting and historical craft people who make dresses and stuff like that, and they do a lot of research in historical practices and costuming, things like that. So I would say that that's where I get a lot of things"
97,ParticipantC,Inspiration.pinterest,"otherwise, I don't really use anything, maybe, besides Pinterest."
98,ParticipantC,Documentation.picture,"I would say for a lot of it, I have photos on my phone. If I'm in the real world, and I see a scene that I think is particularly inspirational, I'll take a photo."
99,ParticipantC,Documentation.pinterestboards,"Pinterest, obviously, Pinterest boards, simple. I don't really screenshot."
100,ParticipantC,Inspiration.tumblr,"The only place where I do screenshot things is if I'm on Tumblr, and I find something of interest, I usually take a screenshot, because I don't go back and look through my blog. It's like, you know, dredging through things."
101,ParticipantC,Library.criticism,"I mean, sometimes, I have in the past, browsed the stacks here, and I found some really beautiful inspiration in the photography books. But honestly, that was just a happenstance. I stumbled across them. I think, two weeks ago, I tried to look for books and I couldn't find them. I didn't look that hard, so, you know, it was an user error, not necessarily a comment on the library."
101,ParticipantC,Browsing.library,"I mean, sometimes, I have in the past, browsed the stacks here, and I found some really beautiful inspiration in the photography books. But honestly, that was just a happenstance. I stumbled across them. I think, two weeks ago, I tried to look for books and I couldn't find them. I didn't look that hard, so, you know, it was an user error, not necessarily a comment on the library."
102,ParticipantC,Library.desk,"I do like to ask the front people, like, “I'm looking for this. Tell me where to go.” And it's way easier than trying to look online."
103,ParticipantC,Inspiration.books,"Sometimes I go to galleries, and then they'll have books there, and I'll look at the books, but I want to go to more galleries."
103,ParticipantC,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"Sometimes I go to galleries, and then they'll have books there, and I'll look at the books, but I want to go to more galleries."
104,ParticipantC,Inspiration.books,"I would say that I do have some knitting books that I looked through for pattern inspiration, but those have kind of been few and far between"
105,ParticipantC,Misnomer.artistsbooks,"I do have some beautiful artist books like, Frida Kahlo, her comprehensive painting, stuff like that. But I don't really find myself looking through them all the time."
106,ParticipantC,Library.criticism,"Do you ever use other library resources, like the library website or the databases or anything like that for your creative stuff? Speaker 2  06:13 I feel like I've tried, but it's not really what I'm looking for. And honestly, it was just kind of overwhelming."
107,ParticipantC,Library.forclass,"I've tried to play with Kanopy, and I think Kanopy is super interesting, and I've read some articles for classes on there, but the amount of information is just–it's not as easy as going into a bookstore and browsing and finding something and looking through. It is almost more intense than YouTube, because you have to consciously find things. Whereas [with] YouTube, the algorithm is serving you things, and when I'm just trying to not think too hard, that's nice."
107,ParticipantC,Library.criticism,"I've tried to play with Kanopy, and I think Kanopy is super interesting, and I've read some articles for classes on there, but the amount of information is just–it's not as easy as going into a bookstore and browsing and finding something and looking through. It is almost more intense than YouTube, because you have to consciously find things. Whereas [with] YouTube, the algorithm is serving you things, and when I'm just trying to not think too hard, that's nice."
107,ParticipantC,Research.online.youtube,"I've tried to play with Kanopy, and I think Kanopy is super interesting, and I've read some articles for classes on there, but the amount of information is just–it's not as easy as going into a bookstore and browsing and finding something and looking through. It is almost more intense than YouTube, because you have to consciously find things. Whereas [with] YouTube, the algorithm is serving you things, and when I'm just trying to not think too hard, that's nice."
107,ParticipantC,Databases.Kanopy,"I've tried to play with Kanopy, and I think Kanopy is super interesting, and I've read some articles for classes on there, but the amount of information is just–it's not as easy as going into a bookstore and browsing and finding something and looking through. It is almost more intense than YouTube, because you have to consciously find things. Whereas [with] YouTube, the algorithm is serving you things, and when I'm just trying to not think too hard, that's nice."
108,ParticipantC,Research.online.ravelry,"So, for example, if I'm making a knitting thing, my first step would be to get yarn, and to find yarn. And that would be based on a pattern, and Ravelry is the source for that, and I can spend hours on Ravelry. Giana Ricci  07:58 How do you spell that? Speaker 2  08:07 You don't know what Ravelry is?! Giana Ricci  08:08 No! Speaker 2  08:08 Oh, my God, that's like a silly thing. It's the best resource ever for knitters and crocheters, and they do have stuff for weavers, but it's a little bit less. But it's a huge database, completely free. You just need an account to access it, and they have patterns, free patterns, paid patterns, and I think it's cataloged really beautifully. You can see how other people made the pattern. You can search by yarn type. If you have a yarn, you can catalog it in your own stash and search that way. Anyways, I find their UI is a little bit cute, more like an older style. It's not as polished as some other websites. So that would be for knitting."
109,ParticipantC,Images.painting,"For paintings, usually it's finding a photo source, and that's usually within my own archive. I rarely look for outside inspiration. I haven't done that in a while, where I gather a bunch of images and then Photoshop my composition. But that's something I've been doing."
110,ParticipantC,Organization.images,"Okay, so, this archive of photos that you have, are these digital photos? Speaker 2  09:34 Yeah. Majority are digital. Some of them are originally physical, and I've taken a photo with my phone, just because they're all over the place. Giana Ricci  09:46 Okay, I'm really interested in this. So is it organized in any specific way? Speaker 2  09:58 So I do have several folders, some of them from when I was in high school, of things that I've wanted to draw, but I have too many photos in there to consistently look at it. So I have new photo albums where I curate [photos] from travel experiences, because I find that drawing photos for me helps me remember things better and solidifies the moment. So, yeah, otherwise, if there's something I really love and I want to come back to it, I Favorite it. I'm using an iPhone."
111,ParticipantC,Research.online.ravelry,"Before knitting, I'll just amend my statement and say that, usually, I've already looked through what other people have done, if I'm knitting a pattern. So I already have many different examples already in my mind, and I've seen many different iterations. Say, if I'm looking for a sock pattern, I've already seen hundreds of socks before I settle on something, as in that sense."
112,ParticipantC,Research.online.artists,"And for painting, I usually just jump right into what I'm doing. Sometimes, if I'm trying to get a specific texture, I'll reference some other painters who have been able to capture a certain thing. But I'm not usually referencing things in an art historical context. I'm not like, ""Oh, I'm making this geometric painting, and I'm going to go and see what the Dadaists have done."" I mean, I probably should do that more often. I think it would make my art a bit more interesting. I think I'd have fun with it, but it's more of a time crunch thing than an emotional thing. Even for ceramics. I mean, usually I do look at examples a little bit beforehand, but I try not to do it too much, slash, it's not easy to find what I'm doing."
113,ParticipantC,Research.online,"Pinterest is probably the best resource for that just because Pinterest is very good at when you have a painting that you like, it'll serve you a lot more content that's of the same vein. Google is the worst, and anything like the Met archive or those kinds of [things] are also bad unless I know exactly the era and the style or I've taken a photo of it already and it's in my own personal archive, and I could just go back to that."
113,ParticipantC,Browsing.online,"Pinterest is probably the best resource for that just because Pinterest is very good at when you have a painting that you like, it'll serve you a lot more content that's of the same vein. Google is the worst, and anything like the Met archive or those kinds of [things] are also bad unless I know exactly the era and the style or I've taken a photo of it already and it's in my own personal archive, and I could just go back to that."
114,ParticipantC,Research.separate,"It depends on the project. Like for a pattern, I consult the original image very frequently to make sure that I'm following things the right way. That's a bit more like a recipe. So it's a little bit different than a painting, but usually I do not go back and forth too much, or seek outside, additional sources, if that makes sense. If I've already chosen, I like this painting, I'll print it out, put it next to my thing and use it as a reference, but I'm not going to be like, ""Oh, I wonder like..."" Giana Ricci  16:19 Go back to the drawing board, so to say. Speaker 2  16:21 Unless I think, like, “I want to add a flower.” Then I'll look up a flower."
115,ParticipantC,Feedback.friends,"Yes, I do ask my friends if they're there, but a lot of the time, the turnaround time is so quick, I'm not really able to ask for much feedback, slash, I don't all the time want it."
115,ParticipantC,Timeconstraints,"Yes, I do ask my friends if they're there, but a lot of the time, the turnaround time is so quick, I'm not really able to ask for much feedback, slash, I don't all the time want it."
116,ParticipantC,Help.technical,"So the most recent example is when I was trying to do something in ceramics, and I asked the ceramics professor, ""I want to do this thing. How can I make it work, technically speaking?"" So a lot of my questions would probably be more on the technical side, and it would be going directly to my professors"
116,ParticipantC,Help.professors,"So the most recent example is when I was trying to do something in ceramics, and I asked the ceramics professor, ""I want to do this thing. How can I make it work, technically speaking?"" So a lot of my questions would probably be more on the technical side, and it would be going directly to my professors"
117,ParticipantC,Help.online,"If I had a question about knitting, that's taken to the internet, and almost anything you have a problem with, there's already an answer."
118,ParticipantC,Help,"Or I would go to a knitting store, like a yarn store and the staff there will be very helpful, not like a Michael's. But there's several in the city."
119,ParticipantC,Research.definition,"Okay, so how would you define research in those contexts? Speaker 2  18:52 Research is looking for what other people have done about a topic that I don't know too much about."
120,ParticipantC,Research.online.youtube,"I would say one of the most research-heavy projects I've done was making a robe a la Francaise dress in 12th grade. It took a year, and I wanted to do a pattern that was historically accurate, and not necessarily sewing historically accurate, because I'm not doing handwork or whatever. But that took a lot of research, just about what they would have worn in the period, what certain attitudes of that period were. Yeah, a lot of that research was half done for me by people on YouTube who had already compiled a lot of information."
121,ParticipantC,Timeconstraints,"So what would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  19:59 The time. I would say that's probably the most difficult. Having the time to do things, having the time to emotionally be able to do things. My most recent series of projects that I'm working on is very near and dear to me, and it's hard to do it. And it would be easier if I had more time for processing, more time for thinking and looking at other people's work and things like that, but that's just not how the world is. And that's okay."
121,ParticipantC,Difficult.time,"So what would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  19:59 The time. I would say that's probably the most difficult. Having the time to do things, having the time to emotionally be able to do things. My most recent series of projects that I'm working on is very near and dear to me, and it's hard to do it. And it would be easier if I had more time for processing, more time for thinking and looking at other people's work and things like that, but that's just not how the world is. And that's okay."
122,ParticipantC,Exciting.making,"What would you say is the most exciting part of your creative process? Speaker 2  20:58 I think at the moment, a lot of my practice is very tactile, and that is what I like a lot about it. Ceramics is, I mean, very imaginably tactile, and knitting and weaving and stuff like that is pretty tactile as well. I think that's what I've been most excited about, and color."
123,ParticipantC,Inspiration.artists,"I find myself being very inspired by some of the knitwear designers that make very crazy, in my opinion, sweaters, and they do a lot of color combinations that I would never choose, and I feel like that's really influenced my paintings, because I'm choosing a lot more modern day colors, because a lot of my palette was very traditional. You learn this is what the Masters painted with. So you're going to do it like this. You're going to copy a painting. And of course those paintings are all with a certain color palette, because it's just what they had available to them. But now we have a lot more synthetic colors, so things get a bit crazy and neon and, yeah, I think that's really exciting to do."
124,ParticipantC,Support.ideas,"I think I would love to have a person to bounce ideas off of that knows more than me and who aligns with me in terms of not necessarily their values, but what they want art to do or what they want it to be. I think that would be really helpful."
125,ParticipantC,Support.materials,"I'm trying to get [Professor’s name redacted] to buy a loom. If that goes through, that would be really nice to just continue my own textiles learning. And also a weaving studio."
126,ParticipantC,Library.checkingoutbooks,"So an experience that I had when I was in Berlin, and that was a program that they really encouraged the art students to do. And our two professors who led the class were this married couple. They were very sweet, but every week they brought in artist books for us to see from their own personal collection. And that was really cool, because it was just in the studio space, you were able to look through them. And obviously we had to give them back because they weren't ours, and [we had to] be careful with them. But that was really nice, because you could see the covers of them and in Bobst, I don't know why you do this, I'm sure there's a reason, because it seems awful [that] they have to be rebound, I'm assuming, right? Where they have to be library copies. But to have those library standard issue spines and titles and things like that. It's hard to find a book, because you do judge books by their cover, and you want to see what the overall vibe of the book is, especially for art books and for paintings. You don't know what's in it, and I think part of the joy, like when I was finding books in the photography section, I would just pull it out. I had no idea what was going to be inside. Maybe the title gave it away a little bit. But other than that, I just didn't know."
126,ParticipantC,Library.criticism,"So an experience that I had when I was in Berlin, and that was a program that they really encouraged the art students to do. And our two professors who led the class were this married couple. They were very sweet, but every week they brought in artist books for us to see from their own personal collection. And that was really cool, because it was just in the studio space, you were able to look through them. And obviously we had to give them back because they weren't ours, and [we had to] be careful with them. But that was really nice, because you could see the covers of them and in Bobst, I don't know why you do this, I'm sure there's a reason, because it seems awful [that] they have to be rebound, I'm assuming, right? Where they have to be library copies. But to have those library standard issue spines and titles and things like that. It's hard to find a book, because you do judge books by their cover, and you want to see what the overall vibe of the book is, especially for art books and for paintings. You don't know what's in it, and I think part of the joy, like when I was finding books in the photography section, I would just pull it out. I had no idea what was going to be inside. Maybe the title gave it away a little bit. But other than that, I just didn't know."
126,ParticipantC,Browsing.library,"So an experience that I had when I was in Berlin, and that was a program that they really encouraged the art students to do. And our two professors who led the class were this married couple. They were very sweet, but every week they brought in artist books for us to see from their own personal collection. And that was really cool, because it was just in the studio space, you were able to look through them. And obviously we had to give them back because they weren't ours, and [we had to] be careful with them. But that was really nice, because you could see the covers of them and in Bobst, I don't know why you do this, I'm sure there's a reason, because it seems awful [that] they have to be rebound, I'm assuming, right? Where they have to be library copies. But to have those library standard issue spines and titles and things like that. It's hard to find a book, because you do judge books by their cover, and you want to see what the overall vibe of the book is, especially for art books and for paintings. You don't know what's in it, and I think part of the joy, like when I was finding books in the photography section, I would just pull it out. I had no idea what was going to be inside. Maybe the title gave it away a little bit. But other than that, I just didn't know."
126,ParticipantC,Artistsbooks,"So an experience that I had when I was in Berlin, and that was a program that they really encouraged the art students to do. And our two professors who led the class were this married couple. They were very sweet, but every week they brought in artist books for us to see from their own personal collection. And that was really cool, because it was just in the studio space, you were able to look through them. And obviously we had to give them back because they weren't ours, and [we had to] be careful with them. But that was really nice, because you could see the covers of them and in Bobst, I don't know why you do this, I'm sure there's a reason, because it seems awful [that] they have to be rebound, I'm assuming, right? Where they have to be library copies. But to have those library standard issue spines and titles and things like that. It's hard to find a book, because you do judge books by their cover, and you want to see what the overall vibe of the book is, especially for art books and for paintings. You don't know what's in it, and I think part of the joy, like when I was finding books in the photography section, I would just pull it out. I had no idea what was going to be inside. Maybe the title gave it away a little bit. But other than that, I just didn't know."
127,ParticipantC,Inspiration.books,"But those books in the ceramics room have been very helpful for my own personal finding out about things, and it's obviously very accessible, because it's in the space."
128,ParticipantC,Library.checkingoutbooks,"Okay, I see, and then, if those books were copies at the library, would you check them out and keep them with you in your space or in your classroom, or take them home, or not so much? That it's more about the convenience that they're there? Speaker 2  28:30 Yeah, it's definitely about convenience. I would never know to look for the books, so I would never find them."
128,ParticipantC,Library.criticism,"Okay, I see, and then, if those books were copies at the library, would you check them out and keep them with you in your space or in your classroom, or take them home, or not so much? That it's more about the convenience that they're there? Speaker 2  28:30 Yeah, it's definitely about convenience. I would never know to look for the books, so I would never find them."
129,ParticipantD,Medium.ceramics,ceramicist
130,ParticipantD,Medium.painting,a painter
131,ParticipantD,Medium.fiberarts,"a bit of textiles as well,"
132,ParticipantD,Documentation.notesapp,"I have a notes page in my phone that is just called ideas, and every time I have an idea, I write it down there."
133,ParticipantD,Inspiration.environment,"It's usually everywhere from being in the city, it's happening all the time. It's never when you expect it to happen."
134,ParticipantD,Inspiration.environment,"But it's usually reading something, consuming some kind of media or galleries or something that I overhear someone saying, or conversations that I have with friends. Yeah, it's usually from interacting with the city. But then occasionally I'll read a book and I'll be like, “Oh my God, it's a great point.”"
134,ParticipantD,Inspiration.conversations,"But it's usually reading something, consuming some kind of media or galleries or something that I overhear someone saying, or conversations that I have with friends. Yeah, it's usually from interacting with the city. But then occasionally I'll read a book and I'll be like, “Oh my God, it's a great point.”"
134,ParticipantD,Inspiration.books,"But it's usually reading something, consuming some kind of media or galleries or something that I overhear someone saying, or conversations that I have with friends. Yeah, it's usually from interacting with the city. But then occasionally I'll read a book and I'll be like, “Oh my God, it's a great point.”"
134,ParticipantD,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"But it's usually reading something, consuming some kind of media or galleries or something that I overhear someone saying, or conversations that I have with friends. Yeah, it's usually from interacting with the city. But then occasionally I'll read a book and I'll be like, “Oh my God, it's a great point.”"
135,ParticipantD,Documentation.picture,"So a lot of the time I'll take pictures of things, even if it's not a visual thing. It'll just remind me, and I'll go through my photos and use that as notes."
136,ParticipantD,Documentation.journal,"Otherwise, I'll just scribble something in one of 100 notebooks and hope that I find it again."
137,ParticipantD,Research.online,"But in terms of research, it's genuinely just Google or Instagram. I usually try to use Britannica to do history stuff. But honestly, Wikipedia is where I get a lot of information from."
138,ParticipantD,Research.articles,"But I think a lot of the time it's like reading something for classes and then that will lead to more. They'll reference something in that, and then I'll rabbit hole and find original sources and try to go in depth about that, but yeah, [I have a] super short attention span, so…"
140,ParticipantD,Inspiration.recommendations,"Just over the summer, I was like, “I'm gonna start reading books. I'm going to be clever by September.” So again, I have a list on my phone, [and] every time someone recommends something, film or book or podcast or whatever, I've got it all in there so I was just going through that. And I put the person's name who recommended it, so I can drag them about it if I need to. But yeah, just trying to read more. I don't know. Giana Ricci  04:55 Fiction or what types? Speaker 2  04:57 Both. So I read Janet Mock after the march, and that's kind of what kicked it off. I was like, “Oh my god, this is awesome. She’s so smart.” And then trying to do both, a lot of nonfiction, at the moment. Like a Mary Beard history book. But I'm also reading Dune at the same time. I'm reading like, five books at the same time, but yeah, trying to sort of get through the classics, and then also nonfiction. And then also, fun, creative."
140,ParticipantD,Inspiration.books,"Just over the summer, I was like, “I'm gonna start reading books. I'm going to be clever by September.” So again, I have a list on my phone, [and] every time someone recommends something, film or book or podcast or whatever, I've got it all in there so I was just going through that. And I put the person's name who recommended it, so I can drag them about it if I need to. But yeah, just trying to read more. I don't know. Giana Ricci  04:55 Fiction or what types? Speaker 2  04:57 Both. So I read Janet Mock after the march, and that's kind of what kicked it off. I was like, “Oh my god, this is awesome. She’s so smart.” And then trying to do both, a lot of nonfiction, at the moment. Like a Mary Beard history book. But I'm also reading Dune at the same time. I'm reading like, five books at the same time, but yeah, trying to sort of get through the classics, and then also nonfiction. And then also, fun, creative."
140,ParticipantD,Books.fiction,"Just over the summer, I was like, “I'm gonna start reading books. I'm going to be clever by September.” So again, I have a list on my phone, [and] every time someone recommends something, film or book or podcast or whatever, I've got it all in there so I was just going through that. And I put the person's name who recommended it, so I can drag them about it if I need to. But yeah, just trying to read more. I don't know. Giana Ricci  04:55 Fiction or what types? Speaker 2  04:57 Both. So I read Janet Mock after the march, and that's kind of what kicked it off. I was like, “Oh my god, this is awesome. She’s so smart.” And then trying to do both, a lot of nonfiction, at the moment. Like a Mary Beard history book. But I'm also reading Dune at the same time. I'm reading like, five books at the same time, but yeah, trying to sort of get through the classics, and then also nonfiction. And then also, fun, creative."
141,ParticipantD,Books.bookstores,"I get them from a local bookstore. Yeah, it's always physical books. A lot of them are my sister's old books, because she's the smart one in the family. If she read them, then there must be something to it."
141,ParticipantD,Books.preferenceforprint,"I get them from a local bookstore. Yeah, it's always physical books. A lot of them are my sister's old books, because she's the smart one in the family. If she read them, then there must be something to it."
142,ParticipantD,Library.forclass,"And do you ever use the library website or online resources from the library? Speaker 2  06:10 So I have. I did a project last semester on tartans. I really wanted to find an old record of all the different Scottish tartans, studies, and the clans, what was being used and all that. And when I came to the library, I spoke to a librarian who showed me where the book was, and it was in Cooper Union's library, and I was like, “Okay I'm gonna go get it,” and then I never did."
142,ParticipantD,Library.checkingoutbooks,"And do you ever use the library website or online resources from the library? Speaker 2  06:10 So I have. I did a project last semester on tartans. I really wanted to find an old record of all the different Scottish tartans, studies, and the clans, what was being used and all that. And when I came to the library, I spoke to a librarian who showed me where the book was, and it was in Cooper Union's library, and I was like, “Okay I'm gonna go get it,” and then I never did."
142,ParticipantD,Library.desk,"And do you ever use the library website or online resources from the library? Speaker 2  06:10 So I have. I did a project last semester on tartans. I really wanted to find an old record of all the different Scottish tartans, studies, and the clans, what was being used and all that. And when I came to the library, I spoke to a librarian who showed me where the book was, and it was in Cooper Union's library, and I was like, “Okay I'm gonna go get it,” and then I never did."
143,ParticipantD,Library.forclass,"Have you ever used databases from the library for anything? Speaker 2  06:52 I definitely have [used them] for classes. We have to [for] essay classes, and they talked us through it and it was super helpful."
143,ParticipantD,Databases,"Have you ever used databases from the library for anything? Speaker 2  06:52 I definitely have [used them] for classes. We have to [for] essay classes, and they talked us through it and it was super helpful."
144,ParticipantD,Library.criticism,"But not so much for your creative projects? Speaker 2  07:03 I think it would be, I'm just not inclined to do it. It feels like too big of a task. I know it's not, but because I don't know it well enough."
144,ParticipantD,Databases,"But not so much for your creative projects? Speaker 2  07:03 I think it would be, I'm just not inclined to do it. It feels like too big of a task. I know it's not, but because I don't know it well enough."
145,ParticipantD,Timeconstraints,"I will usually have the idea and then not do anything about it for about a month. I'll just keep it tipping over in my head, and it's nowhere physically, it's just in my brain. And then when I decide to get going with it, and I've got the time, or I've got an assignment that I could do it for, that it fits into, when I can fit it into the schedule, then I will usually start by sketching what I want it to look like, what I want it to be, or just the main ideas that are around it,"
146,ParticipantD,Images.painting,"If it's a painting, then I would do sketches and detailed sketches and find reference photos online or out and about in the street."
147,ParticipantD,Research.online.ravelry,"Where do you find your knitting patterns? Speaker 2  09:16 I write them a lot of the time, but there's a website called Ravelry, which is great! Shout out Ravelry,"
148,ParticipantD,Inspiration.environment,"things that my sister, we both knit, so we'll send each other patterns. Sometimes [we’ll] see someone that's got something that their mom made, and we'll chase her down."
148,ParticipantD,Inspiration.recommendations,"things that my sister, we both knit, so we'll send each other patterns. Sometimes [we’ll] see someone that's got something that their mom made, and we'll chase her down."
149,ParticipantD,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries.themet,"So I'm curious about this, going to the Met. Do you have a specific artwork in mind that you go to see, or you're kind of walking around in a section? Speaker 2  09:55 It's usually walking around in a section. There was a time I went to the Met maybe five times in a row, and I only went to the European painting section, because I would just be looking at color and light and how they drew the trees, and just trying to get super technical on that. I spent like three hours just with my sketchbooks, just sketching and writing notes on them. But for ceramics, it was more sort of spread out, more like a task of finding what I'm interested in. There's a lot of things that I'm not interested in, so just hunting for them and taking photos of all of them, and then sketching and writing notes."
150,ParticipantD,Help.friends,"Either that or just friends that come into the studio and talk about it or sending photos to people, lots of back and forth with them."
151,ParticipantD,Feedback.friends,"Absolutely. Yeah, my roommate is an anthropology major, but she should be an artist, but she's not an art major. She is my best friend, and she's always super honest and fun, helpful, and creative. And yeah, so I'm always sending her things to the level where she's a constant collaborator. I would have to credit her in probably every single one."
151,ParticipantD,Feedback.nonartists,"Absolutely. Yeah, my roommate is an anthropology major, but she should be an artist, but she's not an art major. She is my best friend, and she's always super honest and fun, helpful, and creative. And yeah, so I'm always sending her things to the level where she's a constant collaborator. I would have to credit her in probably every single one."
151,ParticipantD,Help.friends,"Absolutely. Yeah, my roommate is an anthropology major, but she should be an artist, but she's not an art major. She is my best friend, and she's always super honest and fun, helpful, and creative. And yeah, so I'm always sending her things to the level where she's a constant collaborator. I would have to credit her in probably every single one."
152,ParticipantD,Feedback.family,"My sister. She's in London. There's also an uncle, and my mom's also an artist. [I] talk to her about a lot, but she's too nice sometimes. But yeah, family. My brother lives in the city so I talk to him as well"
153,ParticipantD,Feedback.friends,"but talking about my art friends, I finally started hanging out with them outside of class, like, two years ago. And that's been super helpful, because everyone's thinking about it all the time, so you know you're not going to piss them off by talking about art."
154,ParticipantD,Inspiration.recommendations,"So a lot of the time, professors or friends will mention artists. They'll be like, ""Oh I saw this thing. You should look it up."" And then that's usually taken to Google. And then if there's a show going on, then I'll go and see that show. Otherwise, it's just looking at images of the kind of thing that I like and then trying to find any sort of contemporary artists who are currently making that kind of thing, and why and how."
154,ParticipantD,Inspiration.artists,"So a lot of the time, professors or friends will mention artists. They'll be like, ""Oh I saw this thing. You should look it up."" And then that's usually taken to Google. And then if there's a show going on, then I'll go and see that show. Otherwise, it's just looking at images of the kind of thing that I like and then trying to find any sort of contemporary artists who are currently making that kind of thing, and why and how."
154,ParticipantD,Images.online,"So a lot of the time, professors or friends will mention artists. They'll be like, ""Oh I saw this thing. You should look it up."" And then that's usually taken to Google. And then if there's a show going on, then I'll go and see that show. Otherwise, it's just looking at images of the kind of thing that I like and then trying to find any sort of contemporary artists who are currently making that kind of thing, and why and how."
154,ParticipantD,Inspiration.professors,"So a lot of the time, professors or friends will mention artists. They'll be like, ""Oh I saw this thing. You should look it up."" And then that's usually taken to Google. And then if there's a show going on, then I'll go and see that show. Otherwise, it's just looking at images of the kind of thing that I like and then trying to find any sort of contemporary artists who are currently making that kind of thing, and why and how."
154,ParticipantD,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"So a lot of the time, professors or friends will mention artists. They'll be like, ""Oh I saw this thing. You should look it up."" And then that's usually taken to Google. And then if there's a show going on, then I'll go and see that show. Otherwise, it's just looking at images of the kind of thing that I like and then trying to find any sort of contemporary artists who are currently making that kind of thing, and why and how."
155,ParticipantD,Research.online,"So this is gonna sound really specific, but so images of things you like, and then you find artists, contemporary artists who are doing that, how do you do that? Speaker 2  16:04 That's Google. So, yeah, I was doing a project with Wassail pots last semester, which is a medieval pot but used in ceremonies. So there's a lot of dug up Wassail pots and museum pieces, but they obviously inform the arts being made today, you know? So I'll find artists who have referenced them in their work, or I'll just look up keywords, ""Wassail pots artists now"" or something like that and try to find anyone who's talking about them. I did a course a couple years ago, a summer-long course at Oxford, and the professor gave a lecture on Wassail pots and that's why I came across those. So sometimes I'd be like, ""Hey, do you have any more information on this?"""
155,ParticipantD,Inspiration.professors,"So this is gonna sound really specific, but so images of things you like, and then you find artists, contemporary artists who are doing that, how do you do that? Speaker 2  16:04 That's Google. So, yeah, I was doing a project with Wassail pots last semester, which is a medieval pot but used in ceremonies. So there's a lot of dug up Wassail pots and museum pieces, but they obviously inform the arts being made today, you know? So I'll find artists who have referenced them in their work, or I'll just look up keywords, ""Wassail pots artists now"" or something like that and try to find anyone who's talking about them. I did a course a couple years ago, a summer-long course at Oxford, and the professor gave a lecture on Wassail pots and that's why I came across those. So sometimes I'd be like, ""Hey, do you have any more information on this?"""
156,ParticipantD,Timeconstraints,"Okay, and then skipping back down to question 10, in what circumstances are you most likely to ask for help with your work, and whom would you ask? Speaker 2  17:33 So a lot of the times I'm working through a deadline, I do not give myself enough time."
157,ParticipantD,Feedback.friends,"but if I don't have that, then I'll ask my roommate, I'll ask my family, whoever has time. It doesn't matter to me if they're an artist or if they've done anything similar before, it's just the joy of art is that anyone can access it. So, yeah, just anyone that knows a little bit about me, and who I think might find it interesting. A lot of time I'll come up with options depending on color schemes or things, and then I'll be like, ""Which one?"""
157,ParticipantD,Feedback.nonartists,"but if I don't have that, then I'll ask my roommate, I'll ask my family, whoever has time. It doesn't matter to me if they're an artist or if they've done anything similar before, it's just the joy of art is that anyone can access it. So, yeah, just anyone that knows a little bit about me, and who I think might find it interesting. A lot of time I'll come up with options depending on color schemes or things, and then I'll be like, ""Which one?"""
157,ParticipantD,Feedback.family,"but if I don't have that, then I'll ask my roommate, I'll ask my family, whoever has time. It doesn't matter to me if they're an artist or if they've done anything similar before, it's just the joy of art is that anyone can access it. So, yeah, just anyone that knows a little bit about me, and who I think might find it interesting. A lot of time I'll come up with options depending on color schemes or things, and then I'll be like, ""Which one?"""
158,ParticipantD,Research.separate,"Do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  18:52 I want to say so. Giana Ricci  18:54 Okay, you can be honest! Speaker 2  19:00 Over the summer, we had to really work out what we, like we're writing a thesis this semester and trying to actually put together a feasible artist statement and things like that, which we've sort of been told that we had to do this whole time, but over the summer, I sort of was finally thinking about what I actually want to do and why and what that's going to involve. And a lot of that was, like, I want to be looking at history and repainting what's left out of it, and it's very directly narrative work. And so I'm trying to get accurate stories in history, but in terms of research even just working in ceramics, I think it's a technical thing, and there's so many different ways to do it, but there's just always something that can go wrong. You can totally just trial and error it, but there's so much content out there about people who've already trialed an errored it and how that went."
158,ParticipantD,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"Do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  18:52 I want to say so. Giana Ricci  18:54 Okay, you can be honest! Speaker 2  19:00 Over the summer, we had to really work out what we, like we're writing a thesis this semester and trying to actually put together a feasible artist statement and things like that, which we've sort of been told that we had to do this whole time, but over the summer, I sort of was finally thinking about what I actually want to do and why and what that's going to involve. And a lot of that was, like, I want to be looking at history and repainting what's left out of it, and it's very directly narrative work. And so I'm trying to get accurate stories in history, but in terms of research even just working in ceramics, I think it's a technical thing, and there's so many different ways to do it, but there's just always something that can go wrong. You can totally just trial and error it, but there's so much content out there about people who've already trialed an errored it and how that went."
159,ParticipantD,Research.definition,"How do you define research within your creative practice? Speaker 2  20:13 I say anything where I'm looking at someone else's work. Yeah, anything that's not just me and the material."
160,ParticipantD,Timeconstraints,"And then what would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  20:57 Probably if I have a deadline. Then I'm just like, working, working, working, and I don't look up. I just get it done. But if I don't have that, I kind of got too much time, then it's just putting the pressure on myself. I think also just knowing when something's finished. A lot of the time in school it's just finished because it's Monday afternoon and it's due Monday afternoon."
160,ParticipantD,Difficult.time,"And then what would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  20:57 Probably if I have a deadline. Then I'm just like, working, working, working, and I don't look up. I just get it done. But if I don't have that, I kind of got too much time, then it's just putting the pressure on myself. I think also just knowing when something's finished. A lot of the time in school it's just finished because it's Monday afternoon and it's due Monday afternoon."
161,ParticipantD,Exciting.epiphany,"What would you say is the most exciting part of your creative process? Speaker 2  21:43 I think when I've done a little bit of research, and it's all kind of lining up and making sense, and it's lining up with the idea that got me excited about it in the first place, and then I'm going into the studio that first time, and then laying down the groundwork for the piece. And then also when you step away from it and you're like, ""oh, that's something that I made."" Because a lot of the time it doesn't work."
162,ParticipantD,Support.findingresources,"Is there any part of your creative process for which you would like more support from anyone? Speaker 2  22:32 I think just the research, honestly, the facts based stuff. A lot of art is opinion and quite lofty, which is awesome to be able to live in that space, but I'm very particular about it, and I like to get things right, and I want someone to tell me, “That's not correct” sometimes. I think that academia strictness hasn't really been part of my degree."
163,ParticipantD,Support.critique,"Yeah, kind of everything, but I think specifically, NYU is great because the conversations that happen around art are often super involved and honest and vulnerable from people in the room. People are super generous in our crits. But I think a lot of the time people are holding back from what they think or something. I mean, it's happening less, but at the beginning of the degree, it was definitely true. I think now people are just being honest about it, because we all know that's what we want. Someone will be like, “I don’t like this because…” Giana Ricci  24:10 So more specificity in their critiques."
167,ParticipantE,Medium.mixedmedia,"I mostly do mixed media,"
164,ParticipantE,Medium.fiberarts,textiles
165,ParticipantE,Medium.painting,"some fabric painting, some painting"
166,ParticipantE,Medium.sculpture,sculpture
168,ParticipantE,Inspiration.environment,It's a combination of going out and seeing something in person and then research.
169,ParticipantE,Documentation.sketchbook,"For the most part, I do sketches. I tend to, if I'm starting a larger thing, keep them all in one place and then work from there. But, yeah, for the most part, it's just sketching, writing in one place and then returning to it. And writing down the name of stuff for me too."
169,ParticipantE,Documentation.journal,"For the most part, I do sketches. I tend to, if I'm starting a larger thing, keep them all in one place and then work from there. But, yeah, for the most part, it's just sketching, writing in one place and then returning to it. And writing down the name of stuff for me too."
170,ParticipantE,Inspiration.artists,"ometimes it's the name of a curator who did a show that I like, so I can research what else they've curated. Sometimes it's the name of an artist. Sometimes it's the name of a work or a book or a movie or a timestamp in that movie."
170,ParticipantE,Inspiration.books,"ometimes it's the name of a curator who did a show that I like, so I can research what else they've curated. Sometimes it's the name of an artist. Sometimes it's the name of a work or a book or a movie or a timestamp in that movie."
170,ParticipantE,Inspiration.curators,"ometimes it's the name of a curator who did a show that I like, so I can research what else they've curated. Sometimes it's the name of an artist. Sometimes it's the name of a work or a book or a movie or a timestamp in that movie."
170,ParticipantE,Inspiration.movies,"ometimes it's the name of a curator who did a show that I like, so I can research what else they've curated. Sometimes it's the name of an artist. Sometimes it's the name of a work or a book or a movie or a timestamp in that movie."
171,ParticipantE,Research.galleries,"Living in New York, there's a lot of galleries. You just research it, either through the internet or just trying to ask people questions when you're there."
172,ParticipantE,Research.online,". Otherwise, I'll have a previous interest, and I'll know the names, but I'll not know the full details of the story. And so I will either consult a book if there is one on the subject, if there's not, it's the internet. But the internet sucks, so I try to avoid that."
172,ParticipantE,Research.books,". Otherwise, I'll have a previous interest, and I'll know the names, but I'll not know the full details of the story. And so I will either consult a book if there is one on the subject, if there's not, it's the internet. But the internet sucks, so I try to avoid that."
173,ParticipantE,Browsing.bookstores,"Honestly, for the most part, it's been bookstores. If I find, I find. If I don't, I don't."
173,ParticipantE,Books.bookstores,"Honestly, for the most part, it's been bookstores. If I find, I find. If I don't, I don't."
174,ParticipantE,Books.expensive,"Honestly, I don't really consult the libraries as much as I should. I don't know why, I just, I think genuinely, it's a fear of damaging books, and then I have to return them. When they're mine, I don't worry about it too much. Because I often have them open while I'm working."
174,ParticipantE,Library.criticism,"Honestly, I don't really consult the libraries as much as I should. I don't know why, I just, I think genuinely, it's a fear of damaging books, and then I have to return them. When they're mine, I don't worry about it too much. Because I often have them open while I'm working."
175,ParticipantE,Books.bookstores,"I go into bookstores, like specialized bookstores, etc. Sometimes, actually, I hate gift stores and gift shops, but museum gift shops, actually, really have kind of nice books sometimes and catalogs and stuff like that."
176,ParticipantE,Books.preferenceforprint,"Do you ever use the library website or databases, or any other sort--you said you don't like the internet, but do you ever use other things online? Speaker 2  04:45 Not really. Giana Ricci  04:46 No? Can you talk more about why you don't like the internet? Speaker 2  04:52 Well there's the first thing, I don't like looking at screens. And then the second thing, I feel like I'm not super familiar with databases, so I avoid those because I don't know them. Then it's a thing of everything else is algorithmic, which just sucks for any kind of research. The second it becomes algorithmic, it tunnels into looking more and more extreme, instead of having any kind of specificity to itself. It's like it all looks the same."
176,ParticipantE,Algorithms,"Do you ever use the library website or databases, or any other sort--you said you don't like the internet, but do you ever use other things online? Speaker 2  04:45 Not really. Giana Ricci  04:46 No? Can you talk more about why you don't like the internet? Speaker 2  04:52 Well there's the first thing, I don't like looking at screens. And then the second thing, I feel like I'm not super familiar with databases, so I avoid those because I don't know them. Then it's a thing of everything else is algorithmic, which just sucks for any kind of research. The second it becomes algorithmic, it tunnels into looking more and more extreme, instead of having any kind of specificity to itself. It's like it all looks the same."
176,ParticipantE,Databases.negative,"Do you ever use the library website or databases, or any other sort--you said you don't like the internet, but do you ever use other things online? Speaker 2  04:45 Not really. Giana Ricci  04:46 No? Can you talk more about why you don't like the internet? Speaker 2  04:52 Well there's the first thing, I don't like looking at screens. And then the second thing, I feel like I'm not super familiar with databases, so I avoid those because I don't know them. Then it's a thing of everything else is algorithmic, which just sucks for any kind of research. The second it becomes algorithmic, it tunnels into looking more and more extreme, instead of having any kind of specificity to itself. It's like it all looks the same."
177,ParticipantE,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"Try drawing it. Then when I see if I can get the idea down, I go try to find references to try to make it more concrete with the references. Then, once it's more concrete, kind of keep looking at more ideas to see if I can reshape it, and go from there. Sometimes that means research. Sometimes that means just starting, [it] depends."
178,ParticipantE,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries.themet,"I just made something for a class, and the project was photography installation, as that was a prompt we were given. And I came across a symbol, a Tibetan symbol with the flag, and I think I came across that on the Met's website, cause I had seen something so decided that I want to incorporate that. Then, based on that, I did a bunch of research on how to build stuff, and my friend in the department also helped me. That's one of my resources--other people, but I built a little podium stand thing, a box, and they call it The Handout. Not much research, but I looked at other artists who do stuff like self-portraiture, photography stuff but I already knew the names, it wasn't like I had to really search from blank."
178,ParticipantE,Help.friends,"I just made something for a class, and the project was photography installation, as that was a prompt we were given. And I came across a symbol, a Tibetan symbol with the flag, and I think I came across that on the Met's website, cause I had seen something so decided that I want to incorporate that. Then, based on that, I did a bunch of research on how to build stuff, and my friend in the department also helped me. That's one of my resources--other people, but I built a little podium stand thing, a box, and they call it The Handout. Not much research, but I looked at other artists who do stuff like self-portraiture, photography stuff but I already knew the names, it wasn't like I had to really search from blank."
178,ParticipantE,Research.online.museums,"I just made something for a class, and the project was photography installation, as that was a prompt we were given. And I came across a symbol, a Tibetan symbol with the flag, and I think I came across that on the Met's website, cause I had seen something so decided that I want to incorporate that. Then, based on that, I did a bunch of research on how to build stuff, and my friend in the department also helped me. That's one of my resources--other people, but I built a little podium stand thing, a box, and they call it The Handout. Not much research, but I looked at other artists who do stuff like self-portraiture, photography stuff but I already knew the names, it wasn't like I had to really search from blank."
179,ParticipantE,Books.artistmonograph,"Okay, so the artists, you knew their names and did you Google them? Or you already had books? Speaker 2  07:57 I had books about them."
180,ParticipantE,Inspiration.artists,"Yes, because I think it's important to see how someone filters the--I don't really care about subjects. I care more about styles. But it's important to see someone's work, and I think especially the young person, who wants to take influence by copying."
181,ParticipantE,Inspiration.curators,"Every art style exists at all points in history. For the most part, it's just selection. So that's why I think what is selected is more based on style than subject, for the most part."
182,ParticipantE,Books.artistmonograph,"So, if you want to find examples of an artist's work who you don't already have a book about, how would you do that? Speaker 2  10:33 I would go buy a book. Giana Ricci  11:01 So you just go to a bookstore and see if they have something? Or who do you talk to? Speaker 2  11:21 Of course, I try to go to art bookstore type things, I don't actually know the names of those, but I'm just like, ""Oh, is there an art bookstore in the vicinity or a thrifted bookstore? Does it have an expensive art thing?” And then you ask. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. If they don't, then they might direct you to a place that does. And then you buy a book."
182,ParticipantE,Books.expensive,"So, if you want to find examples of an artist's work who you don't already have a book about, how would you do that? Speaker 2  10:33 I would go buy a book. Giana Ricci  11:01 So you just go to a bookstore and see if they have something? Or who do you talk to? Speaker 2  11:21 Of course, I try to go to art bookstore type things, I don't actually know the names of those, but I'm just like, ""Oh, is there an art bookstore in the vicinity or a thrifted bookstore? Does it have an expensive art thing?” And then you ask. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. If they don't, then they might direct you to a place that does. And then you buy a book."
182,ParticipantE,Books.bookstores,"So, if you want to find examples of an artist's work who you don't already have a book about, how would you do that? Speaker 2  10:33 I would go buy a book. Giana Ricci  11:01 So you just go to a bookstore and see if they have something? Or who do you talk to? Speaker 2  11:21 Of course, I try to go to art bookstore type things, I don't actually know the names of those, but I'm just like, ""Oh, is there an art bookstore in the vicinity or a thrifted bookstore? Does it have an expensive art thing?” And then you ask. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. If they don't, then they might direct you to a place that does. And then you buy a book."
182,ParticipantE,Books.preferenceforprint,"So, if you want to find examples of an artist's work who you don't already have a book about, how would you do that? Speaker 2  10:33 I would go buy a book. Giana Ricci  11:01 So you just go to a bookstore and see if they have something? Or who do you talk to? Speaker 2  11:21 Of course, I try to go to art bookstore type things, I don't actually know the names of those, but I'm just like, ""Oh, is there an art bookstore in the vicinity or a thrifted bookstore? Does it have an expensive art thing?” And then you ask. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. If they don't, then they might direct you to a place that does. And then you buy a book."
182,ParticipantE,Research.books,"So, if you want to find examples of an artist's work who you don't already have a book about, how would you do that? Speaker 2  10:33 I would go buy a book. Giana Ricci  11:01 So you just go to a bookstore and see if they have something? Or who do you talk to? Speaker 2  11:21 Of course, I try to go to art bookstore type things, I don't actually know the names of those, but I'm just like, ""Oh, is there an art bookstore in the vicinity or a thrifted bookstore? Does it have an expensive art thing?” And then you ask. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. If they don't, then they might direct you to a place that does. And then you buy a book."
193,ParticipantE,Feedback.none,"And then do you ask for other people's opinions on your artwork outside of formal crits? Speaker 2  11:58 No. Giana Ricci  12:02 Not at all? Speaker 2  12:04 No, I don't care."
183,ParticipantE,Help.technical,"[laughter] That's great. And then it kind of goes down to number 10, which is, in what circumstances are you most likely to ask for help with your work? So if you're stuck on something. Speaker 2  12:23 It's mostly when there's a technical problem. So I do ask for help, but it's not the same thing as opinions. Giana Ricci  12:29 Right. It isn't the same. Speaker 2  12:33 I had to carve a circle, cut a circle with a bandsaw, which is kind of an intensive process, physically. It's kind of hard for me, so I asked some people like, ""Hey, can you help me do this one section?"" I also asked a professor who told me how to do it in the first place. A lot of sculpture stuff requires safety precautions, you can't just go up to it. I also ask to watch people. There's someone named [student name redacted] who does a lot of painting. I would ask him, ""Can I watch you?"" Cause I'm curious how he does things. I guess that's a form of help."
183,ParticipantE,Help.friends,"[laughter] That's great. And then it kind of goes down to number 10, which is, in what circumstances are you most likely to ask for help with your work? So if you're stuck on something. Speaker 2  12:23 It's mostly when there's a technical problem. So I do ask for help, but it's not the same thing as opinions. Giana Ricci  12:29 Right. It isn't the same. Speaker 2  12:33 I had to carve a circle, cut a circle with a bandsaw, which is kind of an intensive process, physically. It's kind of hard for me, so I asked some people like, ""Hey, can you help me do this one section?"" I also asked a professor who told me how to do it in the first place. A lot of sculpture stuff requires safety precautions, you can't just go up to it. I also ask to watch people. There's someone named [student name redacted] who does a lot of painting. I would ask him, ""Can I watch you?"" Cause I'm curious how he does things. I guess that's a form of help."
183,ParticipantE,Help.professors,"[laughter] That's great. And then it kind of goes down to number 10, which is, in what circumstances are you most likely to ask for help with your work? So if you're stuck on something. Speaker 2  12:23 It's mostly when there's a technical problem. So I do ask for help, but it's not the same thing as opinions. Giana Ricci  12:29 Right. It isn't the same. Speaker 2  12:33 I had to carve a circle, cut a circle with a bandsaw, which is kind of an intensive process, physically. It's kind of hard for me, so I asked some people like, ""Hey, can you help me do this one section?"" I also asked a professor who told me how to do it in the first place. A lot of sculpture stuff requires safety precautions, you can't just go up to it. I also ask to watch people. There's someone named [student name redacted] who does a lot of painting. I would ask him, ""Can I watch you?"" Cause I'm curious how he does things. I guess that's a form of help."
184,ParticipantE,Timeconstraints,"So if you're working on something and you're sort of editing it, revising it, while you're still working on it. You said you keep books in your studio. Are you going back and forth between your research and your working, or is it sort of like there's a research phase, it's done, and then you start working? Speaker 2  14:17 No, I go back into research, but I wouldn't call that revision. I'm just working on my stuff. I don't revise it. I just toss it out if I don't like it. Unless it's for an assignment in which case I turn it in even if I don't like it."
184,ParticipantE,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"So if you're working on something and you're sort of editing it, revising it, while you're still working on it. You said you keep books in your studio. Are you going back and forth between your research and your working, or is it sort of like there's a research phase, it's done, and then you start working? Speaker 2  14:17 No, I go back into research, but I wouldn't call that revision. I'm just working on my stuff. I don't revise it. I just toss it out if I don't like it. Unless it's for an assignment in which case I turn it in even if I don't like it."
186,ParticipantE,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"Okay, so then, do you consider research to be a part of your creative practice? Speaker 2  14:44 Yes."
185,ParticipantE,Research.definition,"And if so, how do you define research? Speaker 2  14:52 Any form of intense working."
187,ParticipantE,Difficult.executingideas,"Okay, so what would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  15:11 Executing. It's one thing to have an idea in your mind but it's another thing to put it into place."
188,ParticipantE,Difficult.money,"And also money. You can have great ideas and the skills to do it, but if you don't have the financial capacity, it doesn't matter because it looks like shit."
189,ParticipantE,Exciting.making,"And then what would you say is the most exciting part of your creative process? Speaker 2  15:49 The start. Giana Ricci  15:52 The start in the research, or the start in the idea phase, or in the executing? Speaker 2  15:57 The working. It's always the most interesting to see the sketch."
190,ParticipantE,Support.materials,"I wish there was more financial support from NYU. I think it's kind of ridiculous, the lack of materials considering tuition."
191,ParticipantE,Timeconstraints,"I also wish that there was more support for longer term projects, not the short term assignment type stuff. I think that really overvalues people who work very quickly, and people who work in painting and drawing practices and nothing experimental, maybe some photos or some video, but then you just go to Gallatin. It over-favors painting."
191,ParticipantE,Support.professors,"I also wish that there was more support for longer term projects, not the short term assignment type stuff. I think that really overvalues people who work very quickly, and people who work in painting and drawing practices and nothing experimental, maybe some photos or some video, but then you just go to Gallatin. It over-favors painting."
192,ParticipantE,Support.findingresources,"You know, the biggest thing is, I wish that there was more openness talking about the financial sector. I think it's kind of annoying, and I think that it's hard to research because the art world is very, very, I mean--intentionally, if everything's nebulous, you can't really easily research buyers, curators or anything about how a sale happens. It's so on the fly. It's murky. And then even, like the auction prices, stuff like that, is completely private for all contemporary stuff. It's hard to trace, unless it's like a landmark sale. I think the lack of discussion on that, the lack of writing on it, or at least accessible writing, is very annoying."
196,ParticipantF,Medium.photo,photo. I start with photo
194,ParticipantF,Medium.painting,"painting,"
195,ParticipantF,Medium.sculpture,sometimes sculpture
197,ParticipantF,Inspiration.environment,Sometimes I'll see something on the street that looks really cool.
198,ParticipantF,Documentation.picture,I'll snap a picture with my phone.
199,ParticipantF,Inspiration.environment,Or I'll collect objects. Collecting is a huge thing.
237,ParticipantF,Inspiration.environment,"--significant objects from childhood. These are my baby earrings. This came from the fridge of my childhood home. A coat check ticket from Berlin. This is a tea packet, a flight ticket thing, my very real ID that now doesn't need to exist because I'm 21. Yes, it's lots of collecting. Oh yeah--then this is a test of the photo thing up there. Yeah, it's lots of just random things. I don't know, I think objects and the ways you can put them together tell a different version of an interesting story of a person in the same way a portrait of someone does. Like an alternative self-portrait that gives more context."
200,ParticipantF,Inspiration.pinterest,screenshot or save things on Pinterest
200,ParticipantF,Documentation.pinterestboards,screenshot or save things on Pinterest
201,ParticipantF,Inspiration.Instagram,or Instagram sometimes
201,ParticipantF,Documentation.Instagram,or Instagram sometimes
202,ParticipantF,Organization.images,"I don't sort them either. They're just kind of thrown into some sort of saved thing. And depending on, I guess, the best word [to] use is, ""cool"" the thing is for the quality of the image that I'm attracted to, I know why I saved it no matter how long it's been since I've last looked. Or I'm like, ""Oh, that's super cool,"" and I'll go to save something and I'm like, ""Oh, I already have it saved from way back."" And it's the same thing that keeps bringing me back to that thing or that photo."
202,ParticipantF,Organization.none,"I don't sort them either. They're just kind of thrown into some sort of saved thing. And depending on, I guess, the best word [to] use is, ""cool"" the thing is for the quality of the image that I'm attracted to, I know why I saved it no matter how long it's been since I've last looked. Or I'm like, ""Oh, that's super cool,"" and I'll go to save something and I'm like, ""Oh, I already have it saved from way back."" And it's the same thing that keeps bringing me back to that thing or that photo."
203,ParticipantF,Browsing.online,"Oh yeah. I've been really scouring the internet for queer archives, like newsletters, publications, objects, photos, not so much video, but I guess I'll probably end up there next."
204,ParticipantF,Inspiration.articles,"I used to read a lot. I don't have the time anymore, but I spent a lot of time, just perusing scholarly databases for certain phrases that I've heard that I might have a connection to. And then reading more and being like, ""Oh, I completely didn't know what that word meant, never mind."" But at least now I know. Or just interesting people and objects tied to certain research things."
204,ParticipantF,Databases,"I used to read a lot. I don't have the time anymore, but I spent a lot of time, just perusing scholarly databases for certain phrases that I've heard that I might have a connection to. And then reading more and being like, ""Oh, I completely didn't know what that word meant, never mind."" But at least now I know. Or just interesting people and objects tied to certain research things."
204,ParticipantF,Research.articles,"I used to read a lot. I don't have the time anymore, but I spent a lot of time, just perusing scholarly databases for certain phrases that I've heard that I might have a connection to. And then reading more and being like, ""Oh, I completely didn't know what that word meant, never mind."" But at least now I know. Or just interesting people and objects tied to certain research things."
205,ParticipantF,Databases.jstor,"Do you know which databases you usually look in? Or it's just kind of-- Speaker 2  05:41 It's just wherever I can get into. I like JSTOR because I immediately know how to log in there and have found some stuff. Really depends. I'll just go on Google Scholar, whatever comes up. If there's a password, most times, the NYU access can get around that. Sometimes it can't and you just have to poke around a little more."
205,ParticipantF,Databases.googlescholar,"Do you know which databases you usually look in? Or it's just kind of-- Speaker 2  05:41 It's just wherever I can get into. I like JSTOR because I immediately know how to log in there and have found some stuff. Really depends. I'll just go on Google Scholar, whatever comes up. If there's a password, most times, the NYU access can get around that. Sometimes it can't and you just have to poke around a little more."
206,ParticipantF,Inspiration.books,"And then you said you used to read a lot. Do you use print books as sources of inspiration for art? So besides actually reading books, do you use art books, or any other books like that? Speaker 2  06:27 Oh, absolutely. Books are super important. I have a few thrown about. There's this photo book. It's a Taschen photo book I got in high school. I use certain images as references, not for the image itself, but like, what the light does here is super interesting, the colors that come across here. I don't know, there's something about Polaroid film I find super cool. There's this old book I got in Paris of vintage firearms and weapons. Sometimes I'll just flip through here. I like the typeface. I don't speak French, so I have no idea what this says, but it's more just for aesthetics. I don't know. I think I prefer touching things. So if there is a book I would like to have it or touch it rather than find it online, but if I can't, online is the next best thing."
206,ParticipantF,Books.preferenceforprint,"And then you said you used to read a lot. Do you use print books as sources of inspiration for art? So besides actually reading books, do you use art books, or any other books like that? Speaker 2  06:27 Oh, absolutely. Books are super important. I have a few thrown about. There's this photo book. It's a Taschen photo book I got in high school. I use certain images as references, not for the image itself, but like, what the light does here is super interesting, the colors that come across here. I don't know, there's something about Polaroid film I find super cool. There's this old book I got in Paris of vintage firearms and weapons. Sometimes I'll just flip through here. I like the typeface. I don't speak French, so I have no idea what this says, but it's more just for aesthetics. I don't know. I think I prefer touching things. So if there is a book I would like to have it or touch it rather than find it online, but if I can't, online is the next best thing."
206,ParticipantF,Books.images,"And then you said you used to read a lot. Do you use print books as sources of inspiration for art? So besides actually reading books, do you use art books, or any other books like that? Speaker 2  06:27 Oh, absolutely. Books are super important. I have a few thrown about. There's this photo book. It's a Taschen photo book I got in high school. I use certain images as references, not for the image itself, but like, what the light does here is super interesting, the colors that come across here. I don't know, there's something about Polaroid film I find super cool. There's this old book I got in Paris of vintage firearms and weapons. Sometimes I'll just flip through here. I like the typeface. I don't speak French, so I have no idea what this says, but it's more just for aesthetics. I don't know. I think I prefer touching things. So if there is a book I would like to have it or touch it rather than find it online, but if I can't, online is the next best thing."
208,ParticipantF,Books.recommendations,"Three of the books in here I was lent by a professor, and then another one was gifted to me by a professor."
209,ParticipantF,Books.artistmonograph,"Oh, that's an art book for Lyle Ashton Harris. I bought that one at the Queen's Museum."
209,ParticipantF,Books.museumgiftshop,"Oh, that's an art book for Lyle Ashton Harris. I bought that one at the Queen's Museum."
210,ParticipantF,Library.checkingoutbooks,"Sometimes I go to the library. Love the Jefferson Market branch, super pretty, and they usually have books. I don't think people check out a lot of art books from there. They're always basically brand new. Yeah, that's been pretty nice."
210,ParticipantF,Browsing.library,"Sometimes I go to the library. Love the Jefferson Market branch, super pretty, and they usually have books. I don't think people check out a lot of art books from there. They're always basically brand new. Yeah, that's been pretty nice."
210,ParticipantF,Library.public,"Sometimes I go to the library. Love the Jefferson Market branch, super pretty, and they usually have books. I don't think people check out a lot of art books from there. They're always basically brand new. Yeah, that's been pretty nice."
211,ParticipantF,Databases,"Okay, and then we talked about library databases, but any other online sources that you like? Speaker 2  08:55 There's this one archive website, I can't remember what it's called right now, but they have a couple of photo, video stuff. That helps a lot. I don't know. A lot of stuff that I look for is super specific, and doesn't exist in full anymore to the public, so just clippings and bits and pieces that I find, just from anywhere I can find it."
211,ParticipantF,Research.online.internetarchive,"Okay, and then we talked about library databases, but any other online sources that you like? Speaker 2  08:55 There's this one archive website, I can't remember what it's called right now, but they have a couple of photo, video stuff. That helps a lot. I don't know. A lot of stuff that I look for is super specific, and doesn't exist in full anymore to the public, so just clippings and bits and pieces that I find, just from anywhere I can find it."
212,ParticipantF,Images.printed,"I'll print things out, put them on the wall."
214,ParticipantF,Feedback,I might ask someone what they think about it
213,ParticipantF,Timeconstraints,"I'm a perfectionist, and it's weird to just have space at this point, which is crunch time."
236,ParticipantF,Inspiration.environment,"-A few months ago, I went to Diesel and I was messing around. I picked up one of their purses and got to just feel it. I need to do it again if I want to commit to making a painting with that bag in it."
215,ParticipantF,Documentation.picture,"I try and take a lot of my own reference photos for the same reasons, just so that I don't end up like, ""Wow, this is really great!"" And I pull up the reference from someone else's work and go, ""Yeah, it's great because I like what they did."" It's like appreciating from a distance."
216,ParticipantF,Research.online.artists,"Okay, so if you do want to find examples of an artist's work at any stage, how do you go about doing that? Speaker 2  15:23 It depends if they're living or dead or famous, or if I've just seen their work on social media. If it's social media I'll look online for a personal website, or anything with their CV that can point me towards a gallery or something that they've shown at."
217,ParticipantF,Research.online.museums,"If they're very, very dead, I will go to the Met. I'll go online to their open access, and see if they have anything that I can go look at, which I rarely do because I hate the Met."
218,ParticipantF,Research.online,"I know Google has a special art reverse image search engine thing, really great quality images actually. You can zoom in really far and the resolution is really good."
218,ParticipantF,Images.online,"I know Google has a special art reverse image search engine thing, really great quality images actually. You can zoom in really far and the resolution is really good."
219,ParticipantF,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"Yeah, sometimes I stumble across things during openings. I'll wander into a gallery, and I'll write a name down and search them up later."
219,ParticipantF,Research.online.artists,"Yeah, sometimes I stumble across things during openings. I'll wander into a gallery, and I'll write a name down and search them up later."
219,ParticipantF,Research.galleries,"Yeah, sometimes I stumble across things during openings. I'll wander into a gallery, and I'll write a name down and search them up later."
220,ParticipantF,Books.exhibitioncatalog,"I've also found that catalogs of shows are really, really great, and that if you see a show you really like and there's a catalog, you should buy it before it's five editions deep, and they're reselling it for a thousand dollars. One of my biggest regrets in life so far, it's a good, big regret to have, could be much worse, but I want that book so bad."
221,ParticipantF,Books.exhibitioncatalog,"Yeah, Jennifer Packer had a show at the Whitney two or three years ago, and I visited twice. It was that good. And I visited really early, and I'm not a morning person, but I had to see it before I left town. And I was so stupid, I didn't get the catalog. And now it's like $1,500 in the plastic. And I know someone around here has it. I just want to look at it just one or two good times, that's it."
221,ParticipantF,Books.artistmonograph,"Yeah, Jennifer Packer had a show at the Whitney two or three years ago, and I visited twice. It was that good. And I visited really early, and I'm not a morning person, but I had to see it before I left town. And I was so stupid, I didn't get the catalog. And now it's like $1,500 in the plastic. And I know someone around here has it. I just want to look at it just one or two good times, that's it."
221,ParticipantF,Books.expensive,"Yeah, Jennifer Packer had a show at the Whitney two or three years ago, and I visited twice. It was that good. And I visited really early, and I'm not a morning person, but I had to see it before I left town. And I was so stupid, I didn't get the catalog. And now it's like $1,500 in the plastic. And I know someone around here has it. I just want to look at it just one or two good times, that's it."
221,ParticipantF,Books.museumgiftshop,"Yeah, Jennifer Packer had a show at the Whitney two or three years ago, and I visited twice. It was that good. And I visited really early, and I'm not a morning person, but I had to see it before I left town. And I was so stupid, I didn't get the catalog. And now it's like $1,500 in the plastic. And I know someone around here has it. I just want to look at it just one or two good times, that's it."
222,ParticipantF,Feedback.nonartists,"Yeah, I ask my mom. I like asking her, because she is not an artist. Well, she is in her own ways, but in the most like, ""What is an artist?"" kind of definition she's not an artist, knows nothing about the art world beyond what she likes looking at sometimes and what she doesn't like. So if I just want a really cold, just general read removed completely from the context of meticulously crafted for the thing, I'll ask her."
222,ParticipantF,Feedback.family,"Yeah, I ask my mom. I like asking her, because she is not an artist. Well, she is in her own ways, but in the most like, ""What is an artist?"" kind of definition she's not an artist, knows nothing about the art world beyond what she likes looking at sometimes and what she doesn't like. So if I just want a really cold, just general read removed completely from the context of meticulously crafted for the thing, I'll ask her."
223,ParticipantF,Feedback.friends,"And then if I ask my roommate, because we're really close and identify similarly, and to be like, ""Hey, what's it giving? Is this this? Do you feel this? If you were in this situation, how would you feel seeing this?"" I feel like I can bounce crazier ideas off of friends."
224,ParticipantF,Feedback,"For the most part, it's not about approval, just about seeing how it looks to other people and what they feel. Because you can stare at something for weeks and feel one way and someone else can read it completely differently, which is something I've struggled with in the later years of higher art education, letting go of meaning that you've given a piece, because that context is not always there and people don't always want to read the wall text that accompanies a collection of work. So just seeing how people respond to anything. I like strong reactions, like when people say they hate something [or] they're like, ""Oh my god, I love this,” please tell me more. Like, why? Even if it's really silly or dumb, I want to know exactly why, just out of pure curiosity, because I know there's a lot of things that I obsess over, and I can kind of put words to why, or just immediately point them out. And I think it's really special that everyone, for the most part, has that section of their brain devoted to [things] like, “I see this color, I love it. I'm sold, that's it.”"
225,ParticipantF,Help.friends,"But I guess in terms of art making, asking for help lately has just been having conversations, and if I look like I'm staring blankly at the walls, be like, ""To be so real, I'm very lost right now. Say something to bring me back."" And sometimes it's a joke, sometimes it's a story of when this person struggled in undergrad or feelings they have strongly about work that relates to what I'm trying to do, or something that reminds me of that I can look at for inspiration."
225,ParticipantF,Help.professors,"But I guess in terms of art making, asking for help lately has just been having conversations, and if I look like I'm staring blankly at the walls, be like, ""To be so real, I'm very lost right now. Say something to bring me back."" And sometimes it's a joke, sometimes it's a story of when this person struggled in undergrad or feelings they have strongly about work that relates to what I'm trying to do, or something that reminds me of that I can look at for inspiration."
226,ParticipantF,Help.breaks,"Help can come from anywhere, taking a walk, having a good dance to some music, listening to music, leaving the studio for a while and coming back when you feel ready. Space is very important. Or just having fun things around like this."
227,ParticipantF,Images.painting,That painting of my roommate was originally a painting from the reference photo on the bottom.
235,ParticipantF,Inspiration.conversations,"I'm currently trying to find objects and symbols tied to Jamaican spiritual practices and numerology, I think it's called, and then link that to my childhood and people in my family that I've observed having feelings or thoughts about these practices, or objects that relate to them that are something that I find visually interesting that I'd want to paint for whatever reason it is. An"
228,ParticipantF,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"Okay. Question 11, do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  25:43 Oh my God, absolutely. If I had to work off of what just exists in my head, I would be very bored and very upset, because there's a lot going on up here, but for the creative process, not very much, when I think of how much I rely on conversations and things mentioned in passing, and then research and theory. That's huge and super inspiring for me."
229,ParticipantF,Research.definition,"I have a very loose definition of research. I think because of the things that I create and who I am and how that relates to my practice, I think going clubbing with friends is very valid research. I think anything that generates creative thought can be seen as a form of research. Yeah, I guess, sometimes sitting and thinking on your couch is like perusing the personal archive. I mean, that's also the internal urge to pull out bullshit sentences like, ""Why were you doing this?"" ""I was perusing the personal,"" like come on, that's just a euphemism, for like, ""I was at home, having a panic attack about crit, and then I got a really great idea in the eleventh hour."" But I think outside of Googling things very seriously and having catalogs of books and things to touch, sometimes you just stumble across things in really strange, magical ways, or it comes out of a super unfortunate incident, and that springs forward your work. Jokes and pop culture, that's a huge part of art and art making. So counting out times I've gone out with friends or especially because I'm interested in objects related to experience and history, all of it's tied together. So research, for me, is just anything I want it to be. I don't like limiting myself in that way. I have a more formal way of going about it, but usually there's something deeply personal or informal and fun that goes along with it."
230,ParticipantF,Timeconstraints,"I drive myself crazy. There's so many ideas. I have maybe 20 different ideas for paintings, and I have one piece of paper over there, and in the research process, I get lost, I second guess, and then just decision paralysis, and then actually putting the brush in the paint and pencil to the surface. Getting up and going is kind of hard. I can just be like, ""Oh, I'm researching,"" and just quote, unquote, ""research"" for months, and then not have anything to show for it. And then there's times where I'm just making. Not as much time as I would like, obviously, but I don't know, it comes in waves."
230,ParticipantF,Difficult.executingideas,"I drive myself crazy. There's so many ideas. I have maybe 20 different ideas for paintings, and I have one piece of paper over there, and in the research process, I get lost, I second guess, and then just decision paralysis, and then actually putting the brush in the paint and pencil to the surface. Getting up and going is kind of hard. I can just be like, ""Oh, I'm researching,"" and just quote, unquote, ""research"" for months, and then not have anything to show for it. And then there's times where I'm just making. Not as much time as I would like, obviously, but I don't know, it comes in waves."
230,ParticipantF,Difficult.starting,"I drive myself crazy. There's so many ideas. I have maybe 20 different ideas for paintings, and I have one piece of paper over there, and in the research process, I get lost, I second guess, and then just decision paralysis, and then actually putting the brush in the paint and pencil to the surface. Getting up and going is kind of hard. I can just be like, ""Oh, I'm researching,"" and just quote, unquote, ""research"" for months, and then not have anything to show for it. And then there's times where I'm just making. Not as much time as I would like, obviously, but I don't know, it comes in waves."
231,ParticipantF,Exciting.making,"I think when it hits maybe 1:30am, I'm not super tired, but I think the most interesting thing that's happened to me in the studio so far since being here was one of my first sessions. Because I tend to sit in one place for six to seven hours at a time just working. I just remember ripping pages out of this sketchbook and frantically taping them together to expand a drawing that was too big for a regular sheet of paper. I don't know, there's this state I'm in when I'm super locked in on what it is I'm doing. In the painting process, it's when I finished wrestling with the base of where everything is supposed to go and the colors, and then I'm just doing things without thinking. I stopped, and I can just be like, “Oh, I recognize this problem that needs to be highlighted here.” I mix a color. It's when my brain, my body, and the tools I'm using, it's on autopilot, and I'm just going and just making choices, rather than agonizing over the harder details of how to get the likeness or the angle or something."
231,ParticipantF,Exciting.epiphany,"I think when it hits maybe 1:30am, I'm not super tired, but I think the most interesting thing that's happened to me in the studio so far since being here was one of my first sessions. Because I tend to sit in one place for six to seven hours at a time just working. I just remember ripping pages out of this sketchbook and frantically taping them together to expand a drawing that was too big for a regular sheet of paper. I don't know, there's this state I'm in when I'm super locked in on what it is I'm doing. In the painting process, it's when I finished wrestling with the base of where everything is supposed to go and the colors, and then I'm just doing things without thinking. I stopped, and I can just be like, “Oh, I recognize this problem that needs to be highlighted here.” I mix a color. It's when my brain, my body, and the tools I'm using, it's on autopilot, and I'm just going and just making choices, rather than agonizing over the harder details of how to get the likeness or the angle or something."
233,ParticipantF,Support.professors,"I guess, just the getting up and going, and also the more formal aspects of painting. I've never taken a painting class before coming to college and a semester thing that I was in boarding school, and all of the painting instruction I've been given has been really just informal guidance and loosely related techniques. I'm not saying I want to learn how to paint, but I think it'd be fun to try and see what I get from it, because, I mean, at the very least, I know the technical do's and don'ts of how to put paint on the surface and make sure it doesn't disintegrate. I don't know. I also think art education is a thing that--you can teach people to do something, but I think it's all about guidance and exploration on an individual level. So, yeah, support there would be cool."
232,ParticipantF,Timeconstraints,"I guess, time management and not spending seven hours in space, but I think that's more self-guided."
234,ParticipantF,Support.findingresources,"I guess, as far as research goes, I think a huge thing for me that I've been thinking about ever since I graduated high school was that a lot of information and knowledge is gatekept behind institutions, and after I graduate--I love sending an email. If I need access to JSTOR after this, I'm definitely gonna be bothering friends who are still in school. Or just being like, ""Hi Professor. Can I have your login? I just need to look at this."" Or like, ""Can you send me this article? I know where to find it."" Yeah, just sucks that I won't have that forever, and I know I'm not taking full advantage of that right now because I'm young and distracted, and there's going to be a time where I need it, and I will do anything to get back into it, but it would be nice if information was more accessible, just in general. And it's a great privilege to be at a university like this, where we have people like you and huge collections on literally just about anything that we can use to inspire work or research or anything else."
238,ParticipantG,Medium.painting,traditional and digital paintings
239,ParticipantG,Medium.drawing,"drawings,"
240,ParticipantG,Medium.woodworking,woodworking
241,ParticipantG,Medium.printmaking,"printmaking, specifically etching"
242,ParticipantG,Inspiration.articles,"Well, to be honest, like I said, I have a minor in Art History, and a lot of it comes from art history. I think my practice right now is actually really centered around medieval art and medieval history. And so what usually happens, I'll be reading or studying a certain aspect of the time, and then that'll kind of inspire me to create art around it, or that's the more formal one."
242,ParticipantG,Inspiration.books,"Well, to be honest, like I said, I have a minor in Art History, and a lot of it comes from art history. I think my practice right now is actually really centered around medieval art and medieval history. And so what usually happens, I'll be reading or studying a certain aspect of the time, and then that'll kind of inspire me to create art around it, or that's the more formal one."
242,ParticipantG,Inspiration.arthistory,"Well, to be honest, like I said, I have a minor in Art History, and a lot of it comes from art history. I think my practice right now is actually really centered around medieval art and medieval history. And so what usually happens, I'll be reading or studying a certain aspect of the time, and then that'll kind of inspire me to create art around it, or that's the more formal one."
243,ParticipantG,Inspiration.conversations,"And I guess the other part is, I'll try to think of the people that mean something to me in my life, and I'll make, usually, art about them."
244,ParticipantG,Documentation.journal,"It's basically a lot of note taking. I would say a lot of note taking. I try to keep a journal just full of stuff I find interesting. So it's not really a journal of my thoughts, but just a journal of like, ""Oh, do more research into this really specific thing,"" or ""I found this poem, I like it. Why do I like it?"" And so then I usually will go back to journals or notes, and just be like, ""Oh, that was really interesting when I learned about this, or when I learned about that,"" and then I get into the rabbit hole, and if I end up liking it, then I'll be like, ""Okay, this could birth a piece of art."""
245,ParticipantG,Inspiration.books,"Okay, so mostly note taking in a journal. Do you use any other sources for inspiration or research? Speaker 2  03:31 I mean, a lot of books."
246,ParticipantG,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries.morgan,"I would also say historical texts. I've been really getting into manuscripts, and so I've been to the Morgan Library to see stuff. So I like to go straight to the source,"
247,ParticipantG,Documentation.picture,"I guess I don't know if it counts, but I do a lot of gallery visits or museum visits specifically. And so I'll take photos of pieces of art and their descriptions, and then later I'll do more research on that. But I don't know if that counts."
247,ParticipantG,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"I guess I don't know if it counts, but I do a lot of gallery visits or museum visits specifically. And so I'll take photos of pieces of art and their descriptions, and then later I'll do more research on that. But I don't know if that counts."
248,ParticipantG,Misnomer.librarycatalog,"Well, ever since I came to NYU, I actually really use the Bobst digital library. And sometimes obviously it's easy if I'm looking for, let's say, a copy of the text of The Green Knight. I'll type The Green Knight and it'll show up. But sometimes I kind of have an idea of what I would like to read more on, and I just go into the database and put stuff in and that's how I usually get the stuff I read. I usually get it from there, from the Bobst digital portal."
248,ParticipantG,Books.fiction,"Well, ever since I came to NYU, I actually really use the Bobst digital library. And sometimes obviously it's easy if I'm looking for, let's say, a copy of the text of The Green Knight. I'll type The Green Knight and it'll show up. But sometimes I kind of have an idea of what I would like to read more on, and I just go into the database and put stuff in and that's how I usually get the stuff I read. I usually get it from there, from the Bobst digital portal."
249,ParticipantG,Books.expensive,"Well, yes, I do try to buy books. I even have one with me right now. I do try to buy books, but obviously, that's a commitment in terms of money and in terms of space and time. And I know I could also rent a book or check out a book, but I don't really do that much. If it's not easily accessible to me digitally, unless someone really recommended it to me, I will not go out of my way to purchase it or get a physical copy."
249,ParticipantG,Timeconstraints,"Well, yes, I do try to buy books. I even have one with me right now. I do try to buy books, but obviously, that's a commitment in terms of money and in terms of space and time. And I know I could also rent a book or check out a book, but I don't really do that much. If it's not easily accessible to me digitally, unless someone really recommended it to me, I will not go out of my way to purchase it or get a physical copy."
249,ParticipantG,Books.digital,"Well, yes, I do try to buy books. I even have one with me right now. I do try to buy books, but obviously, that's a commitment in terms of money and in terms of space and time. And I know I could also rent a book or check out a book, but I don't really do that much. If it's not easily accessible to me digitally, unless someone really recommended it to me, I will not go out of my way to purchase it or get a physical copy."
250,ParticipantG,Books.digital,"Okay. So when you look for books on the Bobst website, you're looking for electronic versions? Speaker 2  06:43 Yes, definitely, 100%."
251,ParticipantG,Books.exhibitioncatalog,"Do you ever use library databases as sources? Speaker 2  06:57 Well, yeah, I use the NYU one. I've also used the Morgan library one because they've scanned some of their manuscripts. So the Morgan library one. That's the one I use. I think the Met also has some copies of like, if they put up a show or something, they usually write a little book that goes along with the show. So I've also used those databases."
251,ParticipantG,Misnomer.librarycatalog,"Do you ever use library databases as sources? Speaker 2  06:57 Well, yeah, I use the NYU one. I've also used the Morgan library one because they've scanned some of their manuscripts. So the Morgan library one. That's the one I use. I think the Met also has some copies of like, if they put up a show or something, they usually write a little book that goes along with the show. So I've also used those databases."
251,ParticipantG,Databases,"Do you ever use library databases as sources? Speaker 2  06:57 Well, yeah, I use the NYU one. I've also used the Morgan library one because they've scanned some of their manuscripts. So the Morgan library one. That's the one I use. I think the Met also has some copies of like, if they put up a show or something, they usually write a little book that goes along with the show. So I've also used those databases."
251,ParticipantG,Research.online.museums,"Do you ever use library databases as sources? Speaker 2  06:57 Well, yeah, I use the NYU one. I've also used the Morgan library one because they've scanned some of their manuscripts. So the Morgan library one. That's the one I use. I think the Met also has some copies of like, if they put up a show or something, they usually write a little book that goes along with the show. So I've also used those databases."
252,ParticipantG,Inspiration.professors,"Okay, this I guess it started from a class I was taking, and the professor kind of was talking a bit about--it wasn't even about this, but we were discussing some representations of space in medieval Indian art and Middle Eastern Art. And then I noticed that all of these spaces where--there's a specific name for these types of illustrations, I forget it. It's like, when you have a building, but instead of showing us, ""Here's a building,"" it's almost sliced in half so you can see inside of it. And so I was also looking at European medieval art, and a lot of it is like that as well. So then I started doing more research on it. And after I was like, ""Oh, I would really like to kind of represent a space that I know in this way."" And I ended up making a project that's the Barney building sliced in half and kind of like medievalized, so you can see everything. But it's like Barney from my point of view, so a lot of stuff is very specific to stuff I've seen in the building. And I think that was one. For example, but that wouldn't happen. The idea wouldn't have just come to me like, ""Oh, I want to draw Barney,"" and then I see how I can draw Barney. It was more like, ""Oh, this is a really interesting way of showing buildings and spaces. Wait, I would like to show a building and space in this way."""
252,ParticipantG,Inspiration.arthistory,"Okay, this I guess it started from a class I was taking, and the professor kind of was talking a bit about--it wasn't even about this, but we were discussing some representations of space in medieval Indian art and Middle Eastern Art. And then I noticed that all of these spaces where--there's a specific name for these types of illustrations, I forget it. It's like, when you have a building, but instead of showing us, ""Here's a building,"" it's almost sliced in half so you can see inside of it. And so I was also looking at European medieval art, and a lot of it is like that as well. So then I started doing more research on it. And after I was like, ""Oh, I would really like to kind of represent a space that I know in this way."" And I ended up making a project that's the Barney building sliced in half and kind of like medievalized, so you can see everything. But it's like Barney from my point of view, so a lot of stuff is very specific to stuff I've seen in the building. And I think that was one. For example, but that wouldn't happen. The idea wouldn't have just come to me like, ""Oh, I want to draw Barney,"" and then I see how I can draw Barney. It was more like, ""Oh, this is a really interesting way of showing buildings and spaces. Wait, I would like to show a building and space in this way."""
253,ParticipantG,Research.museums,"So, when you're working or even in the research phase, do you like looking at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2  12:52 Oh, for sure. For sure. I think it would be terrible to be like, ""Oh, I based my art off historical art,"" and then never acknowledge it. It would be kind of a lie. I also like not just to look for pictures of art, but to go see it in person. So if I'm doing something that reminds me of a manuscript illumination, I'll try to go see if I can look at that in person. Or if I'm doing a specific sculpture, again, I'll try to see if I can visit something similar in person. So which usually leads me to the Met or the Morgan."
254,ParticipantG,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"And do you look up those works online ahead of time, or do you sort of just show up and browse? Speaker 2  13:44 Not really. I mostly just show up and browse. I don't want to look for anything ahead of time because most of the time they don't have it on display. And then even if they do, I don't want to limit myself. Sometimes the way things are on a wall is just like, ""Oh, well, I didn't think you could--"" or even something as far as the light you shine on something creates a fun color. And I was like, ""Wow, that's something I didn't know could happen."" I like the surprises."
255,ParticipantG,Research.online.artists,"t's hard. I think in my case, it's a little difficult because I don't really think of an artist. I think of a time period or a place, because a lot of the art I like doesn't have an author, right? But if I'm like, ""Oh, I really like X thing that came from X place."" I'll kind of try to start just looking for references in that area. And then, when I'm visiting a place, I'll be like, ""Oh, do you know where I can find this specific thing?"" So, yeah, I mean, if it was a specific artist, I do, you know, I do look at specific artists, I will do a bit of research on just trying to see their art, just kind of browse it a bit. So when I go in there, I'm like, ""Oh, wait, this is the one I saw."""
255,ParticipantG,Research.online.museums,"t's hard. I think in my case, it's a little difficult because I don't really think of an artist. I think of a time period or a place, because a lot of the art I like doesn't have an author, right? But if I'm like, ""Oh, I really like X thing that came from X place."" I'll kind of try to start just looking for references in that area. And then, when I'm visiting a place, I'll be like, ""Oh, do you know where I can find this specific thing?"" So, yeah, I mean, if it was a specific artist, I do, you know, I do look at specific artists, I will do a bit of research on just trying to see their art, just kind of browse it a bit. So when I go in there, I'm like, ""Oh, wait, this is the one I saw."""
255,ParticipantG,Research.museums,"t's hard. I think in my case, it's a little difficult because I don't really think of an artist. I think of a time period or a place, because a lot of the art I like doesn't have an author, right? But if I'm like, ""Oh, I really like X thing that came from X place."" I'll kind of try to start just looking for references in that area. And then, when I'm visiting a place, I'll be like, ""Oh, do you know where I can find this specific thing?"" So, yeah, I mean, if it was a specific artist, I do, you know, I do look at specific artists, I will do a bit of research on just trying to see their art, just kind of browse it a bit. So when I go in there, I'm like, ""Oh, wait, this is the one I saw."""
256,ParticipantG,Feedback.friends,"Yeah, I think, you know, especially now that we have the studios, it's just an environment where people walk by and we all tend to like each other. So it'll be like, ""Hey!"" People will be like, ""Oh, that's a really nice thing you're working on."" I'll be like, ""Oh, but what do you think about this?"" Talking to a lot of people. Also, in Barney, I found that people are more willing to talk to other people in Barney than they are in other NYU buildings. The topic will come up. I don't see a lot of people be like, ""Hey, I made a piece. Can you come see it?"" It's more like, it just happens. But I will ask. I have no problem asking my peers, even my family."
256,ParticipantG,Feedback.family,"Yeah, I think, you know, especially now that we have the studios, it's just an environment where people walk by and we all tend to like each other. So it'll be like, ""Hey!"" People will be like, ""Oh, that's a really nice thing you're working on."" I'll be like, ""Oh, but what do you think about this?"" Talking to a lot of people. Also, in Barney, I found that people are more willing to talk to other people in Barney than they are in other NYU buildings. The topic will come up. I don't see a lot of people be like, ""Hey, I made a piece. Can you come see it?"" It's more like, it just happens. But I will ask. I have no problem asking my peers, even my family."
257,ParticipantG,Feedback.nonartists,"My family. But my family sees it--well, their advice is important, because it's the non-artist perspective, but sometimes if I have a very specific question and I want an answer that goes beyond ""I love the colors,"" I will not ask them.  I'll ask my friends. I'll be like, ""I'm trying. This is a concept."" But obviously it's important to get the opinions of people who are like, ""I like the colors."" What about the color speaks to you? You know, that type of thing."
257,ParticipantG,Feedback.family,"My family. But my family sees it--well, their advice is important, because it's the non-artist perspective, but sometimes if I have a very specific question and I want an answer that goes beyond ""I love the colors,"" I will not ask them.  I'll ask my friends. I'll be like, ""I'm trying. This is a concept."" But obviously it's important to get the opinions of people who are like, ""I like the colors."" What about the color speaks to you? You know, that type of thing."
258,ParticipantG,Help.none,"Yeah, I don't really ask for help. It is kind of a personal, not kind of, like a flaw, because sometimes I'll be like, ""Oh, I don't actually know how to do this,"" but I'll be like, ""it's kind of embarrassing to ask that."" So I'll Google it, I'll power through, or I'll find another way to solve it. So I don't really ask for help, necessarily."
259,ParticipantG,Feedback.professors,"But for advice, when I ask for advice, I like to have something to show for it. So, I'll usually ask after I've already started working on it a bit, or already have something made where I can be like, ""What do you think of this thing that does already exist in front of you in some way or another?"" Giana Ricci  18:22 And then whom would you ask that to? Speaker 2  18:25 Mostly my peers, but also professors do studio visits and for classes, and even outside of class, even if I'm making something for a professor, I won't just wait until critique day to be like, ""Here it is."" And then after critique, I don't talk about it again. I'll probably go to them before or after and be like, ""Oh, was I successful in this I was trying to accomplish? Or what do you think about this, this, and this?"""
259,ParticipantG,Feedback.friends,"But for advice, when I ask for advice, I like to have something to show for it. So, I'll usually ask after I've already started working on it a bit, or already have something made where I can be like, ""What do you think of this thing that does already exist in front of you in some way or another?"" Giana Ricci  18:22 And then whom would you ask that to? Speaker 2  18:25 Mostly my peers, but also professors do studio visits and for classes, and even outside of class, even if I'm making something for a professor, I won't just wait until critique day to be like, ""Here it is."" And then after critique, I don't talk about it again. I'll probably go to them before or after and be like, ""Oh, was I successful in this I was trying to accomplish? Or what do you think about this, this, and this?"""
260,ParticipantG,Feedback.anxiety,"[laughter] Again, it's not, it's not true. It's just my personal problems with it. But whenever I have to edit something, I'm like, ""I failed,"" right? Giana Ricci  19:20 Okay, interesting. Speaker 2  19:22 And it's not true, right? I mean, there's no one who's, for example, written a book in one go, right? From like, text to print. I know it's not a failure. I mean, it's a process, right? And some artwork is never done, you know. But in my mind, if I'm presenting something that in my mind is done, and someone's like, ""Oh, you know, this is a very valid thing you can work on or fix or something,"" step number one is being like, ""I have failed. I have failed."" Step two is I'll usually take a photo of whatever I've worked on. It's easy, for example, if it's a 2-D thing, because then I can draw over that photo in some digital program and be like, ""Oh, okay, let me switch the colors. Let me try this."" And if it's a sculpture, the photo strategy also helps. And I'll just try to see where I could fix or where I could cut or where I could do stuff. And after I do the digital part of it, then I'll go and actually start working on the piece again. And then after all that, I'll be like, ""Oh yeah, I didn't fail. This is now fun."""
261,ParticipantG,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"Do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  20:56 Yes, yes. Absolutely, 100%."
262,ParticipantG,Research.definition,"And can you define research for me within your creative process? Speaker 2  21:14 Kind of like building a foundation based on knowledge. And that knowledge can be historical, or it can be current society or whatever, but it's a foundation to me. The research is what holds the work. The work can stand on its own, or it can be its own thing, but it's like the concrete underneath construction. It's what a lot of people maybe can't see, but it's always there. I know it's there. Sometimes people can imagine it's there, but it's always there for me."
263,ParticipantG,Timeconstraints,"For me right now, because I'm making art in college, I have to make a lot of art kind of quickly, and that means coming up with a lot of ideas. And sometimes my brain's like, ""I don't want to come up with ideas. I just want to learn."" So it's hard sometimes to make my brain realize that we are learning TO make art. We're not just learning to learn, right? Like you can get something, you can further your practice and make art from all this research, but I think it's just that coming up with all those ideas that's a bit hard. Especially because, again, not everything can be a great idea when you're making a lot of art in a short time, and everything's getting critiqued, and you're comparing yourself and all that, that's a big part."
263,ParticipantG,Difficult.time,"For me right now, because I'm making art in college, I have to make a lot of art kind of quickly, and that means coming up with a lot of ideas. And sometimes my brain's like, ""I don't want to come up with ideas. I just want to learn."" So it's hard sometimes to make my brain realize that we are learning TO make art. We're not just learning to learn, right? Like you can get something, you can further your practice and make art from all this research, but I think it's just that coming up with all those ideas that's a bit hard. Especially because, again, not everything can be a great idea when you're making a lot of art in a short time, and everything's getting critiqued, and you're comparing yourself and all that, that's a big part."
264,ParticipantG,Exciting.making,"I like just working on it. When you're like, ""Oh, I'm cooking,"" you know. Like, when you're feeling it, that's just so exciting. But it's also very exciting to see when people get it, when you've made something that's not like, ""Oh, yeah, I like it. I like the colors,"" Right? When it's something beyond that, when someone gets it, you're like, ""Oh, okay, I did it. I communicated something,"" right? Satisfaction comes from that."
264,ParticipantG,Exciting.feedback,"I like just working on it. When you're like, ""Oh, I'm cooking,"" you know. Like, when you're feeling it, that's just so exciting. But it's also very exciting to see when people get it, when you've made something that's not like, ""Oh, yeah, I like it. I like the colors,"" Right? When it's something beyond that, when someone gets it, you're like, ""Oh, okay, I did it. I communicated something,"" right? Satisfaction comes from that."
265,ParticipantG,Support.professors,"I don't think it's realistic, because obviously the professors are always teaching you, and they also have to teach a lot of other people. But sometimes it feels like I'm just scratching the surface of all these mediums. And I wish someone could sit me down and tell me about so many things. Not just offhand comments like, ""Oh yeah, I guess you could do X, Y or Z with this."" Actually sit me down to be like, ""Look, these are all the types. These are all the things."" And go through all of them. I like lists, and I like when people follow the order of things. So I think those things would help me. But unfortunately, in art school, a lot of professors are artists, and artists are free, and whatever comes to your heart and so I don't feel like there's so much structure sometimes in those types of things. And I really wish that. I really wish people helped me more with the technical aspects of the medium that I'm working on."
267,ParticipantG,Support.findingresources,"I guess it's like a library thing. I don't know if you know or if you've seen it, but we have a little ""library,"" and I say that in big quotations, at Barney, which I feel like is just a collection of books people kind of put there. But there's not a lot of artists' books. It's not really a well maintained thing. It fades into the background of the mezzanine where we all just hang out. So I was thinking, in the art history department, on the art history floor in Silver, at the end of the hallway there is a ""library library"" where you go and they have books related to the classes you're taking. And it's not just a collection of stuff people have left there. It's a formal library. And so I've always thought that maybe fixing up those shelves in Barney would encourage people to read more about stuff, and giving them order, not just a bunch of books. Some of them are really old, and they don't matter type of thing."
266,ParticipantG,Library.criticism,"Maybe because I know you're trying to create a space for books and stuff in Bobst, but I think it would also encourage--because artists don't come to Bobst. It's just a thing. No one comes to Bobst for art. So maybe, I don't know, it would be interesting to also have some artists’ books in an order people can decipher in Barney. I think that would be helpful. That wasn't about my creative practice, but I guess it's something that could have helped me. Because, again, no artist comes to Bobst."
268,ParticipantH,Medium.ceramics,"Primarily, right now, it's ceramics."
269,ParticipantH,Medium.drawing,But I do a bit of drawing as well.
270,ParticipantH,Inspiration.personallife,"A large part of it is my personal experiences, because the vast majority of my work now is about my experience with chronic pain and disability."
271,ParticipantH,Inspiration.artists,"I think a lot of my references for how to make certain moves in the work, whether that's technical or conceptual, comes from seeing other artists,"
272,ParticipantH,Inspiration.books,"but also from what I read. I'm really interested in theory, non-fiction reading, but I like fiction that seems to resonate emotionally."
272,ParticipantH,Books.fiction,"but also from what I read. I'm really interested in theory, non-fiction reading, but I like fiction that seems to resonate emotionally."
273,ParticipantH,Documentation.picture,"I do it really poorly, actually, in that it kind of depends on what I'm doing in the moment. So the primary way I would do it is write it down on my phone. And I think that's the worst way to record information, because then I just can't find it later. Whether that's writing in the Notes app or taking a photo, I'm just not going to be able to easily recover it."
273,ParticipantH,Documentation.notesapp,"I do it really poorly, actually, in that it kind of depends on what I'm doing in the moment. So the primary way I would do it is write it down on my phone. And I think that's the worst way to record information, because then I just can't find it later. Whether that's writing in the Notes app or taking a photo, I'm just not going to be able to easily recover it."
274,ParticipantH,Organization,"But if I'm already sitting down in kind of study mode, I'll make a Google Doc, or I'll put it in my Notion, or save a file, put it in my computer and try to give it a real name so I can find it later. Like the file a real name. I am aware that that's really not a good way of keeping things stored, because it's all over the place. It's all digital also, which is stupid. So what am I gonna do if there's a cloud crash?"
275,ParticipantH,Images.printed,"Pinterest is where all of these images on the wall came from. So a lot of that is difficult in that it's not necessarily attached to the maker, year, or medium, so important information like that gets lost. But I do think a lot of visual or technical inspiration comes from that."
275,ParticipantH,Inspiration.pinterest,"Pinterest is where all of these images on the wall came from. So a lot of that is difficult in that it's not necessarily attached to the maker, year, or medium, so important information like that gets lost. But I do think a lot of visual or technical inspiration comes from that."
276,ParticipantH,Inspiration.environment,"But then just in my daily life, I think I'm pretty inspired by the people I know, and that many of my friends are also creatives, writers, poets, or just maybe readers with a kind of creative bent, or appreciation for creativity. And my family, I think, has a kind of legacy of women working in craft, well like every family, but it's still being practiced today. And then one of my grandmothers is a textile artist. She wouldn't call herself that, you know, so it's stuff like that that I'm seeing in my daily life and thinking about. This is normal to me, but there's something really interesting in the way that so and so is, you know, working with thread, or the way that so and so thinks about language, and then, “How do I feel about that?” Is the conversation in my head. Sometimes there are real conversations with these people about their work or whatever, but a lot of it's processing internally."
276,ParticipantH,Inspiration.conversations,"But then just in my daily life, I think I'm pretty inspired by the people I know, and that many of my friends are also creatives, writers, poets, or just maybe readers with a kind of creative bent, or appreciation for creativity. And my family, I think, has a kind of legacy of women working in craft, well like every family, but it's still being practiced today. And then one of my grandmothers is a textile artist. She wouldn't call herself that, you know, so it's stuff like that that I'm seeing in my daily life and thinking about. This is normal to me, but there's something really interesting in the way that so and so is, you know, working with thread, or the way that so and so thinks about language, and then, “How do I feel about that?” Is the conversation in my head. Sometimes there are real conversations with these people about their work or whatever, but a lot of it's processing internally."
277,ParticipantH,Books.artistmonograph,"Yeah. So the most obvious kind of source of inspiration in print is art books or books about art history. I have one about Kandinsky. Well, it's of Kandinsky's work. Actually, it's prints of paintings that I love."
277,ParticipantH,Inspiration.artists,"Yeah. So the most obvious kind of source of inspiration in print is art books or books about art history. I have one about Kandinsky. Well, it's of Kandinsky's work. Actually, it's prints of paintings that I love."
277,ParticipantH,Inspiration.books,"Yeah. So the most obvious kind of source of inspiration in print is art books or books about art history. I have one about Kandinsky. Well, it's of Kandinsky's work. Actually, it's prints of paintings that I love."
277,ParticipantH,Books.images,"Yeah. So the most obvious kind of source of inspiration in print is art books or books about art history. I have one about Kandinsky. Well, it's of Kandinsky's work. Actually, it's prints of paintings that I love."
278,ParticipantH,Books.fiction,"But I think beyond that, I end up reading a lot of just textual, printed sources that don't have images. So like I'm trying to think...I'm reading The Idiot right now. Not the Dostoyevsky one. Giana Ricci  05:33 Okay, yeah, the Elif Batuman one? Speaker 2  05:35 That one, yeah. So thinking about the sensibility of which she writes, for example, is really interesting. Even though that's fiction, and it's not necessarily about my concerns in my practice, it's helpful for me to see the way that other people deal with bringing out their ideas and thinking about, in this case, making work about your own experience in life, insertion of the self into the practice"
279,ParticipantH,Books.philosophy,"But I also read a lot of non-fiction, so I'm sogging through right now this volume of interviews and essays by Foucault, which takes a while. The translation, the way it's written in English is interesting, to say the least, but it's stuff like that that I think, because it's challenging, it forces me to really think about the language and think about the concepts, and do I agree with them? And while they might not necessarily have super strong influences on exactly what I'm talking about in my work, I think that these kinds of texts shape my worldview in a way that is just inextricable from how I operate as an artist, because obviously, what I'm doing is in a societal context and political context and everything."
280,ParticipantH,Books.recommendations,"Well, a lot of them are from my dad's personal collection. He has a veritable mini library at home. So I'll just schlep books from our home in Maryland up here."
281,ParticipantH,Library.checkingoutbooks,"But I also get a lot from Bobst that I just check out en masse at the beginning of the semester while I can, and a couple things I will buy if it's something that I haven't seen elsewhere or that I know is not at the library, whether it's lost out of Bobst, for example. But I am hoping to get more into the library books, and then I need to get a New York City Public Library card. I've just been procrastinating [doing] that, but I know that that's the next step to open up my access to material."
281,ParticipantH,Library.criticism,"But I also get a lot from Bobst that I just check out en masse at the beginning of the semester while I can, and a couple things I will buy if it's something that I haven't seen elsewhere or that I know is not at the library, whether it's lost out of Bobst, for example. But I am hoping to get more into the library books, and then I need to get a New York City Public Library card. I've just been procrastinating [doing] that, but I know that that's the next step to open up my access to material."
281,ParticipantH,Library.public,"But I also get a lot from Bobst that I just check out en masse at the beginning of the semester while I can, and a couple things I will buy if it's something that I haven't seen elsewhere or that I know is not at the library, whether it's lost out of Bobst, for example. But I am hoping to get more into the library books, and then I need to get a New York City Public Library card. I've just been procrastinating [doing] that, but I know that that's the next step to open up my access to material."
282,ParticipantH,Browsing.bookstores,"When you buy the books, do you go to a bookstore or you buy them online? Speaker 2  08:02 Bookstore. Giana Ricci  08:03 Do you have any ones you like? Speaker 2  08:04 Um, well, okay, I don't love Barnes and Noble, but their selection is obviously, you know, I mean, that's why they're so dominant. So that's a go-to, but I really like Codex in the East Village, and The Strand, also great. But there's also a new bookstore in my hometown. It's super small, but it's like a former brewery building or something like that, but it's a big old building. This bookstore was started by two former teachers, so it's a lot of banned books. I just went there with my dad over fall break and got a book about women and the medical system that's pretty new. And then I got Love in the Time of Cholera. So I'm thinking about disease and illness, but I haven't started either of them because if I start, I will not be able to dive back into the more difficult, challenging text quite so fully. Just self-control"
282,ParticipantH,Books.fiction,"When you buy the books, do you go to a bookstore or you buy them online? Speaker 2  08:02 Bookstore. Giana Ricci  08:03 Do you have any ones you like? Speaker 2  08:04 Um, well, okay, I don't love Barnes and Noble, but their selection is obviously, you know, I mean, that's why they're so dominant. So that's a go-to, but I really like Codex in the East Village, and The Strand, also great. But there's also a new bookstore in my hometown. It's super small, but it's like a former brewery building or something like that, but it's a big old building. This bookstore was started by two former teachers, so it's a lot of banned books. I just went there with my dad over fall break and got a book about women and the medical system that's pretty new. And then I got Love in the Time of Cholera. So I'm thinking about disease and illness, but I haven't started either of them because if I start, I will not be able to dive back into the more difficult, challenging text quite so fully. Just self-control"
282,ParticipantH,Books.bookstores,"When you buy the books, do you go to a bookstore or you buy them online? Speaker 2  08:02 Bookstore. Giana Ricci  08:03 Do you have any ones you like? Speaker 2  08:04 Um, well, okay, I don't love Barnes and Noble, but their selection is obviously, you know, I mean, that's why they're so dominant. So that's a go-to, but I really like Codex in the East Village, and The Strand, also great. But there's also a new bookstore in my hometown. It's super small, but it's like a former brewery building or something like that, but it's a big old building. This bookstore was started by two former teachers, so it's a lot of banned books. I just went there with my dad over fall break and got a book about women and the medical system that's pretty new. And then I got Love in the Time of Cholera. So I'm thinking about disease and illness, but I haven't started either of them because if I start, I will not be able to dive back into the more difficult, challenging text quite so fully. Just self-control"
282,ParticipantH,Research.books,"When you buy the books, do you go to a bookstore or you buy them online? Speaker 2  08:02 Bookstore. Giana Ricci  08:03 Do you have any ones you like? Speaker 2  08:04 Um, well, okay, I don't love Barnes and Noble, but their selection is obviously, you know, I mean, that's why they're so dominant. So that's a go-to, but I really like Codex in the East Village, and The Strand, also great. But there's also a new bookstore in my hometown. It's super small, but it's like a former brewery building or something like that, but it's a big old building. This bookstore was started by two former teachers, so it's a lot of banned books. I just went there with my dad over fall break and got a book about women and the medical system that's pretty new. And then I got Love in the Time of Cholera. So I'm thinking about disease and illness, but I haven't started either of them because if I start, I will not be able to dive back into the more difficult, challenging text quite so fully. Just self-control"
283,ParticipantH,Library.forclass,"Do you ever use any library databases as sources of inspiration? Speaker 2 09:17 I think I do for PDF files that might be at Bobst that just aren't physically reproduced, especially for class stuff. A lot of my professors will just have us refer to the ProQuest Ebook version, I assume that that's contracted through Bobst, of different texts. And since I've been choosing these kinds of classes outside of studio art as intentionally as possible, to make them kind of rotated towards my interests, I would include that in my inspiration process as well."
283,ParticipantH,Misnomer.librarycatalog,"Do you ever use any library databases as sources of inspiration? Speaker 2 09:17 I think I do for PDF files that might be at Bobst that just aren't physically reproduced, especially for class stuff. A lot of my professors will just have us refer to the ProQuest Ebook version, I assume that that's contracted through Bobst, of different texts. And since I've been choosing these kinds of classes outside of studio art as intentionally as possible, to make them kind of rotated towards my interests, I would include that in my inspiration process as well."
283,ParticipantH,Books.digital,"Do you ever use any library databases as sources of inspiration? Speaker 2 09:17 I think I do for PDF files that might be at Bobst that just aren't physically reproduced, especially for class stuff. A lot of my professors will just have us refer to the ProQuest Ebook version, I assume that that's contracted through Bobst, of different texts. And since I've been choosing these kinds of classes outside of studio art as intentionally as possible, to make them kind of rotated towards my interests, I would include that in my inspiration process as well."
284,ParticipantH,Research.online,"I do a bit of visual research, that I hadn't mentioned, in Google of medical kind of diagrams."
284,ParticipantH,Images.online,"I do a bit of visual research, that I hadn't mentioned, in Google of medical kind of diagrams."
285,ParticipantH,Images.online,"Do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2  15:05 For sure. And so sometimes that's Pinterest. Sometimes that's specific artists, especially ones that we've learned about in this program. So I'll look at like MoMA, see what the archive has there. I mean, their website, the MoMA website. Sometimes I will go in person to galleries and museums. I think the internet's so much easier, especially because sometimes I'm not having a good physical day, and let's just access those high quality images from home."
285,ParticipantH,Research.online.artists,"Do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2  15:05 For sure. And so sometimes that's Pinterest. Sometimes that's specific artists, especially ones that we've learned about in this program. So I'll look at like MoMA, see what the archive has there. I mean, their website, the MoMA website. Sometimes I will go in person to galleries and museums. I think the internet's so much easier, especially because sometimes I'm not having a good physical day, and let's just access those high quality images from home."
285,ParticipantH,Research.galleries,"Do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2  15:05 For sure. And so sometimes that's Pinterest. Sometimes that's specific artists, especially ones that we've learned about in this program. So I'll look at like MoMA, see what the archive has there. I mean, their website, the MoMA website. Sometimes I will go in person to galleries and museums. I think the internet's so much easier, especially because sometimes I'm not having a good physical day, and let's just access those high quality images from home."
285,ParticipantH,Research.online.museums,"Do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2  15:05 For sure. And so sometimes that's Pinterest. Sometimes that's specific artists, especially ones that we've learned about in this program. So I'll look at like MoMA, see what the archive has there. I mean, their website, the MoMA website. Sometimes I will go in person to galleries and museums. I think the internet's so much easier, especially because sometimes I'm not having a good physical day, and let's just access those high quality images from home."
285,ParticipantH,Research.museums,"Do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2  15:05 For sure. And so sometimes that's Pinterest. Sometimes that's specific artists, especially ones that we've learned about in this program. So I'll look at like MoMA, see what the archive has there. I mean, their website, the MoMA website. Sometimes I will go in person to galleries and museums. I think the internet's so much easier, especially because sometimes I'm not having a good physical day, and let's just access those high quality images from home."
285,ParticipantH,Research.pinterest,"Do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2  15:05 For sure. And so sometimes that's Pinterest. Sometimes that's specific artists, especially ones that we've learned about in this program. So I'll look at like MoMA, see what the archive has there. I mean, their website, the MoMA website. Sometimes I will go in person to galleries and museums. I think the internet's so much easier, especially because sometimes I'm not having a good physical day, and let's just access those high quality images from home."
286,ParticipantH,Images.online,"First, I would Google exactly their name, maybe a descriptor of what I'm looking for, or title of the work, if I know it. If it's something that's maybe too esoteric or niche to be able to easily be found online, I think that's when I would go look on JSTOR, look on Bobst, see if there's a compendium or something, or files that address what I'm looking for, or if I have a book that's relevant already, I'll look in there, but usually that's not the case."
286,ParticipantH,Databases.jstor,"First, I would Google exactly their name, maybe a descriptor of what I'm looking for, or title of the work, if I know it. If it's something that's maybe too esoteric or niche to be able to easily be found online, I think that's when I would go look on JSTOR, look on Bobst, see if there's a compendium or something, or files that address what I'm looking for, or if I have a book that's relevant already, I'll look in there, but usually that's not the case."
286,ParticipantH,Research.online.artists,"First, I would Google exactly their name, maybe a descriptor of what I'm looking for, or title of the work, if I know it. If it's something that's maybe too esoteric or niche to be able to easily be found online, I think that's when I would go look on JSTOR, look on Bobst, see if there's a compendium or something, or files that address what I'm looking for, or if I have a book that's relevant already, I'll look in there, but usually that's not the case."
286,ParticipantH,Research.articles,"First, I would Google exactly their name, maybe a descriptor of what I'm looking for, or title of the work, if I know it. If it's something that's maybe too esoteric or niche to be able to easily be found online, I think that's when I would go look on JSTOR, look on Bobst, see if there's a compendium or something, or files that address what I'm looking for, or if I have a book that's relevant already, I'll look in there, but usually that's not the case."
286,ParticipantH,Research.books,"First, I would Google exactly their name, maybe a descriptor of what I'm looking for, or title of the work, if I know it. If it's something that's maybe too esoteric or niche to be able to easily be found online, I think that's when I would go look on JSTOR, look on Bobst, see if there's a compendium or something, or files that address what I'm looking for, or if I have a book that's relevant already, I'll look in there, but usually that's not the case."
287,ParticipantH,Feedback.friends,"Mostly my mom or whomever I'm living with at the time, just because, well, prior to this year, I would do pretty much all my work in my bedroom. For drawings, it's the only place I could find a wall space. So I'd just be doing these huge drawings and say to my roommate, ""Come in here, tell me what you see, what do you think?"" Without giving away, this is what I'm trying to do. These are usually people who are not artists, even though they might know about art and appreciate it in a way that's important and helpful to me. I do think a lot of it's my family and friends,"
287,ParticipantH,Feedback.nonartists,"Mostly my mom or whomever I'm living with at the time, just because, well, prior to this year, I would do pretty much all my work in my bedroom. For drawings, it's the only place I could find a wall space. So I'd just be doing these huge drawings and say to my roommate, ""Come in here, tell me what you see, what do you think?"" Without giving away, this is what I'm trying to do. These are usually people who are not artists, even though they might know about art and appreciate it in a way that's important and helpful to me. I do think a lot of it's my family and friends,"
287,ParticipantH,Feedback.family,"Mostly my mom or whomever I'm living with at the time, just because, well, prior to this year, I would do pretty much all my work in my bedroom. For drawings, it's the only place I could find a wall space. So I'd just be doing these huge drawings and say to my roommate, ""Come in here, tell me what you see, what do you think?"" Without giving away, this is what I'm trying to do. These are usually people who are not artists, even though they might know about art and appreciate it in a way that's important and helpful to me. I do think a lot of it's my family and friends,"
288,ParticipantH,Feedback.socialmedia,"and I also post my work online, so I guess there's that aspect too, that theoretically anyone can share their opinion on that, and I guess posting it is asking for an opinion, but it's usually also contained within my work."
289,ParticipantH,Help.technical,"In what circumstances are you most likely to ask for help with your work? And whom would you ask? Speaker 2 19:13 Usually, if I'm stepping out of my comfort zone, conceptually or materially. Materially, that's not so true anymore that I would ask for help with that, because I've been boxing myself in pretty consistently. Only exception lately would be this, where I asked [name redacted] at the laser lab what material I can use with the laser. But usually, I think these days, in most of my work, if I'm asking for help, I'm wondering, ""Is this coming across like I want it to? Am I getting lost in the sauce?” As they say. Getting lost in the details, or getting too finicky about maybe the way that it looks instead of the way that it behaves. It's a constant problem, trying to check myself."
289,ParticipantH,Help.professors,"In what circumstances are you most likely to ask for help with your work? And whom would you ask? Speaker 2 19:13 Usually, if I'm stepping out of my comfort zone, conceptually or materially. Materially, that's not so true anymore that I would ask for help with that, because I've been boxing myself in pretty consistently. Only exception lately would be this, where I asked [name redacted] at the laser lab what material I can use with the laser. But usually, I think these days, in most of my work, if I'm asking for help, I'm wondering, ""Is this coming across like I want it to? Am I getting lost in the sauce?” As they say. Getting lost in the details, or getting too finicky about maybe the way that it looks instead of the way that it behaves. It's a constant problem, trying to check myself."
290,ParticipantH,Help.technical,"This I just got from Amazon. It was amazing. So Google did help me there, but I had to ask [name redacted], ""Why does it say anodized aluminum? What is that? Can I just get regular aluminum?"" So it was just mysterious."
290,ParticipantH,Help.professors,"This I just got from Amazon. It was amazing. So Google did help me there, but I had to ask [name redacted], ""Why does it say anodized aluminum? What is that? Can I just get regular aluminum?"" So it was just mysterious."
291,ParticipantH,Research.partofcreativeprocess,So do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  21:10 Yes
292,ParticipantH,Research.definition,"Okay, and then how would you define research within your creative process? Speaker 2  21:17 I think it's constant and ongoing, because part of the research is just being a sensing human in the world, especially in New York, constantly receiving information. Especially for artists, it's visual information, thinking about text especially, and imagery that we see maybe in books. Maybe that's one of the most important ones to me, because I'm also interested in graphic design [and] advertising language all the time. But then I think there's the more intentional part of research in my practice, right? Which is where I'm like, ""I'm gonna look at this artist, I'm gonna look at this book, this website."" So that's done with a more determined state of mind."
293,ParticipantH,Difficult.starting,"What would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  22:19 Actually doing the work. I have a tendency to finalize what I'm doing conceptually and then not make the leap into like, ""Okay, now I'm gonna sit down for hours and just do it."" And so I think sometimes that's, or in the past has been that's because I'm reluctant to look into exactly how to do something. So this would be more during the foundational years of the program, where I'm like, ""I don't want to learn how to saw or I don't want to look up what kind of fabric I need, because it's so much work."" The new and unfamiliar, obviously it's difficult to open yourself up to, but I think that's been alleviated these days in just that I've been working pretty consistently in a way that's familiar, so there's not much to be hesitant about anymore."
294,ParticipantH,Exciting.completing,"What would you say is the most exciting part of your creative process? Speaker 2  23:27 I think just after I've done something, and putting it away, the night, the day, whatever it is, coming back after a period of time, and just seeing what I've made with fresh eyes, totally complete and realized. Especially with ceramics because we load it into the kiln, maybe four days, five days pass, before you see it. That moment of satisfaction is super, super, well, satisfying. It's gratifying. Yeah, it's confidence granting."
295,ParticipantH,Support.critique,"I think I want more feedback on the work itself that is harsh. But that necessitates, I think, probably asking less people who feel like they're obliged to be nice to me because they're my family, if that makes sense. You know, the social niceties and stuff or, you know, the classic mom thing, where it's like, ""I'm gonna love it because I love the person who made it."" Thank you, mom, but dig deeper, be mean. Yeah, I think it's mostly that."
295,ParticipantH,Feedback.family,"I think I want more feedback on the work itself that is harsh. But that necessitates, I think, probably asking less people who feel like they're obliged to be nice to me because they're my family, if that makes sense. You know, the social niceties and stuff or, you know, the classic mom thing, where it's like, ""I'm gonna love it because I love the person who made it."" Thank you, mom, but dig deeper, be mean. Yeah, I think it's mostly that."
296,ParticipantH,Support.professors,"But also, as far as research goes, I am looking to have more conversations about texts that I think--Well, I do know a lot of people who do like to talk about stuff we read, but I guess I need more like the stuff that I'm specifically interested in. Do you know what I mean? You can talk to an AI chat bot, whatever, about what they think about whatever chapter, whatever text. But I think I would learn more if I had more consistent conversations with people I'm sharing these academic spaces with. And I usually feel like I'm too busy for that, but that's an excuse. It's a self-perpetuated thing."
296,ParticipantH,Support.findingresources,"But also, as far as research goes, I am looking to have more conversations about texts that I think--Well, I do know a lot of people who do like to talk about stuff we read, but I guess I need more like the stuff that I'm specifically interested in. Do you know what I mean? You can talk to an AI chat bot, whatever, about what they think about whatever chapter, whatever text. But I think I would learn more if I had more consistent conversations with people I'm sharing these academic spaces with. And I usually feel like I'm too busy for that, but that's an excuse. It's a self-perpetuated thing."
296,ParticipantH,Support.ideas,"But also, as far as research goes, I am looking to have more conversations about texts that I think--Well, I do know a lot of people who do like to talk about stuff we read, but I guess I need more like the stuff that I'm specifically interested in. Do you know what I mean? You can talk to an AI chat bot, whatever, about what they think about whatever chapter, whatever text. But I think I would learn more if I had more consistent conversations with people I'm sharing these academic spaces with. And I usually feel like I'm too busy for that, but that's an excuse. It's a self-perpetuated thing."
297,ParticipantI,Medium.ceramics,ceramics.
298,ParticipantI,Medium.photo,"analog photography,"
299,ParticipantI,Inspiration.personallife,"A lot of it's inspired by my family and cultural traditions in Brazil, where I'm from."
300,ParticipantI,Inspiration.recommendations,"But also, I think a lot of artists that my professors suggest to me during critique or during class, or that they introduced during class. There's a few that I've ended up being really interested in that their work resonated with me. Or there's also a few just from personal research."
300,ParticipantI,Inspiration.artists,"But also, I think a lot of artists that my professors suggest to me during critique or during class, or that they introduced during class. There's a few that I've ended up being really interested in that their work resonated with me. Or there's also a few just from personal research."
300,ParticipantI,Inspiration.professors,"But also, I think a lot of artists that my professors suggest to me during critique or during class, or that they introduced during class. There's a few that I've ended up being really interested in that their work resonated with me. Or there's also a few just from personal research."
301,ParticipantI,Documentation.picture,"I take pictures of things or screenshots, if I find them on the internet."
302,ParticipantI,Documentation.sketchbook,"I do have a journal slash sketchbook, where I jot down a lot of things specifically art related."
302,ParticipantI,Documentation.journal,"I do have a journal slash sketchbook, where I jot down a lot of things specifically art related."
303,ParticipantI,Organization.images,"Yeah, on my phone. Um, not usually. I think sometimes I put them in a ceramics folder, if they're specifically ceramics work, but it tends to get lost in my camera roll if I'm being honest."
303,ParticipantI,Organization.none,"Yeah, on my phone. Um, not usually. I think sometimes I put them in a ceramics folder, if they're specifically ceramics work, but it tends to get lost in my camera roll if I'm being honest."
304,ParticipantI,Books.exhibitioncatalog,"Um, every now and then I look at books. I have some books I got when I worked at a gallery, like artist books that I tend to look through. And then whenever I am at a museum bookstore or Printed Matter, I look through those. But I'd say that's not as often as the other things."
304,ParticipantI,Inspiration.books,"Um, every now and then I look at books. I have some books I got when I worked at a gallery, like artist books that I tend to look through. And then whenever I am at a museum bookstore or Printed Matter, I look through those. But I'd say that's not as often as the other things."
304,ParticipantI,Books.bookstores,"Um, every now and then I look at books. I have some books I got when I worked at a gallery, like artist books that I tend to look through. And then whenever I am at a museum bookstore or Printed Matter, I look through those. But I'd say that's not as often as the other things."
304,ParticipantI,Misnomer.artistsbooks,"Um, every now and then I look at books. I have some books I got when I worked at a gallery, like artist books that I tend to look through. And then whenever I am at a museum bookstore or Printed Matter, I look through those. But I'd say that's not as often as the other things."
304,ParticipantI,Books.museumgiftshop,"Um, every now and then I look at books. I have some books I got when I worked at a gallery, like artist books that I tend to look through. And then whenever I am at a museum bookstore or Printed Matter, I look through those. But I'd say that's not as often as the other things."
305,ParticipantI,Browsing.bookstores,"Yeah. Or if I have something specific that I'm looking for, then I just buy it online, or I might go to a bookstore, but I think oftentimes it's either been gifted to me or suggested, or I'm just browsing at a bookstore with nothing specific in mind."
305,ParticipantI,Books.bookstores,"Yeah. Or if I have something specific that I'm looking for, then I just buy it online, or I might go to a bookstore, but I think oftentimes it's either been gifted to me or suggested, or I'm just browsing at a bookstore with nothing specific in mind."
305,ParticipantI,Books.recommendations,"Yeah. Or if I have something specific that I'm looking for, then I just buy it online, or I might go to a bookstore, but I think oftentimes it's either been gifted to me or suggested, or I'm just browsing at a bookstore with nothing specific in mind."
305,ParticipantI,Books.onlinepurchases,"Yeah. Or if I have something specific that I'm looking for, then I just buy it online, or I might go to a bookstore, but I think oftentimes it's either been gifted to me or suggested, or I'm just browsing at a bookstore with nothing specific in mind."
306,ParticipantI,Research.online.artists,So you mentioned that your professors sometimes suggest artists to you. How do you find information about those artists? Speaker 2 3:53 I just research them on Google. I tend to look at their website or artist page or if they have a gallery representing them. I tend to look at that and then kind of dive in through there.
307,ParticipantI,Library.forclass,"So it starts on Google, usually. Do you ever use library databases or the library website? Speaker 2 04:27 Not usually. Sometimes our professors will assign readings through there, or they'll specifically say to look through there. But not usually."
307,ParticipantI,Databases.forclass,"So it starts on Google, usually. Do you ever use library databases or the library website? Speaker 2 04:27 Not usually. Sometimes our professors will assign readings through there, or they'll specifically say to look through there. But not usually."
308,ParticipantI,Inspiration.Instagram,"Sometimes I'll go to Instagram and look at artist profiles there, but yeah, it's mainly those two. Giana Ricci  05:12 Okay, you said artist profiles? Speaker 2 05:14 Yeah or just their pages on Instagram. Some people have pages, specifically artists really, for their artwork. And some people, it's a mix of their personal life and their art."
309,ParticipantI,Inspiration.personallife,"So the original project was inspired by my mom and how I miss hugging her. A lot of my practice has to do with physical touch and so, I was thinking about specifically my relationship to my mom. But then the title for the project that the professor gave was ""monument"" that was a monumental relationship. And then I was just kind of thinking about the idea of or the word ""monument"" and the scale of it. And then this project with the larger scale was just more about [how] I wanted to get the audience to touch the piece and interact with it in a way that I would, either with another person or even with the vessel itself. The sides of the vessel are kind of love handles, and you can kind of grab them. So I wanted people to interact with it in the same way that I would. The big concept that came from that was love handles and grabbing people by their sides and that sort of touch."
310,ParticipantI,Inspiration.artists,"And then sometimes I also go back and look at other artists’ work to see if there was something that inspired me, that I wanted to stick with, and that I was straying away from in the work that I didn't like, or if there's anything that I can see to improve the way I'm building."
311,ParticipantI,Inspiration.pinterest,"Sometimes I go on Pinterest and look at random artwork. I think sometimes it helps me to not really know who the artist is, or just look at a multitude of images and see what I can take from that. And then if I had a specific idea in mind or I was inspired by specific artists, I try to go back to that. I think oftentimes, when I get stuck during the process, I go to Pinterest and look at random examples."
312,ParticipantI,Feedback.friends,A lot of my classmates that are my close friends.
313,ParticipantI,Feedback.family,"I also sometimes talk to my mom about it, but it's not really an opinion. I'm just showing her, and then sometimes she tells me things."
314,ParticipantI,Feedback.professors,"Every now and then, my professors as well. Outside of regular [classes] there's a few professors that I have closer relationships with or that they know my work better than others, so I tend to talk to them."
315,ParticipantI,Feedback.professors,"So for this big vessel that I made there, the professor made a comment on the bottom, that the bottom seemed a little bit dead. It could be a little bit more dynamic. So I'm building another large vessel. So I was aware of that when I started building the base of it."
316,ParticipantI,Help.friends,"Definitely, when I've been stuck, or when I've made something a couple times and I've scrapped it a couple times, I ask my friends in studio art, a lot of them who take ceramics, some of them who don't"
317,ParticipantI,Help.professors,"And then this one professor as well, a ceramics professor, who I built a relationship with. I tend to ask them for advice when I'm feeling stuck."
318,ParticipantI,Research.separate,"Do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  16:23 Yes and no, I feel like, not in the traditional sense. A lot of my classmates go into philosophical texts and things like that. I still enjoy reading them, but not for my practice. I think my research comes or a big part of it's related to my experience with my family and my experience in Brazil. So it's kind of more like a memory archive research, but I have to go back to that. Because I tend to compare it with what my classmates are doing, I was like, ""I'm definitely not doing their type of research."""
318,ParticipantI,Inspiration.personallife,"Do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  16:23 Yes and no, I feel like, not in the traditional sense. A lot of my classmates go into philosophical texts and things like that. I still enjoy reading them, but not for my practice. I think my research comes or a big part of it's related to my experience with my family and my experience in Brazil. So it's kind of more like a memory archive research, but I have to go back to that. Because I tend to compare it with what my classmates are doing, I was like, ""I'm definitely not doing their type of research."""
319,ParticipantI,Images,"So how do you define research within your creative process? Speaker 2  17:24 I think looking through pictures is a part of it, even personal images with my family, or things that relate to back home, or cultural things. Also looking up artists that I'm interested in, a lot of Brazilian artists as well. That's a big part of the research and how I work. Yeah, I think that's mainly it."
319,ParticipantI,Research.definition,"So how do you define research within your creative process? Speaker 2  17:24 I think looking through pictures is a part of it, even personal images with my family, or things that relate to back home, or cultural things. Also looking up artists that I'm interested in, a lot of Brazilian artists as well. That's a big part of the research and how I work. Yeah, I think that's mainly it."
319,ParticipantI,Research.online.artists,"So how do you define research within your creative process? Speaker 2  17:24 I think looking through pictures is a part of it, even personal images with my family, or things that relate to back home, or cultural things. Also looking up artists that I'm interested in, a lot of Brazilian artists as well. That's a big part of the research and how I work. Yeah, I think that's mainly it."
320,ParticipantI,Difficult.egocentric,"What would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  18:05 I think the fact that I constrain myself to memory and personal things is hard. I feel like if I had a little bit more outside knowledge that might help me to expand the way I'm thinking, even though a big part of my practice is very personal. I think sometimes, because I also have memory issues, I have a lot of blocked memories, so it's hard for me to access a lot of things that I'm thinking about. So sometimes I get in a rut and I'm stuck and I can't access those memories, I find that [to be] the hardest part. Because it makes me feel like I have a creative block when I can't access that, like I don't have anywhere else to run to."
321,ParticipantI,Exciting.making,"What would you say is the most exciting part of your creative process? Speaker 2  19:12 I think being very physical with the material, and seeing how I react to touching the clay, and what, I don't know, comes out of that, and seeing and thinking about how other people would interact with it. Yeah, whenever I'm with the material, I'm just focused on the clay, I think that's the most exciting part for me."
322,ParticipantI,Support.professors,"Maybe there's a couple professors, just sitting down and talking a little bit more or looking at artists together, because I think they'll suggest artists to research on my own time, which I do end up doing, but I would kind of enjoy looking at more artists together, and some professors do do that, but not all of them. And I think having more individual meetings throughout the semester in reference to specific works. I also feel like suggesting more academic texts or research that I could be looking into would be helpful from my professors as well. But again, I think with my work, it's a little harder than most people. I feel like a lot of my classmates do get that from professors, it's just that mine tends to be a little bit harder."
322,ParticipantI,Support.findingresources,"Maybe there's a couple professors, just sitting down and talking a little bit more or looking at artists together, because I think they'll suggest artists to research on my own time, which I do end up doing, but I would kind of enjoy looking at more artists together, and some professors do do that, but not all of them. And I think having more individual meetings throughout the semester in reference to specific works. I also feel like suggesting more academic texts or research that I could be looking into would be helpful from my professors as well. But again, I think with my work, it's a little harder than most people. I feel like a lot of my classmates do get that from professors, it's just that mine tends to be a little bit harder."
323,ParticipantJ,Medium.ceramics,ceramics
324,ParticipantJ,Documentation.journal,"I have journals. Since I was in third grade, I've kept very meticulous notes of everything that's happened in my life. So I think that's my primary source of inspiration slash material for my work."
324,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.personallife,"I have journals. Since I was in third grade, I've kept very meticulous notes of everything that's happened in my life. So I think that's my primary source of inspiration slash material for my work."
325,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.pinterest,"Honestly, Pinterest. It helps articulate those things that I'm reading about in my journals, and it gives me ideas for how to best present it."
326,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.environment,"Yeah, I try to go to at least two galleries a week, and on the street, probably just looking at people, because even in the journals, I think my main source of muse, I guess, is people and their experiences, yeah."
326,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.conversations,"Yeah, I try to go to at least two galleries a week, and on the street, probably just looking at people, because even in the journals, I think my main source of muse, I guess, is people and their experiences, yeah."
326,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"Yeah, I try to go to at least two galleries a week, and on the street, probably just looking at people, because even in the journals, I think my main source of muse, I guess, is people and their experiences, yeah."
327,ParticipantJ,Research.online,"I hate to say this to a librarian... Giana Ricci  02:45 That's okay! Speaker 2  02:47 But LibGen. Giana Ricci  02:48 What's that? Speaker 2  02:49 It's this pirated book resource material website that you can get free PDFs of books. I think that's like, every time I talk to a professor or I read something online, honestly, Instagram has been great to get info on new readings about the work that I do. So then I get that, and then I go to LibGen and I download a pirated version of a PDF of a book."
327,ParticipantJ,Piracy,"I hate to say this to a librarian... Giana Ricci  02:45 That's okay! Speaker 2  02:47 But LibGen. Giana Ricci  02:48 What's that? Speaker 2  02:49 It's this pirated book resource material website that you can get free PDFs of books. I think that's like, every time I talk to a professor or I read something online, honestly, Instagram has been great to get info on new readings about the work that I do. So then I get that, and then I go to LibGen and I download a pirated version of a PDF of a book."
327,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.Instagram,"I hate to say this to a librarian... Giana Ricci  02:45 That's okay! Speaker 2  02:47 But LibGen. Giana Ricci  02:48 What's that? Speaker 2  02:49 It's this pirated book resource material website that you can get free PDFs of books. I think that's like, every time I talk to a professor or I read something online, honestly, Instagram has been great to get info on new readings about the work that I do. So then I get that, and then I go to LibGen and I download a pirated version of a PDF of a book."
327,ParticipantJ,Books.recommendations,"I hate to say this to a librarian... Giana Ricci  02:45 That's okay! Speaker 2  02:47 But LibGen. Giana Ricci  02:48 What's that? Speaker 2  02:49 It's this pirated book resource material website that you can get free PDFs of books. I think that's like, every time I talk to a professor or I read something online, honestly, Instagram has been great to get info on new readings about the work that I do. So then I get that, and then I go to LibGen and I download a pirated version of a PDF of a book."
327,ParticipantJ,Books.digital,"I hate to say this to a librarian... Giana Ricci  02:45 That's okay! Speaker 2  02:47 But LibGen. Giana Ricci  02:48 What's that? Speaker 2  02:49 It's this pirated book resource material website that you can get free PDFs of books. I think that's like, every time I talk to a professor or I read something online, honestly, Instagram has been great to get info on new readings about the work that I do. So then I get that, and then I go to LibGen and I download a pirated version of a PDF of a book."
328,ParticipantJ,Books.bookstores,"Yeah. Strand. I go there very often. And I think the books that are mandatory for class for sure. I try to buy them just to give credit to the publisher or what not. But sometimes textbooks for non-required, non-art major classes, I still pirate those."
328,ParticipantJ,Piracy,"Yeah. Strand. I go there very often. And I think the books that are mandatory for class for sure. I try to buy them just to give credit to the publisher or what not. But sometimes textbooks for non-required, non-art major classes, I still pirate those."
329,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.books,"Yeah. I'm Hindu, so a lot of my source material also comes from Indian traditional mythological works and folklore and religious texts. All of those are books that I've had for a while now, or online for translations. Giana Ricci  04:30 You've had the books for a while. So did you get them when you were young? Or someone gave them to you? Speaker 2  04:38 Yeah, I have either bought them in high school, or my mom has just given me her copy."
329,ParticipantJ,Books.philosophy,"Yeah. I'm Hindu, so a lot of my source material also comes from Indian traditional mythological works and folklore and religious texts. All of those are books that I've had for a while now, or online for translations. Giana Ricci  04:30 You've had the books for a while. So did you get them when you were young? Or someone gave them to you? Speaker 2  04:38 Yeah, I have either bought them in high school, or my mom has just given me her copy."
329,ParticipantJ,Books.recommendations,"Yeah. I'm Hindu, so a lot of my source material also comes from Indian traditional mythological works and folklore and religious texts. All of those are books that I've had for a while now, or online for translations. Giana Ricci  04:30 You've had the books for a while. So did you get them when you were young? Or someone gave them to you? Speaker 2  04:38 Yeah, I have either bought them in high school, or my mom has just given me her copy."
329,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.arthistory,"Yeah. I'm Hindu, so a lot of my source material also comes from Indian traditional mythological works and folklore and religious texts. All of those are books that I've had for a while now, or online for translations. Giana Ricci  04:30 You've had the books for a while. So did you get them when you were young? Or someone gave them to you? Speaker 2  04:38 Yeah, I have either bought them in high school, or my mom has just given me her copy."
329,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.personallife,"Yeah. I'm Hindu, so a lot of my source material also comes from Indian traditional mythological works and folklore and religious texts. All of those are books that I've had for a while now, or online for translations. Giana Ricci  04:30 You've had the books for a while. So did you get them when you were young? Or someone gave them to you? Speaker 2  04:38 Yeah, I have either bought them in high school, or my mom has just given me her copy."
330,ParticipantJ,Library.criticism,"Do you ever use library databases or other websites as sources? Speaker 2  04:55 I mean, for mandatory readings I think professors usually give the Library link, if it's available on the library website, but otherwise, no, because it's hard to navigate."
330,ParticipantJ,Databases.negative,"Do you ever use library databases or other websites as sources? Speaker 2  04:55 I mean, for mandatory readings I think professors usually give the Library link, if it's available on the library website, but otherwise, no, because it's hard to navigate."
330,ParticipantJ,Databases.forclass,"Do you ever use library databases or other websites as sources? Speaker 2  04:55 I mean, for mandatory readings I think professors usually give the Library link, if it's available on the library website, but otherwise, no, because it's hard to navigate."
331,ParticipantJ,Documentation.notesapp,"Okay, when I first get an idea, I think it goes into my Notes app."
332,ParticipantJ,Documentation.sketchbook,"And then it goes into a mind map situation in my notebook, and then I make a more detailed document in the notebook about things that could relate, historical connotations, contemporary connotations. And then I decide on the color scheme, what I'm actually talking about, why I'm talking about it, and how it could be perceived in the best way, or perceived in general. And then it goes into rough doodles in the notebook still, and then I just go for it. I think there's no step between the doodle and the final product."
332,ParticipantJ,Documentation.journal,"And then it goes into a mind map situation in my notebook, and then I make a more detailed document in the notebook about things that could relate, historical connotations, contemporary connotations. And then I decide on the color scheme, what I'm actually talking about, why I'm talking about it, and how it could be perceived in the best way, or perceived in general. And then it goes into rough doodles in the notebook still, and then I just go for it. I think there's no step between the doodle and the final product."
332,ParticipantJ,Organization.mindmap,"And then it goes into a mind map situation in my notebook, and then I make a more detailed document in the notebook about things that could relate, historical connotations, contemporary connotations. And then I decide on the color scheme, what I'm actually talking about, why I'm talking about it, and how it could be perceived in the best way, or perceived in general. And then it goes into rough doodles in the notebook still, and then I just go for it. I think there's no step between the doodle and the final product."
333,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.environment,"Yes, I am actually republishing a journal that I made for my ex-boyfriend. It has the timeline from the first date to the very last day that we were together. And it has copies of tickets, things that we've done together, pictures, flowers, everything combined in this ginormous, really thick notebook, and then I took pictures of it, and I think it's called a facsimile. So I'm creating a facsimile, and I'm binding the book myself, which is really difficult."
333,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.personallife,"Yes, I am actually republishing a journal that I made for my ex-boyfriend. It has the timeline from the first date to the very last day that we were together. And it has copies of tickets, things that we've done together, pictures, flowers, everything combined in this ginormous, really thick notebook, and then I took pictures of it, and I think it's called a facsimile. So I'm creating a facsimile, and I'm binding the book myself, which is really difficult."
334,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.articles,"How did you figure out how to do that? Speaker 2  07:49 I spoke to [name redacted]. He's had a couple of friends that have republished a notebook. And then he also gave me the reference of Dieter Roth, who's this artist who makes facsimiles for his notebooks all the time. I tried scanning the notebooks, and it didn't work, because it removed the personal aspect from the book. And you couldn't really see how thick or what the depth was. So I think pictures of the notebook were best."
334,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.recommendations,"How did you figure out how to do that? Speaker 2  07:49 I spoke to [name redacted]. He's had a couple of friends that have republished a notebook. And then he also gave me the reference of Dieter Roth, who's this artist who makes facsimiles for his notebooks all the time. I tried scanning the notebooks, and it didn't work, because it removed the personal aspect from the book. And you couldn't really see how thick or what the depth was. So I think pictures of the notebook were best."
334,ParticipantJ,Help.technical,"How did you figure out how to do that? Speaker 2  07:49 I spoke to [name redacted]. He's had a couple of friends that have republished a notebook. And then he also gave me the reference of Dieter Roth, who's this artist who makes facsimiles for his notebooks all the time. I tried scanning the notebooks, and it didn't work, because it removed the personal aspect from the book. And you couldn't really see how thick or what the depth was. So I think pictures of the notebook were best."
334,ParticipantJ,Help.professors,"How did you figure out how to do that? Speaker 2  07:49 I spoke to [name redacted]. He's had a couple of friends that have republished a notebook. And then he also gave me the reference of Dieter Roth, who's this artist who makes facsimiles for his notebooks all the time. I tried scanning the notebooks, and it didn't work, because it removed the personal aspect from the book. And you couldn't really see how thick or what the depth was. So I think pictures of the notebook were best."
335,ParticipantJ,Inspiration.artists,"Yeah. I think it's because I don't want to make something too similar to somebody else. And if I am making something similar to somebody else, it's good to reference that in either the statement or the description of the artwork, so I'm aware of what I am kind of connecting to in the historical artwork, framework situation. And also don't want to appropriate something, which is probably best."
336,ParticipantJ,Images.online,"So thinking about Dieter Roth, but also others, if you want to find examples of an artist's work, how do you go about doing that? How would you look that up? Speaker 2  09:40 Google search. Yeah, pretty much. I feel like it's easiest. Giana Ricci  09:48 Okay, and then just look at images on Google? Speaker 2  09:51 Yeah or the artist’s website. But usually the artist website has a very curated version of their portfolio. Google Images usually takes you to the gallery website where the piece is kept, which gives you more pictures of the same artwork, which is nice."
336,ParticipantJ,Research.online.artists,"So thinking about Dieter Roth, but also others, if you want to find examples of an artist's work, how do you go about doing that? How would you look that up? Speaker 2  09:40 Google search. Yeah, pretty much. I feel like it's easiest. Giana Ricci  09:48 Okay, and then just look at images on Google? Speaker 2  09:51 Yeah or the artist’s website. But usually the artist website has a very curated version of their portfolio. Google Images usually takes you to the gallery website where the piece is kept, which gives you more pictures of the same artwork, which is nice."
337,ParticipantJ,Research.online.youtube,"For example, the book binding stuff, I'm working with leather, which I've never worked with before. And no matter how much I watch YouTube videos or learn about the material, I still have to try to figure it out for myself."
338,ParticipantJ,Feedback.professors,"I despise NYU formal crits because they're never mean enough. They're never actually criticizing you. It's like sugar coated to a point where you're not getting better. And I feel like a lot of us here have that opinion. So we've also tried to make our own crit group where we're brutally honest about someone's work, but our schedules don't match up. So I just try to go to my friends and ask them what they actually think. And the BFA indie crit situation is actually the first time I feel like professors have given me criticizing stuff like comments on my work to make it better, not to put me down, but just to make it better."
338,ParticipantJ,Feedback.friends,"I despise NYU formal crits because they're never mean enough. They're never actually criticizing you. It's like sugar coated to a point where you're not getting better. And I feel like a lot of us here have that opinion. So we've also tried to make our own crit group where we're brutally honest about someone's work, but our schedules don't match up. So I just try to go to my friends and ask them what they actually think. And the BFA indie crit situation is actually the first time I feel like professors have given me criticizing stuff like comments on my work to make it better, not to put me down, but just to make it better."
338,ParticipantJ,Support.critique,"I despise NYU formal crits because they're never mean enough. They're never actually criticizing you. It's like sugar coated to a point where you're not getting better. And I feel like a lot of us here have that opinion. So we've also tried to make our own crit group where we're brutally honest about someone's work, but our schedules don't match up. So I just try to go to my friends and ask them what they actually think. And the BFA indie crit situation is actually the first time I feel like professors have given me criticizing stuff like comments on my work to make it better, not to put me down, but just to make it better."
339,ParticipantJ,Feedback.family,"Is there anyone else you talk to? Speaker 2  14:35 Mom. Because usually with all of the Hindu references, she's the best person to go to because she knows a lot and she can actually read Sanskrit. Sometimes when I need translation, I go to her and she's had a lot of training in religious slash spiritual philosophy. She's also an alternative medicine doctor, so it helps."
341,ParticipantJ,Feedback.professors,"I think my ceramic Professor this [one] time, said something that was so spot on that you can't change the way that a material wants to work. And I think that's very, very helpful to accepting failure."
341,ParticipantJ,Help.professors,"I think my ceramic Professor this [one] time, said something that was so spot on that you can't change the way that a material wants to work. And I think that's very, very helpful to accepting failure."
342,ParticipantJ,Help.technical,"I think all parts of the process. I'm very good at asking for help. So if I am stuck, I usually do go to either my friends or my professors or my parents for help. In the building planning process, I think that's more just me doing stuff. But then when it comes to building canvases or printing something right or doing the fundamental basis kind of pre-prep for the work, I go to my friends, people who work in the studios at Barney. I don't know if you've spoken to [name redacted] already, but I go to him to build my canvases all the time, and I work at the digital lab, so I ask my boss for help with printing issues. Professors usually, while I'm building if I need to figure out technical stuff, like the chemistry of ceramics, or how something's going to work best. I think the most helpful thing is building [from the] bottom up. I think [name redacted] told us that ceramics is supposed to be not bottom heavy, but sometimes you want your piece to be really light, so you build from the bottom up, like you build it upside down so it can fire and still be light. And then [the] final step in the process, I think sometimes with the fabrication of processes, I ask my dad and mom for help, because it's just the easiest. And my sister lives here in the city now, so she's also helpful. And exhibition help, I feel like also friends."
342,ParticipantJ,Help.friends,"I think all parts of the process. I'm very good at asking for help. So if I am stuck, I usually do go to either my friends or my professors or my parents for help. In the building planning process, I think that's more just me doing stuff. But then when it comes to building canvases or printing something right or doing the fundamental basis kind of pre-prep for the work, I go to my friends, people who work in the studios at Barney. I don't know if you've spoken to [name redacted] already, but I go to him to build my canvases all the time, and I work at the digital lab, so I ask my boss for help with printing issues. Professors usually, while I'm building if I need to figure out technical stuff, like the chemistry of ceramics, or how something's going to work best. I think the most helpful thing is building [from the] bottom up. I think [name redacted] told us that ceramics is supposed to be not bottom heavy, but sometimes you want your piece to be really light, so you build from the bottom up, like you build it upside down so it can fire and still be light. And then [the] final step in the process, I think sometimes with the fabrication of processes, I ask my dad and mom for help, because it's just the easiest. And my sister lives here in the city now, so she's also helpful. And exhibition help, I feel like also friends."
342,ParticipantJ,Help.professors,"I think all parts of the process. I'm very good at asking for help. So if I am stuck, I usually do go to either my friends or my professors or my parents for help. In the building planning process, I think that's more just me doing stuff. But then when it comes to building canvases or printing something right or doing the fundamental basis kind of pre-prep for the work, I go to my friends, people who work in the studios at Barney. I don't know if you've spoken to [name redacted] already, but I go to him to build my canvases all the time, and I work at the digital lab, so I ask my boss for help with printing issues. Professors usually, while I'm building if I need to figure out technical stuff, like the chemistry of ceramics, or how something's going to work best. I think the most helpful thing is building [from the] bottom up. I think [name redacted] told us that ceramics is supposed to be not bottom heavy, but sometimes you want your piece to be really light, so you build from the bottom up, like you build it upside down so it can fire and still be light. And then [the] final step in the process, I think sometimes with the fabrication of processes, I ask my dad and mom for help, because it's just the easiest. And my sister lives here in the city now, so she's also helpful. And exhibition help, I feel like also friends."
342,ParticipantJ,Help.family,"I think all parts of the process. I'm very good at asking for help. So if I am stuck, I usually do go to either my friends or my professors or my parents for help. In the building planning process, I think that's more just me doing stuff. But then when it comes to building canvases or printing something right or doing the fundamental basis kind of pre-prep for the work, I go to my friends, people who work in the studios at Barney. I don't know if you've spoken to [name redacted] already, but I go to him to build my canvases all the time, and I work at the digital lab, so I ask my boss for help with printing issues. Professors usually, while I'm building if I need to figure out technical stuff, like the chemistry of ceramics, or how something's going to work best. I think the most helpful thing is building [from the] bottom up. I think [name redacted] told us that ceramics is supposed to be not bottom heavy, but sometimes you want your piece to be really light, so you build from the bottom up, like you build it upside down so it can fire and still be light. And then [the] final step in the process, I think sometimes with the fabrication of processes, I ask my dad and mom for help, because it's just the easiest. And my sister lives here in the city now, so she's also helpful. And exhibition help, I feel like also friends."
343,ParticipantJ,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"Okay, do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  18:13 Yes."
344,ParticipantJ,Research.definition,"And how do you define research within your process specifically? Speaker 2  18:21 From the journals, to even text, all of it is research for me, because I'm looking at something that I've written maybe seven, six years ago, and I'm still kind of reviewing and revising what I've written to make it make sense. And then I have a lot of research that I'm doing now, especially in senior year, which has to do with literary texts like Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and I've forgotten the name of the lady who wrote the pornography, radical, set from the 70s, book. She just said that all sex is rape."
344,ParticipantJ,Books.philosophy,"And how do you define research within your process specifically? Speaker 2  18:21 From the journals, to even text, all of it is research for me, because I'm looking at something that I've written maybe seven, six years ago, and I'm still kind of reviewing and revising what I've written to make it make sense. And then I have a lot of research that I'm doing now, especially in senior year, which has to do with literary texts like Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and I've forgotten the name of the lady who wrote the pornography, radical, set from the 70s, book. She just said that all sex is rape."
344,ParticipantJ,Research.books,"And how do you define research within your process specifically? Speaker 2  18:21 From the journals, to even text, all of it is research for me, because I'm looking at something that I've written maybe seven, six years ago, and I'm still kind of reviewing and revising what I've written to make it make sense. And then I have a lot of research that I'm doing now, especially in senior year, which has to do with literary texts like Audre Lorde, bell hooks, and I've forgotten the name of the lady who wrote the pornography, radical, set from the 70s, book. She just said that all sex is rape."
345,ParticipantJ,Books.philosophy,"And a lot of the Hindu literature. I feel like a lot of it also has to do with disproving the Western notion that the Kama Sutra is all about sex, when it's not. Oh, and this wonderful book called The Argumentative Indian by this author, Amartya Sen, who was actually an economist, but he wrote this gorgeous book about how the world views India from the West and trying to set that right."
345,ParticipantJ,Research.books,"And a lot of the Hindu literature. I feel like a lot of it also has to do with disproving the Western notion that the Kama Sutra is all about sex, when it's not. Oh, and this wonderful book called The Argumentative Indian by this author, Amartya Sen, who was actually an economist, but he wrote this gorgeous book about how the world views India from the West and trying to set that right."
346,ParticipantJ,Difficult.executingideas,"So what would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  20:00 Execution, probably, because what you think about and your imagination never really is the same thing as what you're trying to make or what your hands can do."
347,ParticipantJ,Exciting.ideas,"So what's the most exciting part? Speaker 2  20:28 Planning. I feel like planning gives you a lot of things to think about, and it's more fun. I love the repetition that execution takes, but actually growing as a human being, planning helps. Giana Ricci  20:48 Interesting. How do you feel like planning helps you grow? Speaker 2  20:54 Because it's usually revisiting things that I've gone through, like trauma or excitement or love or whatever, and it helps you."
348,ParticipantJ,Support.findingresources,"Is there any part of your creative process for which you'd like more support? That could be from anyone. Speaker 2  21:47 Probably for, how do I put this...to get more ideas about what I'm reading. I feel like a lot of the BFA indie crit meetings, I just ask out of pocket almost like, ""What can I read?"" And even things that contradict my thinking, so I can think about my thinking, like the radical feminist person that I told you about. My professor just told me to read that to give me another perspective."
348,ParticipantJ,Books.recommendations,"Is there any part of your creative process for which you'd like more support? That could be from anyone. Speaker 2  21:47 Probably for, how do I put this...to get more ideas about what I'm reading. I feel like a lot of the BFA indie crit meetings, I just ask out of pocket almost like, ""What can I read?"" And even things that contradict my thinking, so I can think about my thinking, like the radical feminist person that I told you about. My professor just told me to read that to give me another perspective."
349,ParticipantK,Medium.painting,oil paint
350,ParticipantK,Books.illustrations,"usually it would be through books and illustration books on animals, on nature, landscapes and also artistic historical books. And I would usually just go through them and find inspiration from these books. And specifically now my practice involves a lot of birds and wildlife, so I've been recently collecting different animal books, and specifically bird books that I would find in different bookstores or shops around the city and when I travel abroad."
350,ParticipantK,Inspiration.books,"usually it would be through books and illustration books on animals, on nature, landscapes and also artistic historical books. And I would usually just go through them and find inspiration from these books. And specifically now my practice involves a lot of birds and wildlife, so I've been recently collecting different animal books, and specifically bird books that I would find in different bookstores or shops around the city and when I travel abroad."
350,ParticipantK,Books.bookstores,"usually it would be through books and illustration books on animals, on nature, landscapes and also artistic historical books. And I would usually just go through them and find inspiration from these books. And specifically now my practice involves a lot of birds and wildlife, so I've been recently collecting different animal books, and specifically bird books that I would find in different bookstores or shops around the city and when I travel abroad."
351,ParticipantK,Books.recommendations,"Well, you know, not so specific with any bookstores. I do tend to acquire them from, actually, family members and friends. Most of the books I've used, especially with working with my paintings, were from friends and family. And also, I do order books online from Amazon or specific sites that I find interesting, but I'm not very focused on, I'm not very aware of the bookstores around or have a favorite particular place."
351,ParticipantK,Books.onlinepurchases,"Well, you know, not so specific with any bookstores. I do tend to acquire them from, actually, family members and friends. Most of the books I've used, especially with working with my paintings, were from friends and family. And also, I do order books online from Amazon or specific sites that I find interesting, but I'm not very focused on, I'm not very aware of the bookstores around or have a favorite particular place."
352,ParticipantK,Books.recommendations,"Yes, so of course, it could be a quick process, or it could be sort of just through background knowledge from just learning and researching on my own time. But usually it's just I search specifically, like ""a different bird, books, and animal books,"" or if I'm working on a painting and I want this specific kind of animal, I would just search that in the search tab, but also, just because I like to do research on my own or listen to lectures on online platforms about the different species, some of the people who are speaking in these lectures or online videos, mention different books and mention different sources. I get inspiration from that, and then I would search that in Amazon or places to find or acquire books."
352,ParticipantK,Books.onlinepurchases,"Yes, so of course, it could be a quick process, or it could be sort of just through background knowledge from just learning and researching on my own time. But usually it's just I search specifically, like ""a different bird, books, and animal books,"" or if I'm working on a painting and I want this specific kind of animal, I would just search that in the search tab, but also, just because I like to do research on my own or listen to lectures on online platforms about the different species, some of the people who are speaking in these lectures or online videos, mention different books and mention different sources. I get inspiration from that, and then I would search that in Amazon or places to find or acquire books."
353,ParticipantK,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"Well, this is an obvious one, but also looking at artworks, attending museums and galleries and shows. A lot of my inspiration comes from that experience. And actually it's quite a large amount in my, what do you call it? My inspiration comes from just viewing different types of artworks, especially ones that relate with animals and nature and sort of themes that relate to my work and practice."
354,ParticipantK,Documentation.sketchbook,"Well, I always carry a little notebook or a little journal book with me, and I would write down the artist. Sometimes I would do a little sketch of the work, because I admire and I'm very involved with just even the composition of aesthetics of the work. It's not just sort of the conceptual aspect of it. So I would jot that down, and then I would try and gather as much information, like the context of the work and why it's placed there. Just sort of learn more. But it starts with the note taking, and I always have that handy, or it could be my phone. I'm constantly just jotting down the names or what I see and how I feel about the work too, because there's just so many and I tend to forget things quite easily."
354,ParticipantK,Documentation.journal,"Well, I always carry a little notebook or a little journal book with me, and I would write down the artist. Sometimes I would do a little sketch of the work, because I admire and I'm very involved with just even the composition of aesthetics of the work. It's not just sort of the conceptual aspect of it. So I would jot that down, and then I would try and gather as much information, like the context of the work and why it's placed there. Just sort of learn more. But it starts with the note taking, and I always have that handy, or it could be my phone. I'm constantly just jotting down the names or what I see and how I feel about the work too, because there's just so many and I tend to forget things quite easily."
354,ParticipantK,Documentation.notesapp,"Well, I always carry a little notebook or a little journal book with me, and I would write down the artist. Sometimes I would do a little sketch of the work, because I admire and I'm very involved with just even the composition of aesthetics of the work. It's not just sort of the conceptual aspect of it. So I would jot that down, and then I would try and gather as much information, like the context of the work and why it's placed there. Just sort of learn more. But it starts with the note taking, and I always have that handy, or it could be my phone. I'm constantly just jotting down the names or what I see and how I feel about the work too, because there's just so many and I tend to forget things quite easily."
355,ParticipantK,Databases.forclass,"Do you ever use library databases or the library website when you're looking for things? Speaker 2  08:15 I used it, yes, for finding books for class specifically. I've only used it for that reason. I haven't used it for my current art practice."
356,ParticipantK,Research.online,"Well, if I find an interesting author, I would always encourage myself to find out if they have a website or a database that has recommendations for books. I can recall finding some books on the specific author's website. So nothing very specific in terms of book websites."
356,ParticipantK,Research.online.artists,"Well, if I find an interesting author, I would always encourage myself to find out if they have a website or a database that has recommendations for books. I can recall finding some books on the specific author's website. So nothing very specific in terms of book websites."
356,ParticipantK,Research.books,"Well, if I find an interesting author, I would always encourage myself to find out if they have a website or a database that has recommendations for books. I can recall finding some books on the specific author's website. So nothing very specific in terms of book websites."
357,ParticipantK,Timeconstraints,"But I guess I always have to rely and think about my time and just being as efficient as possible. The nature of an artist is you want to work fast. I mean, you want to get your works done in an efficient way. And that's what I'm always thinking about."
359,ParticipantK,Inspiration.artists,"So while you're working or before, do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2  17:20 Yes."
358,ParticipantK,Research.online.artists,"And say you have an artist in mind, either through a recommendation or a lecture or you saw them mentioned in a book, but you want to find out more about that artist. What would be the first thing you would do to find out more? Speaker 2  17:43 You know, honestly, I would search up the artists on Google. Just relying a lot on technology, but I like to sort of find out the real history, the background of the artist, and whether they have connections with galleries or specific institutions, academia or certain places that have a connection with that specific artist. I guess the way I search would really be through just searching them up on Google."
360,ParticipantK,Books.illustrations,"Yeah, so as I am involved in my art making process, I constantly am looking and going over my books that I have with me and comparing them to what I have already, and always searching for inspiration and new methods and techniques. That's actually very essential in my art making process. Every time I have a break or I want a break when I'm painting, I always just will open a book, whether it's an art book or a book that I'm just currently reading on my own, but it's usually naturalistic illustrations. I like visual books where I can see different artworks and read about historical artistic matters and that sort."
360,ParticipantK,Inspiration.books,"Yeah, so as I am involved in my art making process, I constantly am looking and going over my books that I have with me and comparing them to what I have already, and always searching for inspiration and new methods and techniques. That's actually very essential in my art making process. Every time I have a break or I want a break when I'm painting, I always just will open a book, whether it's an art book or a book that I'm just currently reading on my own, but it's usually naturalistic illustrations. I like visual books where I can see different artworks and read about historical artistic matters and that sort."
360,ParticipantK,Books.preferenceforprint,"Yeah, so as I am involved in my art making process, I constantly am looking and going over my books that I have with me and comparing them to what I have already, and always searching for inspiration and new methods and techniques. That's actually very essential in my art making process. Every time I have a break or I want a break when I'm painting, I always just will open a book, whether it's an art book or a book that I'm just currently reading on my own, but it's usually naturalistic illustrations. I like visual books where I can see different artworks and read about historical artistic matters and that sort."
360,ParticipantK,Research.books,"Yeah, so as I am involved in my art making process, I constantly am looking and going over my books that I have with me and comparing them to what I have already, and always searching for inspiration and new methods and techniques. That's actually very essential in my art making process. Every time I have a break or I want a break when I'm painting, I always just will open a book, whether it's an art book or a book that I'm just currently reading on my own, but it's usually naturalistic illustrations. I like visual books where I can see different artworks and read about historical artistic matters and that sort."
360,ParticipantK,Books.images,"Yeah, so as I am involved in my art making process, I constantly am looking and going over my books that I have with me and comparing them to what I have already, and always searching for inspiration and new methods and techniques. That's actually very essential in my art making process. Every time I have a break or I want a break when I'm painting, I always just will open a book, whether it's an art book or a book that I'm just currently reading on my own, but it's usually naturalistic illustrations. I like visual books where I can see different artworks and read about historical artistic matters and that sort."
360,ParticipantK,Inspiration.arthistory,"Yeah, so as I am involved in my art making process, I constantly am looking and going over my books that I have with me and comparing them to what I have already, and always searching for inspiration and new methods and techniques. That's actually very essential in my art making process. Every time I have a break or I want a break when I'm painting, I always just will open a book, whether it's an art book or a book that I'm just currently reading on my own, but it's usually naturalistic illustrations. I like visual books where I can see different artworks and read about historical artistic matters and that sort."
361,ParticipantK,Feedback.friends,"Yes, and I would always ask other students, of course, in the studio for advice and what they think. And I always get some great feedback from just that experience. But I have a few individuals who are very dear to me, who I really find a lot of inspiration from. And this is my professor at the University of Miami, at my previous university where I transferred from, and also my aunt who lives in my hometown in Saudi Arabia, my home city in Jeddah. And, of course, also my family and friends, my sisters especially, who are also in the art scene. I would often send them photos of my work. So there's a lot of support, and people outside of just the individual crits."
361,ParticipantK,Feedback.family,"Yes, and I would always ask other students, of course, in the studio for advice and what they think. And I always get some great feedback from just that experience. But I have a few individuals who are very dear to me, who I really find a lot of inspiration from. And this is my professor at the University of Miami, at my previous university where I transferred from, and also my aunt who lives in my hometown in Saudi Arabia, my home city in Jeddah. And, of course, also my family and friends, my sisters especially, who are also in the art scene. I would often send them photos of my work. So there's a lot of support, and people outside of just the individual crits."
362,ParticipantK,Help.professors,"So I would ask my professor from the University of Miami, [name redacted]. He was my instructor there, and he's been one of the most influential persons in terms of how I progressed as a person and also as an artist. He would give me a lot of advice on the sort of formal elements of painting, so like the sorts of composition and aesthetic qualities of it. And so we have him, and we also have my aunt, who's also a painter, and she is very critical of my work, and offers great advice, and often gives me such great advice that I do rely on her advice when I make my works, and sometimes she's been such a big part of the reason why I've made a specific work. I really listen to their advice. And those two in particular, I'm in good contact with them. So every time I finish work, I would always send it to them, they'll give me feedback."
362,ParticipantK,Help.family,"So I would ask my professor from the University of Miami, [name redacted]. He was my instructor there, and he's been one of the most influential persons in terms of how I progressed as a person and also as an artist. He would give me a lot of advice on the sort of formal elements of painting, so like the sorts of composition and aesthetic qualities of it. And so we have him, and we also have my aunt, who's also a painter, and she is very critical of my work, and offers great advice, and often gives me such great advice that I do rely on her advice when I make my works, and sometimes she's been such a big part of the reason why I've made a specific work. I really listen to their advice. And those two in particular, I'm in good contact with them. So every time I finish work, I would always send it to them, they'll give me feedback."
363,ParticipantK,Research.separate,"So do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  23:14 I would say yes, however, not a major part of my creative process, just because I'm very focused on sort of the formal aspect of art making, which is relying on technique, relying on composition, sort of the design aspects of the work. Not to say that research doesn't give you that information, but again, earlier I mentioned that my work is very intuitive in terms of how I progress, so I don't really rely too much on learning different techniques and processes from research that often. Just because I go about my work just how I feel what's necessary. I just go with it, intuitively. However, I would like to involve research more into my practice."
364,ParticipantK,Research.definition,"So how would you define research? Speaker 2  24:38 I would say it's learning about different histories, different historical periods, learning about different literatures, texts from individuals. In terms of art making, a lot of the research would be related to that, I mean, related to the art historical context."
365,ParticipantK,Timeconstraints,"I would say balancing sort of the work and life aspects. So naturally, art making for at least painting, what I've learned [is] it's very time consuming. It takes a lot of your time, and it could be draining and frustrating at times, and that, to me, is sort of the most difficult part, because I know that in the future, if I am to do this, I know I'm going to have to sacrifice a lot of time and dedicate a lot of that to just my works and my process, and not just being in the studio, but outside of that. I guess also it's sort of knowing when to finish too that's also one of the difficult parts of my creative process. I often find it struggling and difficult to find when I know that one work's complete now."
365,ParticipantK,Difficult.time,"I would say balancing sort of the work and life aspects. So naturally, art making for at least painting, what I've learned [is] it's very time consuming. It takes a lot of your time, and it could be draining and frustrating at times, and that, to me, is sort of the most difficult part, because I know that in the future, if I am to do this, I know I'm going to have to sacrifice a lot of time and dedicate a lot of that to just my works and my process, and not just being in the studio, but outside of that. I guess also it's sort of knowing when to finish too that's also one of the difficult parts of my creative process. I often find it struggling and difficult to find when I know that one work's complete now."
365,ParticipantK,Difficult.finishing,"I would say balancing sort of the work and life aspects. So naturally, art making for at least painting, what I've learned [is] it's very time consuming. It takes a lot of your time, and it could be draining and frustrating at times, and that, to me, is sort of the most difficult part, because I know that in the future, if I am to do this, I know I'm going to have to sacrifice a lot of time and dedicate a lot of that to just my works and my process, and not just being in the studio, but outside of that. I guess also it's sort of knowing when to finish too that's also one of the difficult parts of my creative process. I often find it struggling and difficult to find when I know that one work's complete now."
366,ParticipantK,Exciting.making,"Well, the most exciting part is, of course, the making, the doing, the process. The whole creative process has given me this sort of opportunity to delve into other aspects of the arts, the industries and its connectivity. So again, regarding just the creative process itself, I find this connection when I work, when I'm in the studio, and using my intuition when I paint, I find that very satisfying and rewarding, and hearing different opinions constantly from peers and the instructors and families and friends, I find that to be the essential part of my enjoyment of this whole creative process, just being with this sort of community. Because ultimately, I never think of my work as just for myself. I think of it for the people, for the audience, for the people I make the work for. So that's always on my mind, and my motivation to make work is because I like to show it to people. Of course, I'm aspiring for a career, but I like to show it to my family and friends, specifically the two individuals I mentioned, my professor and my aunt, and just hearing back what they think, it's just so rewarding."
366,ParticipantK,Exciting.feedback,"Well, the most exciting part is, of course, the making, the doing, the process. The whole creative process has given me this sort of opportunity to delve into other aspects of the arts, the industries and its connectivity. So again, regarding just the creative process itself, I find this connection when I work, when I'm in the studio, and using my intuition when I paint, I find that very satisfying and rewarding, and hearing different opinions constantly from peers and the instructors and families and friends, I find that to be the essential part of my enjoyment of this whole creative process, just being with this sort of community. Because ultimately, I never think of my work as just for myself. I think of it for the people, for the audience, for the people I make the work for. So that's always on my mind, and my motivation to make work is because I like to show it to people. Of course, I'm aspiring for a career, but I like to show it to my family and friends, specifically the two individuals I mentioned, my professor and my aunt, and just hearing back what they think, it's just so rewarding."
367,ParticipantK,Support.professors,"Yes, it would be from the instructors at this program. Specifically just a little bit more personal. I mean, of course I could reach out, but I wish there was this sort of rule where you there has to be more of a personal engagement with the instructors and sort of a little bit more advice on how each student can excel and progress into artistic career and how we can do that, instead of just focusing more on the works itself in the studio."
368,ParticipantL,Medium.painting,I paint. I'm a painter at heart.
369,ParticipantL,Medium.drawing,"I also draw,"
370,ParticipantL,Medium.photo,"I do photography,"
371,ParticipantL,Medium.ceramics,ceramics.
372,ParticipantL,Inspiration.conversations,"It depends. Generally, I look through, I follow a lot of artists on social media and other creatives. I also talk to a lot of different people who are in the arts. Sometimes I get inspiration from media that I consume, maybe like TV shows, comics, books, going to museums, galleries. Sometimes I go through things like Pinterest or any other mood board software."
372,ParticipantL,Inspiration.books,"It depends. Generally, I look through, I follow a lot of artists on social media and other creatives. I also talk to a lot of different people who are in the arts. Sometimes I get inspiration from media that I consume, maybe like TV shows, comics, books, going to museums, galleries. Sometimes I go through things like Pinterest or any other mood board software."
372,ParticipantL,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"It depends. Generally, I look through, I follow a lot of artists on social media and other creatives. I also talk to a lot of different people who are in the arts. Sometimes I get inspiration from media that I consume, maybe like TV shows, comics, books, going to museums, galleries. Sometimes I go through things like Pinterest or any other mood board software."
372,ParticipantL,Inspiration.pinterest,"It depends. Generally, I look through, I follow a lot of artists on social media and other creatives. I also talk to a lot of different people who are in the arts. Sometimes I get inspiration from media that I consume, maybe like TV shows, comics, books, going to museums, galleries. Sometimes I go through things like Pinterest or any other mood board software."
372,ParticipantL,Inspiration.movies,"It depends. Generally, I look through, I follow a lot of artists on social media and other creatives. I also talk to a lot of different people who are in the arts. Sometimes I get inspiration from media that I consume, maybe like TV shows, comics, books, going to museums, galleries. Sometimes I go through things like Pinterest or any other mood board software."
372,ParticipantL,Inspiration.Instagram,"It depends. Generally, I look through, I follow a lot of artists on social media and other creatives. I also talk to a lot of different people who are in the arts. Sometimes I get inspiration from media that I consume, maybe like TV shows, comics, books, going to museums, galleries. Sometimes I go through things like Pinterest or any other mood board software."
373,ParticipantL,Documentation.sketchbook,"Either on my phone with the Notes app, or I physically write it down if I do have my sketchbook, or just go in a spare notebook. If it's something like social media, I use whatever save function they have within that app, like with Pinterest, you could just save it to your boards. Or with Instagram, you could save posts specifically, so I usually fall back on that."
373,ParticipantL,Documentation.journal,"Either on my phone with the Notes app, or I physically write it down if I do have my sketchbook, or just go in a spare notebook. If it's something like social media, I use whatever save function they have within that app, like with Pinterest, you could just save it to your boards. Or with Instagram, you could save posts specifically, so I usually fall back on that."
373,ParticipantL,Documentation.pinterestboards,"Either on my phone with the Notes app, or I physically write it down if I do have my sketchbook, or just go in a spare notebook. If it's something like social media, I use whatever save function they have within that app, like with Pinterest, you could just save it to your boards. Or with Instagram, you could save posts specifically, so I usually fall back on that."
373,ParticipantL,Documentation.notesapp,"Either on my phone with the Notes app, or I physically write it down if I do have my sketchbook, or just go in a spare notebook. If it's something like social media, I use whatever save function they have within that app, like with Pinterest, you could just save it to your boards. Or with Instagram, you could save posts specifically, so I usually fall back on that."
373,ParticipantL,Documentation.Instagram,"Either on my phone with the Notes app, or I physically write it down if I do have my sketchbook, or just go in a spare notebook. If it's something like social media, I use whatever save function they have within that app, like with Pinterest, you could just save it to your boards. Or with Instagram, you could save posts specifically, so I usually fall back on that."
374,ParticipantL,Documentation.pinterestboards,"Not really. The only thing with Pinterest, it's just one big board of different stuff. It's kind of funny, because you could kind of tell what project I was working on, because I tend to save very similar stuff. So you could kind of see if I'm like, ""Oh, I want to do a painting of let's say a goat,"" then you'll see on my board that I saved a bunch of pictures of goats in different positions. But, yeah, no, I don't particularly organize them in any way. I kind of just plop them all into one place so I could just go back to it."
375,ParticipantL,Research.online,"So books, not really. If you do use books, how do you get them? Speaker 2 04:21 How do I get them? I look for PDFs online. I'll use the NYU--I'll see if it's accessible through JSTOR or NYU libraries. I realized that NYU is partnered with Palace, so I could access ebooks through them, which I very much needed for my current class. So that's how I do it, either that or just find a way to access the PDFs online, if they're not in any of those resources I've mentioned."
375,ParticipantL,Databases.jstor,"So books, not really. If you do use books, how do you get them? Speaker 2 04:21 How do I get them? I look for PDFs online. I'll use the NYU--I'll see if it's accessible through JSTOR or NYU libraries. I realized that NYU is partnered with Palace, so I could access ebooks through them, which I very much needed for my current class. So that's how I do it, either that or just find a way to access the PDFs online, if they're not in any of those resources I've mentioned."
375,ParticipantL,Books.digital,"So books, not really. If you do use books, how do you get them? Speaker 2 04:21 How do I get them? I look for PDFs online. I'll use the NYU--I'll see if it's accessible through JSTOR or NYU libraries. I realized that NYU is partnered with Palace, so I could access ebooks through them, which I very much needed for my current class. So that's how I do it, either that or just find a way to access the PDFs online, if they're not in any of those resources I've mentioned."
375,ParticipantL,Databases.forclass,"So books, not really. If you do use books, how do you get them? Speaker 2 04:21 How do I get them? I look for PDFs online. I'll use the NYU--I'll see if it's accessible through JSTOR or NYU libraries. I realized that NYU is partnered with Palace, so I could access ebooks through them, which I very much needed for my current class. So that's how I do it, either that or just find a way to access the PDFs online, if they're not in any of those resources I've mentioned."
375,ParticipantL,Misnomer.articles,"So books, not really. If you do use books, how do you get them? Speaker 2 04:21 How do I get them? I look for PDFs online. I'll use the NYU--I'll see if it's accessible through JSTOR or NYU libraries. I realized that NYU is partnered with Palace, so I could access ebooks through them, which I very much needed for my current class. So that's how I do it, either that or just find a way to access the PDFs online, if they're not in any of those resources I've mentioned."
376,ParticipantL,Library.criticism,"So when you do use books, they're mostly electronic, right? Speaker 2  05:01 Yeah, digital format. I find them a bit more accessible. It's very rare that I use print books because there's the process of, okay, sometimes it's not available in the library so you have to put a hold, whether it's the NYU library or the public library. And then having to go in person to pick it up. I have a pretty busy schedule, so I'd rather just have it in my phone, even though it's a bit more helpful to have print sources."
376,ParticipantL,Timeconstraints,"So when you do use books, they're mostly electronic, right? Speaker 2  05:01 Yeah, digital format. I find them a bit more accessible. It's very rare that I use print books because there's the process of, okay, sometimes it's not available in the library so you have to put a hold, whether it's the NYU library or the public library. And then having to go in person to pick it up. I have a pretty busy schedule, so I'd rather just have it in my phone, even though it's a bit more helpful to have print sources."
376,ParticipantL,Books.digital,"So when you do use books, they're mostly electronic, right? Speaker 2  05:01 Yeah, digital format. I find them a bit more accessible. It's very rare that I use print books because there's the process of, okay, sometimes it's not available in the library so you have to put a hold, whether it's the NYU library or the public library. And then having to go in person to pick it up. I have a pretty busy schedule, so I'd rather just have it in my phone, even though it's a bit more helpful to have print sources."
377,ParticipantL,Databases.jstor,"So do you ever use databases from the library, or is it mostly like eversions of books? Speaker 2 05:43 Sometimes. I said JSTOR. ProQuest is another that I've used in research."
377,ParticipantL,Databases.Proquest,"So do you ever use databases from the library, or is it mostly like eversions of books? Speaker 2 05:43 Sometimes. I said JSTOR. ProQuest is another that I've used in research."
378,ParticipantL,Help.technical,"If it involves a technique I'm not particularly familiar with, I look up tutorials online, like YouTube--that's another one. YouTube is another thing I use to get a visual on how to perform something, how to do something I'm not very familiar with like throwing. So if I were to do something that involves throwing, I would look up a tutorial on how to throw. Another example that would be---I was very interested in making ceramic whistles. So I would look up mechanisms of whistles and how whistles work at its most basic function and then look up tutorials if they do exist, on how to create them."
378,ParticipantL,Research.online.youtube,"If it involves a technique I'm not particularly familiar with, I look up tutorials online, like YouTube--that's another one. YouTube is another thing I use to get a visual on how to perform something, how to do something I'm not very familiar with like throwing. So if I were to do something that involves throwing, I would look up a tutorial on how to throw. Another example that would be---I was very interested in making ceramic whistles. So I would look up mechanisms of whistles and how whistles work at its most basic function and then look up tutorials if they do exist, on how to create them."
378,ParticipantL,Help.online,"If it involves a technique I'm not particularly familiar with, I look up tutorials online, like YouTube--that's another one. YouTube is another thing I use to get a visual on how to perform something, how to do something I'm not very familiar with like throwing. So if I were to do something that involves throwing, I would look up a tutorial on how to throw. Another example that would be---I was very interested in making ceramic whistles. So I would look up mechanisms of whistles and how whistles work at its most basic function and then look up tutorials if they do exist, on how to create them."
379,ParticipantL,Research.online,"Yeah, primarily, or any blogs that I come across, or articles that detail, whether it's the history of whistles or just some hobby blog. For paintings and more image based work, I look up references either on Pinterest or Unsplash."
379,ParticipantL,Images.online,"Yeah, primarily, or any blogs that I come across, or articles that detail, whether it's the history of whistles or just some hobby blog. For paintings and more image based work, I look up references either on Pinterest or Unsplash."
379,ParticipantL,Research.online.youtube,"Yeah, primarily, or any blogs that I come across, or articles that detail, whether it's the history of whistles or just some hobby blog. For paintings and more image based work, I look up references either on Pinterest or Unsplash."
379,ParticipantL,Help.online,"Yeah, primarily, or any blogs that I come across, or articles that detail, whether it's the history of whistles or just some hobby blog. For paintings and more image based work, I look up references either on Pinterest or Unsplash."
379,ParticipantL,Research.pinterest,"Yeah, primarily, or any blogs that I come across, or articles that detail, whether it's the history of whistles or just some hobby blog. For paintings and more image based work, I look up references either on Pinterest or Unsplash."
380,ParticipantL,Research.online,"Unsplash. What's that? Speaker 2 07:54 It's where you could get high quality, royalty free images. It's really helpful, especially if you're looking for anything whether it's graphic design or just references or just things to use in your mood board. And those images are sourced from actual real working artists, professionals, and photographers who upload those images royalty free, so you don't have to worry about any copyright infringement."
380,ParticipantL,Images.online,"Unsplash. What's that? Speaker 2 07:54 It's where you could get high quality, royalty free images. It's really helpful, especially if you're looking for anything whether it's graphic design or just references or just things to use in your mood board. And those images are sourced from actual real working artists, professionals, and photographers who upload those images royalty free, so you don't have to worry about any copyright infringement."
380,ParticipantL,Research.online.unsplash,"Unsplash. What's that? Speaker 2 07:54 It's where you could get high quality, royalty free images. It's really helpful, especially if you're looking for anything whether it's graphic design or just references or just things to use in your mood board. And those images are sourced from actual real working artists, professionals, and photographers who upload those images royalty free, so you don't have to worry about any copyright infringement."
381,ParticipantL,Images.online,"Yeah, it's free. I sometimes use Adobe stock for textures and stuff. Google Images. There's another one that I can't remember, but it's basically, more for figure drawing, where it gives you a slideshow of timed images. Yeah, I just can't remember the name. Giana Ricci  08:53 That's okay. Adobe stock for textures. Can we go back to that? Can you talk about how you use that? Speaker 2 09:02 Yeah, okay, Adobe Stock, for texture. So the good thing about Adobe Stock is it's not only just textures. There's vectors and transparent PNGs. So if I wanted to achieve, let's say, a paper texture with text, or some image that I'm making, then I would just look up paper texture. And then you get a bunch of different examples of that, whether it's crinkled or looks like parchment and whatnot. They also have images as well. If you want images of certain things, let's say flowers or leaves to add to--I guess an example would be if you're making an invitation, and it's themed a certain way. And I want to have a eucalyptus, but I don't want to have to make the image of the eucalyptus myself, you can get different assets."
381,ParticipantL,Research.adobestock,"Yeah, it's free. I sometimes use Adobe stock for textures and stuff. Google Images. There's another one that I can't remember, but it's basically, more for figure drawing, where it gives you a slideshow of timed images. Yeah, I just can't remember the name. Giana Ricci  08:53 That's okay. Adobe stock for textures. Can we go back to that? Can you talk about how you use that? Speaker 2 09:02 Yeah, okay, Adobe Stock, for texture. So the good thing about Adobe Stock is it's not only just textures. There's vectors and transparent PNGs. So if I wanted to achieve, let's say, a paper texture with text, or some image that I'm making, then I would just look up paper texture. And then you get a bunch of different examples of that, whether it's crinkled or looks like parchment and whatnot. They also have images as well. If you want images of certain things, let's say flowers or leaves to add to--I guess an example would be if you're making an invitation, and it's themed a certain way. And I want to have a eucalyptus, but I don't want to have to make the image of the eucalyptus myself, you can get different assets."
382,ParticipantL,Images.online,"Usually primarily for design work or for photo editing. When it comes to painting, if I have an image in my head and I want to have a more concrete idea, besides a sketch, I also would usually gather references. Whether it's of people or something, and I would digitally alter those images to create a more unique composition. So I would sort of essentially make a digital collage using Photoshop. Giana Ricci  11:14 When you say you gather references, some of the things are digital, and some of them you make digital? Speaker 2 11:26 Yeah, when I say gather references, it's usually just digital images or photographs."
382,ParticipantL,Images.painting,"Usually primarily for design work or for photo editing. When it comes to painting, if I have an image in my head and I want to have a more concrete idea, besides a sketch, I also would usually gather references. Whether it's of people or something, and I would digitally alter those images to create a more unique composition. So I would sort of essentially make a digital collage using Photoshop. Giana Ricci  11:14 When you say you gather references, some of the things are digital, and some of them you make digital? Speaker 2 11:26 Yeah, when I say gather references, it's usually just digital images or photographs."
383,ParticipantL,Documentation.picture,"So if it's something I've encountered in person and something I'm really interested in, I usually just take a picture on my phone, and then I'd write down who the artist is and what the name of the piece is. If there's any specific artists that I'm thinking of, I generally look them up and reference any images that they might have on the artist website or if they're part of any collection, like the Whitney or the Metropolitan. Yeah, that's mostly how it goes. Giana Ricci  14:21 So when you say ""look them up""... Speaker 1  14:24 Search them up. If it's an artist from Instagram, and I'm trying to reference or emulate a certain look or aesthetic they have, I would just look through their page. If it's a specific artwork that I've seen through my explore page that I saved, I'll go back to that one. Sometimes I have specific artists in mind that may be a part of a collection. If I'm thinking of something a bit more classical, I would look through the Metropolitan, which has a huge collection of classical themed [art] from the Renaissance. And for working artists that are pretty more well known, usually, they tend to have their own websites. So I look through that. An example of that would be Clifford Prince King, who I reference a lot when it comes to photography."
383,ParticipantL,Research.online.artists,"So if it's something I've encountered in person and something I'm really interested in, I usually just take a picture on my phone, and then I'd write down who the artist is and what the name of the piece is. If there's any specific artists that I'm thinking of, I generally look them up and reference any images that they might have on the artist website or if they're part of any collection, like the Whitney or the Metropolitan. Yeah, that's mostly how it goes. Giana Ricci  14:21 So when you say ""look them up""... Speaker 1  14:24 Search them up. If it's an artist from Instagram, and I'm trying to reference or emulate a certain look or aesthetic they have, I would just look through their page. If it's a specific artwork that I've seen through my explore page that I saved, I'll go back to that one. Sometimes I have specific artists in mind that may be a part of a collection. If I'm thinking of something a bit more classical, I would look through the Metropolitan, which has a huge collection of classical themed [art] from the Renaissance. And for working artists that are pretty more well known, usually, they tend to have their own websites. So I look through that. An example of that would be Clifford Prince King, who I reference a lot when it comes to photography."
383,ParticipantL,Research.online.museums,"So if it's something I've encountered in person and something I'm really interested in, I usually just take a picture on my phone, and then I'd write down who the artist is and what the name of the piece is. If there's any specific artists that I'm thinking of, I generally look them up and reference any images that they might have on the artist website or if they're part of any collection, like the Whitney or the Metropolitan. Yeah, that's mostly how it goes. Giana Ricci  14:21 So when you say ""look them up""... Speaker 1  14:24 Search them up. If it's an artist from Instagram, and I'm trying to reference or emulate a certain look or aesthetic they have, I would just look through their page. If it's a specific artwork that I've seen through my explore page that I saved, I'll go back to that one. Sometimes I have specific artists in mind that may be a part of a collection. If I'm thinking of something a bit more classical, I would look through the Metropolitan, which has a huge collection of classical themed [art] from the Renaissance. And for working artists that are pretty more well known, usually, they tend to have their own websites. So I look through that. An example of that would be Clifford Prince King, who I reference a lot when it comes to photography."
384,ParticipantL,Research.online.museums,"So when you go to the Met's website, do you type words into the search or do you use the browse feature or both? Speaker 2 15:45 It's been a long time. I usually... Giana Ricci  15:52 It's okay if you don't remember. Speaker 2 15:53 I don't really remember. I usually do a Google search, and then I'm like, ""Okay, is this in the Met? Can I have a high quality image?"" Then I'm like, Google search. If it's a specific piece I'm thinking of, I'm like, ""Okay, the name of the piece--Met,” and it shows up. [If] I don't know exactly what I'm looking for, I go directly to the website, and then just go through collections. If there's a specific era I'm looking for, I kind of just use the filters to categorize, if I don't know what I'm looking for."
385,ParticipantL,Feedback.friends,"I usually ask friends who also do art. See what they think. My partner also does art as well. They're in film. They do film photography, so when it comes to those sorts of questions, I go to them. I'm like, ""Hey, what do you think of this? What do you think of that?"""
386,ParticipantL,Feedback.nonartists,"Or if I want a set of third eyes who don't have any type of context about art and the history of art, and I'm like, ""Okay, what do you think of this aesthetically?"" So I ask a lot of people different questions."
387,ParticipantL,Feedback.family,"Okay, so just friends, your partner? Speaker 2  17:28 Family sometimes"
388,ParticipantL,Help.friends,"If I'm doing collaborative work, or if I'm in need of references, if I need a model besides myself because if I'm thinking of a specific pose that I might not find online. I usually ask my art friends, like ""Hey, do you want to model for this?"" I would take a really quick picture. For photography that requires models, I generally ask other people if they would be interested in modeling. Sometimes I'll do photoshoots of my partner and their friends if I have a project. But [a] thing like painting is generally something that's pretty solitary in terms of making the actual work."
388,ParticipantL,Help.none,"If I'm doing collaborative work, or if I'm in need of references, if I need a model besides myself because if I'm thinking of a specific pose that I might not find online. I usually ask my art friends, like ""Hey, do you want to model for this?"" I would take a really quick picture. For photography that requires models, I generally ask other people if they would be interested in modeling. Sometimes I'll do photoshoots of my partner and their friends if I have a project. But [a] thing like painting is generally something that's pretty solitary in terms of making the actual work."
389,ParticipantL,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"Do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  20:28 Oh, definitely."
390,ParticipantL,Research.definition,"And how do you define research? Speaker 2 20:33 I define research the moment you have to refer to any outside sources. If I have to look into or delve further into whatever piece of information, regardless of what source I'm using or how I get it, I consider that research."
391,ParticipantL,Difficult.finishing,"Finishing the thing. I have a lot of ideas that sort of flow around all the time, and I have a hard time trying to get to the finish line when it comes to executing the project. But it's still fun. I'm just like, ""Okay, now I gotta actually finish it."" If you work on something long enough, then you start to resent it a bit. So I'm like, ""Okay, I need a break."" I need a break because I'm not starting to enjoy this."
392,ParticipantL,Exciting.research,"Most exciting part is starting. I get really excited when I look into different rabbit holes of whatever I'm working on. I like to look into a lot of symbolism of things, and how I can incorporate those images into my own work. So I get in different rabbit holes of like, ""Oh, what is the meaning of this flower in this culture, and what does it mean in this culture?"" I think it's really fun to see those different pockets of information. I always end up learning new things, and I just have another inner database in my mind."
393,ParticipantL,Support.professors,I guess I think more one on one studio visits. It's always good to have words from faculty and have a conversation about it outside formal crits.
394,ParticipantL,Support.findingresources,"I think it would be helpful, I guess, more advertising of the resources we have at the university, because there's some stuff that's there, but I didn't know until now. And I'm like, ""I definitely would have used this if I knew sooner."" It took me until I had an internship at A.I.R. gallery, to know that--I knew you had an archive, but I didn't know that you could access that archive, until I was working there and we had to do a visit to find some materials. I was like, ""Oh, I could do that?"" I did not know that. I didn't know that you could go to Fales and access those as an undergrad. There's a lot of things where I thought, ""Oh, this is only just for if you're in that field."""
395,ParticipantL,Research.online,"I literally searched up “how to print images onto fabric with a printer.” And then I just went through a rabbit hole. There's printable fabric, but it's way too expensive for just 10 sheets. And since it's something new, I want to be able to have the flexibility to mess up, without spending too much money."
396,ParticipantM,Medium.drawing,drawing
397,ParticipantM,Medium.mixedmedia,craft materials.
398,ParticipantM,Inspiration.movies,I'd say there's a kind of origin in cartoons for me. I definitely really love--I'm trying to figure it out. Giana Ricci  01:10 There's no wrong answer. Speaker 2  01:17 I'm trying to think where they come from. Giana Ricci  01:19 Do you watch cartoons? Speaker 2  01:20 I do watch a lot of cartoons still from childhood. And I'd say they're kind of built on almost years of this internal lore and story making that I've kept up since childhood.
398,ParticipantM,Inspiration.personallife,I'd say there's a kind of origin in cartoons for me. I definitely really love--I'm trying to figure it out. Giana Ricci  01:10 There's no wrong answer. Speaker 2  01:17 I'm trying to think where they come from. Giana Ricci  01:19 Do you watch cartoons? Speaker 2  01:20 I do watch a lot of cartoons still from childhood. And I'd say they're kind of built on almost years of this internal lore and story making that I've kept up since childhood.
399,ParticipantM,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"Last semester, I was able to take a class on trans, queer, kin and family making. And then another one, this semester, I'm taking a Quechua language class. And so I guess some of the other classes too that haven't been the art ones. So I had to take a cultures class. I took Latin America and that in combination with stuff I see in some of my favorite art shows that I've seen here. Whether it's Whitney or Sculpture Center, or some gallery. I feel like that, the outside art, the school, and then my own personal kind of world building is online."
399,ParticipantM,Inspiration.arthistory,"Last semester, I was able to take a class on trans, queer, kin and family making. And then another one, this semester, I'm taking a Quechua language class. And so I guess some of the other classes too that haven't been the art ones. So I had to take a cultures class. I took Latin America and that in combination with stuff I see in some of my favorite art shows that I've seen here. Whether it's Whitney or Sculpture Center, or some gallery. I feel like that, the outside art, the school, and then my own personal kind of world building is online."
400,ParticipantM,Documentation.picture,"Usually I just take a photo. I'll take a photo of any kind of labels, timestamps, and then just go through my phone at some point, not the most organized. So sometimes I'll just be going through [and] I'm like, ""Oh my god, I forgot about that, but it's awesome!"""
400,ParticipantM,Organization.images,"Usually I just take a photo. I'll take a photo of any kind of labels, timestamps, and then just go through my phone at some point, not the most organized. So sometimes I'll just be going through [and] I'm like, ""Oh my god, I forgot about that, but it's awesome!"""
401,ParticipantM,Organization.none,"So then there's no sort of organizational system in the phone? Speaker 2  03:34 Yeah. So that's why things kind of pop up, go away, come back."
402,ParticipantM,Documentation.sketchbook,"Yeah. Do you use a sketchbook or a journal, or anything like that? Speaker 2  03:44 Yes, and no. I have a problem where I've got at least something like 10 different notebooks, and so they're all a mix of class notes, personal diary, and then, all the artwork I'm supposed to be doing. So there’s sketching in there. Organization is not my strong point, but it does make things interesting. I feel like things start connecting in a way."
402,ParticipantM,Documentation.journal,"Yeah. Do you use a sketchbook or a journal, or anything like that? Speaker 2  03:44 Yes, and no. I have a problem where I've got at least something like 10 different notebooks, and so they're all a mix of class notes, personal diary, and then, all the artwork I'm supposed to be doing. So there’s sketching in there. Organization is not my strong point, but it does make things interesting. I feel like things start connecting in a way."
402,ParticipantM,Organization.none,"Yeah. Do you use a sketchbook or a journal, or anything like that? Speaker 2  03:44 Yes, and no. I have a problem where I've got at least something like 10 different notebooks, and so they're all a mix of class notes, personal diary, and then, all the artwork I'm supposed to be doing. So there’s sketching in there. Organization is not my strong point, but it does make things interesting. I feel like things start connecting in a way."
403,ParticipantM,Library.checkingoutbooks,"One source I've been using recently are the comics at the Bobst library. Something I think about is what arts are very accessible to people. I remember as a kid, it's always the library that's where I could find, especially graphic novels and comic books, but also just everything. Everything educational, but especially the visual stuff and the visual art. So I went there and checked out a lot of books, a lot of comic books."
403,ParticipantM,Inspiration.books,"One source I've been using recently are the comics at the Bobst library. Something I think about is what arts are very accessible to people. I remember as a kid, it's always the library that's where I could find, especially graphic novels and comic books, but also just everything. Everything educational, but especially the visual stuff and the visual art. So I went there and checked out a lot of books, a lot of comic books."
404,ParticipantM,Library.criticism,"So how do you find those books at Bobst? Speaker 2  05:23 So I went to the library help, but they didn't know where they were. Giana Ricci  05:29 So the desk or online? Speaker 2  05:31 The desk. So then I started looking on Reddit, and I found it on Reddit. They were able to pinpoint where [they were]."
404,ParticipantM,Library.desk,"So how do you find those books at Bobst? Speaker 2  05:23 So I went to the library help, but they didn't know where they were. Giana Ricci  05:29 So the desk or online? Speaker 2  05:31 The desk. So then I started looking on Reddit, and I found it on Reddit. They were able to pinpoint where [they were]."
405,ParticipantM,Library.criticism,"Awesome. Did you start with a general search, or did you go directly to Reddit and search in Reddit? Speaker 2  05:57 I started with a general search like ""comic books in Bobst library."" And what I saw was mostly the Bobst or NYU subreddits coming up. And yeah, because the librarian there, she was using the catalog, but it was more like books about comics, so that was the problem. I did find them eventually."
405,ParticipantM,Research.online,"Awesome. Did you start with a general search, or did you go directly to Reddit and search in Reddit? Speaker 2  05:57 I started with a general search like ""comic books in Bobst library."" And what I saw was mostly the Bobst or NYU subreddits coming up. And yeah, because the librarian there, she was using the catalog, but it was more like books about comics, so that was the problem. I did find them eventually."
405,ParticipantM,Library.desk,"Awesome. Did you start with a general search, or did you go directly to Reddit and search in Reddit? Speaker 2  05:57 I started with a general search like ""comic books in Bobst library."" And what I saw was mostly the Bobst or NYU subreddits coming up. And yeah, because the librarian there, she was using the catalog, but it was more like books about comics, so that was the problem. I did find them eventually."
406,ParticipantM,Browsing.bookstores,"Sometimes I do. I like to go into bookstores and just browse the art books there, because they got those really big ones, especially if they're not wrapped up. I do like to buy them when I can, but I found that, definitely, the visual art books are more expensive."
406,ParticipantM,Books.expensive,"Sometimes I do. I like to go into bookstores and just browse the art books there, because they got those really big ones, especially if they're not wrapped up. I do like to buy them when I can, but I found that, definitely, the visual art books are more expensive."
406,ParticipantM,Books.bookstores,"Sometimes I do. I like to go into bookstores and just browse the art books there, because they got those really big ones, especially if they're not wrapped up. I do like to buy them when I can, but I found that, definitely, the visual art books are more expensive."
407,ParticipantM,Library.public,"I like listening to audiobooks a lot, but those are from the library, just in digital form. I'd say those are my main. Giana Ricci  07:25 Audio books from Bobst or from the public library? Speaker 2  07:28 Public library."
408,ParticipantM,Databases.forclass,"Do you ever use library databases? Speaker 2  07:51 I have for maybe not the art making necessarily, but some of the outside of art classes, so more the research heavy projects. I haven't really used it related to art making."
409,ParticipantM,Inspiration.recommendations,"Are there other websites that you like? Speaker 2  08:26 There are. Some have been found through teachers, especially the art focused publications."
409,ParticipantM,Inspiration.professors,"Are there other websites that you like? Speaker 2  08:26 There are. Some have been found through teachers, especially the art focused publications."
410,ParticipantM,Inspiration.recommendations,"Some of them I found through physical places. So zines and different books are like, ""Hey, we have this archive online."" And so I've gone there to see their other publications. One of them was like the Filipino anarchist library. Oh, Southeast Asian anarchist library. And I was like, ""Oh they have a bunch of stuff here."""
410,ParticipantM,Books.bookstores,"Some of them I found through physical places. So zines and different books are like, ""Hey, we have this archive online."" And so I've gone there to see their other publications. One of them was like the Filipino anarchist library. Oh, Southeast Asian anarchist library. And I was like, ""Oh they have a bunch of stuff here."""
411,ParticipantM,Medium.fiberarts,"It's a little similar to this guy in the sense that it's embroidery again. For this guy, only his face is embroidered. But this one is more going into a tapestry, and part of it is because I found a ton of bags of seed beads and random beads from a previous artist here who just left them, a previous student. And so now I've got a ton of these beads, and I want to use them. I don't want them to go to waste. I guess that's something I think about too. I don't want to waste my materials, which is maybe why I have a little bit of a lot of them."
412,ParticipantM,Timeconstraints,"I think it's trying to marry all the materials together. At least for this guy, it would start out with like, ""Oh, can I use wire and beads or jewelry or clay?"" Especially since here they have us taking all these different classes, learning all the mediums. I'm like, ""Well, I want to use as much as I can."" Then I start going through some of the things, like crochet, felt, like, ""What can I do to this?"" And usually I have to narrow it down pretty much, especially because of time too in school. So for him, it just ended up being no crochet, but I can make pom poms, and I can embroider at least just the face, and have time to make the accessories. So I guess it is consolidating."
413,ParticipantM,Research.online.artists,"I guess, maybe I'm not the most sure how to find similar stuff. Because sometimes I'm like ""craft artists, contemporary craft artists recent,"" and I don't really get very in-depth results for that. Giana Ricci  14:38 That's from Google? Speaker 2  14:39 On Google"
413,ParticipantM,Research.struggle,"I guess, maybe I'm not the most sure how to find similar stuff. Because sometimes I'm like ""craft artists, contemporary craft artists recent,"" and I don't really get very in-depth results for that. Giana Ricci  14:38 That's from Google? Speaker 2  14:39 On Google"
414,ParticipantM,Inspiration.museumsandgalleries,"But I have seen other craft artists in person who I've documented and been like, ""Okay, this is this person."" And so I'll look up works that I've already seen and look more into those specific artists. Some of them I have learned from class. So if it's not a personal database, then also from the class."
414,ParticipantM,Research.online.artists,"But I have seen other craft artists in person who I've documented and been like, ""Okay, this is this person."" And so I'll look up works that I've already seen and look more into those specific artists. Some of them I have learned from class. So if it's not a personal database, then also from the class."
415,ParticipantM,Research.online.artists,"Some of the more big figures I [have been] able to search them up in the Bobst database, found writings on them. Definitely able to follow links to different publications written about them. So some people are definitely much easier to find than others."
415,ParticipantM,Misnomer.librarycatalog,"Some of the more big figures I [have been] able to search them up in the Bobst database, found writings on them. Definitely able to follow links to different publications written about them. So some people are definitely much easier to find than others."
415,ParticipantM,Research.articles,"Some of the more big figures I [have been] able to search them up in the Bobst database, found writings on them. Definitely able to follow links to different publications written about them. So some people are definitely much easier to find than others."
415,ParticipantM,Research.books,"Some of the more big figures I [have been] able to search them up in the Bobst database, found writings on them. Definitely able to follow links to different publications written about them. So some people are definitely much easier to find than others."
416,ParticipantM,Images.online,"For me, I think my whole research thing is to hop on Google, find anything that has them in it, go to the images, see if I can find them anywhere."
417,ParticipantM,Feedback.friends,"Yes, I definitely ask my friends. Part of it is convenience, and also a lot of them are in here too. So I will have a very candid talk with them, and I also know they're really into art"
418,ParticipantM,Feedback.nonartists,"I also ask my partner and my roommate a lot, because I live with them both. I like talking to them, because they're not artists, although one of them is into graphic design, and stuff that he draws, so he's got a little bit [of] artsyness to him. But then my partner is creative, but not an artist in the same way."
419,ParticipantM,Timeconstraints,"I guess I'd say, I don't make revisions too often. Mostly just with the speed of school, I feel like I'm trying to get the projects out. But for the ones I have revised, sometimes it is full deconstruction, so they get separated into parts and then either built up new or combined with something else."
420,ParticipantM,Help.technical,"I do a lot of that. For technical stuff, I go on YouTube, that's how I first learned to craft and learn basically everything I've learned, like sewing, crochet, anything craft related."
420,ParticipantM,Research.online.youtube,"I do a lot of that. For technical stuff, I go on YouTube, that's how I first learned to craft and learn basically everything I've learned, like sewing, crochet, anything craft related."
421,ParticipantM,Help.friends,"But then to get through ideas, I'd say my partner and roommate again, my friends. I do really like talking with people who aren't artists. Yeah, and those are usually very long, hours long discussions. And yeah, we'll just be doing stuff but thinking really hard."
422,ParticipantM,Research.partofcreativeprocess,So do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  21:09 …Yes.
423,ParticipantM,Research.definition,"And then can you define research for your creative process specifically? Speaker 2  21:18 I guess one of them would be history, learning history"
424,ParticipantM,Inspiration.environment,"Specifically, I guess one of my big interests is patriotism [and] the US military. Both my parents were military, both their parents. I was interested in the Philippines/US Navy relations and that history, and so that's where I'd say some direct references are pulled from in my art. But also in my art, I do like thinking a lot about family and intimacy, and I'd say mundane life, but that research informs my perspectives on those relations."
424,ParticipantM,Inspiration.personallife,"Specifically, I guess one of my big interests is patriotism [and] the US military. Both my parents were military, both their parents. I was interested in the Philippines/US Navy relations and that history, and so that's where I'd say some direct references are pulled from in my art. But also in my art, I do like thinking a lot about family and intimacy, and I'd say mundane life, but that research informs my perspectives on those relations."
425,ParticipantM,Inspiration.conversations,"What would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  23:01 I think it's communication. I really love creating, and I can create a lot, and in a way, I can make it make sense to me, but I also would really like it to make sense to someone else, too. And that's why I spend a lot of time talking with other people and, yeah, just always thinking about how to better communicate."
425,ParticipantM,Difficult.executingideas,"What would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  23:01 I think it's communication. I really love creating, and I can create a lot, and in a way, I can make it make sense to me, but I also would really like it to make sense to someone else, too. And that's why I spend a lot of time talking with other people and, yeah, just always thinking about how to better communicate."
426,ParticipantM,Exciting.completing,"What would you say is the most exciting part of your creative process? Speaker 2  24:05 I think it's the making. Typically the ending part, where everything's coming together. I guess it doesn't seem exciting, but I feel like maybe craft people would get it, because it is just hours and hours of sitting there doing the same thing. But to me, I'm really happy I can do that. I really like that."
426,ParticipantM,Exciting.making,"What would you say is the most exciting part of your creative process? Speaker 2  24:05 I think it's the making. Typically the ending part, where everything's coming together. I guess it doesn't seem exciting, but I feel like maybe craft people would get it, because it is just hours and hours of sitting there doing the same thing. But to me, I'm really happy I can do that. I really like that."
427,ParticipantM,Support.professors,"I guess I'd probably go back to the communication again. I'm not entirely sure how to go about that, what support would look like in that way. Actually, I think it could mean more meetings with people. Leaning into that, talking with definitely my teachers, and I wonder who else, because I got friends. I've talked to my family before. That goes interesting. I like talking to non artist friends too, but I think I need to talk to some more people."
428,ParticipantN,Medium.sculpture,sculpture
429,ParticipantN,Medium.painting,drawing and painting
429,ParticipantN,Medium.drawing,drawing and painting
430,ParticipantN,Medium.mixedmedia,mixed media
431,ParticipantN,Inspiration.experimenting,"That depends. Sometimes it's because I'm stuck on a project that I just want to do something silly, and that ends up making things like this. So sometimes it's just I want to do something dumb and funny, and that's how it gets started."
432,ParticipantN,Inspiration.environment,"But I think a large portion of the time it's because I'm thinking about an issue that generally relates to the world, like the environment or discrimination, and that drives what the work is about. And then I think another part of it is also reflecting on my own experiences and trying to see what the commonalities of all of those experiences are and basically kind of distilling that into an idea."
432,ParticipantN,Inspiration.personallife,"But I think a large portion of the time it's because I'm thinking about an issue that generally relates to the world, like the environment or discrimination, and that drives what the work is about. And then I think another part of it is also reflecting on my own experiences and trying to see what the commonalities of all of those experiences are and basically kind of distilling that into an idea."
433,ParticipantN,Documentation.sketchbook,"A lot of writing in the WhatsApp chat I have with just myself. I also do a lot of writing in Google Docs, in notebooks, and if it's something visual in the real world or online, then I'll either screenshot it or take a photo. And if it's kind of more of an abstract idea, then I might try and do a quick sketch, just so I remember what I was thinking of at that time."
433,ParticipantN,Documentation.picture,"A lot of writing in the WhatsApp chat I have with just myself. I also do a lot of writing in Google Docs, in notebooks, and if it's something visual in the real world or online, then I'll either screenshot it or take a photo. And if it's kind of more of an abstract idea, then I might try and do a quick sketch, just so I remember what I was thinking of at that time."
433,ParticipantN,Documentation.journal,"A lot of writing in the WhatsApp chat I have with just myself. I also do a lot of writing in Google Docs, in notebooks, and if it's something visual in the real world or online, then I'll either screenshot it or take a photo. And if it's kind of more of an abstract idea, then I might try and do a quick sketch, just so I remember what I was thinking of at that time."
433,ParticipantN,Documentation.whatsapp,"A lot of writing in the WhatsApp chat I have with just myself. I also do a lot of writing in Google Docs, in notebooks, and if it's something visual in the real world or online, then I'll either screenshot it or take a photo. And if it's kind of more of an abstract idea, then I might try and do a quick sketch, just so I remember what I was thinking of at that time."
434,ParticipantN,Organization.none,"It would be great if I had an organizational system, but I think that sometimes having to think about the organization works against having the idea, because I usually just want to try and get it out as fast as possible, in as much detail before I forget or get distracted. And if I had to think about where I'd want to put that, I would definitely lose the idea, because I used to do that when I was doing more writing. And so I would try and do a lot of planning. And sometimes the idea falls across several categories, and there's no good way to organize it unless I repeat it three times. I think it's also just a lack of good organizational tools that work for the way that I generate and connect ideas."
435,ParticipantN,Inspiration.articles,Makes sense. Are there any other sources that you use for inspiration or for research? Speaker 2  05:40 Sometimes I am working off academic texts
435,ParticipantN,Inspiration.books,Makes sense. Are there any other sources that you use for inspiration or for research? Speaker 2  05:40 Sometimes I am working off academic texts
436,ParticipantN,Inspiration.movies,"And for my current project, I am trying to refer more to media, like games, movies, that kind of thing, to see what people have created so far, and then see how I want to differentiate myself from that."
437,ParticipantN,Timeconstraints,"I think it's also just because I don't know of books that go into my research or what I'm trying to do, and sometimes it's also just so vast, there are so many books that have been written on every subject that I wouldn't even know where to begin. Also, it's a little slow to be reading through a whole book in order to fully understand the concept and do it justice when you're working on a university or a college deadline system."
437,ParticipantN,Research.struggle,"I think it's also just because I don't know of books that go into my research or what I'm trying to do, and sometimes it's also just so vast, there are so many books that have been written on every subject that I wouldn't even know where to begin. Also, it's a little slow to be reading through a whole book in order to fully understand the concept and do it justice when you're working on a university or a college deadline system."
438,ParticipantN,Inspiration.recommendations,Definitely just by recommendations of friends and family. I think that's especially for games and movies. That's a lot easier.
439,ParticipantN,Inspiration.professors,Also by talking to professors and getting their opinions on the literature that already exists.
440,ParticipantN,Research.online,"Googling. That's a big one, but I feel like that's sometimes pretty frustrating, because it produces a certain kind of result that isn't necessarily geared towards doing research. Because I think the big thing that I've noticed is that when I'm trying to look into fine arts or conceptual art through Google images or Google search, a lot of the time if I put art at the back, it'll turn up stuff that is more..., and I don't mean this in any kind of derogatory way, but for Pinterest, or it's purely for the aesthetic and emotional response that it would immediately trigger, rather than something that you're meant to sit with a bit longer."
440,ParticipantN,Images.online,"Googling. That's a big one, but I feel like that's sometimes pretty frustrating, because it produces a certain kind of result that isn't necessarily geared towards doing research. Because I think the big thing that I've noticed is that when I'm trying to look into fine arts or conceptual art through Google images or Google search, a lot of the time if I put art at the back, it'll turn up stuff that is more..., and I don't mean this in any kind of derogatory way, but for Pinterest, or it's purely for the aesthetic and emotional response that it would immediately trigger, rather than something that you're meant to sit with a bit longer."
440,ParticipantN,Algorithms,"Googling. That's a big one, but I feel like that's sometimes pretty frustrating, because it produces a certain kind of result that isn't necessarily geared towards doing research. Because I think the big thing that I've noticed is that when I'm trying to look into fine arts or conceptual art through Google images or Google search, a lot of the time if I put art at the back, it'll turn up stuff that is more..., and I don't mean this in any kind of derogatory way, but for Pinterest, or it's purely for the aesthetic and emotional response that it would immediately trigger, rather than something that you're meant to sit with a bit longer."
440,ParticipantN,Research.struggle,"Googling. That's a big one, but I feel like that's sometimes pretty frustrating, because it produces a certain kind of result that isn't necessarily geared towards doing research. Because I think the big thing that I've noticed is that when I'm trying to look into fine arts or conceptual art through Google images or Google search, a lot of the time if I put art at the back, it'll turn up stuff that is more..., and I don't mean this in any kind of derogatory way, but for Pinterest, or it's purely for the aesthetic and emotional response that it would immediately trigger, rather than something that you're meant to sit with a bit longer."
441,ParticipantN,Timeconstraints,"So I just described the ideal scenario. Most of the time, the experiment is the piece. And it's kind of just whatever I have time to put down or make on that limited time basis, is going to be what happens. I have test tiles over here. So for pieces like this one which hasn't been glaze fired yet, and this one which I haven't even glazed yet, I mixed a couple of different glazes, and I was testing how they would react with each other on this clay body, instead of something like porcelain. This is kind of more ideally what I would like to be doing, but a lot of the time, it's kind of just like this one where I was just splattering things and hoping for the best."
442,ParticipantN,Inspiration.artists,"Do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2 15:27 Oh, so, no, I don't like doing that. Giana Ricci 15:30 Ok, can you talk about why? Speaker 2  15:31 I feel like it's really easy to look at something really great and then get demoralized because you're like, ""Oh well, they've already done it in the best possible way, and I don't need to do it anymore."" But on the flip side, I think it's also really easy to accidentally copy other people's work, and so this is kind of a good way for me to avoid doing that. So I think at the start, if you are just collecting a lot of different references and letting all of those sit for a while, then that might be helpful, but I think once you start doing it, that's maybe less helpful, just because it's really easy to get influenced."
442,ParticipantN,Research.struggle,"Do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2 15:27 Oh, so, no, I don't like doing that. Giana Ricci 15:30 Ok, can you talk about why? Speaker 2  15:31 I feel like it's really easy to look at something really great and then get demoralized because you're like, ""Oh well, they've already done it in the best possible way, and I don't need to do it anymore."" But on the flip side, I think it's also really easy to accidentally copy other people's work, and so this is kind of a good way for me to avoid doing that. So I think at the start, if you are just collecting a lot of different references and letting all of those sit for a while, then that might be helpful, but I think once you start doing it, that's maybe less helpful, just because it's really easy to get influenced."
443,ParticipantN,Inspiration.recommendations,"Pretty much purely on recommendation, because, like I said earlier, the internet has been horrible for trying to find interesting artists whose work relates to certain ideas. And then I think to some extent it's kind of just a numbers game, if you want to consistently visit different galleries and look at all the work that's there, because it's also very hit or miss. They might or might not have something that's relevant."
443,ParticipantN,Research.galleries,"Pretty much purely on recommendation, because, like I said earlier, the internet has been horrible for trying to find interesting artists whose work relates to certain ideas. And then I think to some extent it's kind of just a numbers game, if you want to consistently visit different galleries and look at all the work that's there, because it's also very hit or miss. They might or might not have something that's relevant."
444,ParticipantN,Research.online.artists,"So if you get a recommendation from someone for an artist, how would you find their work? Speaker 2  17:18 I think once you have a name, it's a lot easier, because they usually have a portfolio website. If they are having an exhibition, that's usually something that would be advertised. I think that would probably be the main way."
444,ParticipantN,Research.galleries,"So if you get a recommendation from someone for an artist, how would you find their work? Speaker 2  17:18 I think once you have a name, it's a lot easier, because they usually have a portfolio website. If they are having an exhibition, that's usually something that would be advertised. I think that would probably be the main way."
445,ParticipantN,Feedback.nonartists,"It depends on what type of work it is, because I think if it's something that's maybe a little bit closer to pop art, or if it's more writing based then my friends and family outside of studio art and that sphere would probably have more to say. Otherwise, I think there's a lot of intimidation when it comes to interacting with fine art, which I strongly disagree with, but I think it creates a barrier. Also, I think that some friends and family definitely see it as a funny kind of thing to be creating, especially if it's a more conceptual art piece. And they'll be like, ""Oh, says a lot about society."" That's, like, the only comment."
445,ParticipantN,Feedback.family,"It depends on what type of work it is, because I think if it's something that's maybe a little bit closer to pop art, or if it's more writing based then my friends and family outside of studio art and that sphere would probably have more to say. Otherwise, I think there's a lot of intimidation when it comes to interacting with fine art, which I strongly disagree with, but I think it creates a barrier. Also, I think that some friends and family definitely see it as a funny kind of thing to be creating, especially if it's a more conceptual art piece. And they'll be like, ""Oh, says a lot about society."" That's, like, the only comment."
446,ParticipantN,Feedback.professors,"Well, definitely professors, other students in the program, but I feel like unless I'm stuck and don't know where to go, or if I have already made the thing, sometimes it's not very helpful to have people's opinions, just because you've already done all of that planning. Unless it's a really exciting idea, I'm probably not going to change it."
446,ParticipantN,Feedback.friends,"Well, definitely professors, other students in the program, but I feel like unless I'm stuck and don't know where to go, or if I have already made the thing, sometimes it's not very helpful to have people's opinions, just because you've already done all of that planning. Unless it's a really exciting idea, I'm probably not going to change it."
446,ParticipantN,Feedback.none,"Well, definitely professors, other students in the program, but I feel like unless I'm stuck and don't know where to go, or if I have already made the thing, sometimes it's not very helpful to have people's opinions, just because you've already done all of that planning. Unless it's a really exciting idea, I'm probably not going to change it."
447,ParticipantN,Help.friends,"Definitely, very similar to the previous question, where I would definitely be asking if I am not sure if something's a good idea, if I don't really know how to start or if I think something needs improvements, but I'm not sure what. But sometimes I think that if I'm satisfied with how it's turned out, I also don't really care what people think and it's just, ""All right, I've made it, that's it."""
447,ParticipantN,Help.professors,"Definitely, very similar to the previous question, where I would definitely be asking if I am not sure if something's a good idea, if I don't really know how to start or if I think something needs improvements, but I'm not sure what. But sometimes I think that if I'm satisfied with how it's turned out, I also don't really care what people think and it's just, ""All right, I've made it, that's it."""
447,ParticipantN,Help.none,"Definitely, very similar to the previous question, where I would definitely be asking if I am not sure if something's a good idea, if I don't really know how to start or if I think something needs improvements, but I'm not sure what. But sometimes I think that if I'm satisfied with how it's turned out, I also don't really care what people think and it's just, ""All right, I've made it, that's it."""
448,ParticipantN,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"Okay, so then, do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  21:53 I think that is a recent change that I've started implementing. I think because I've reached a point where I've said everything that I necessarily want to say by only looking introspectively. And so I think at this point, it's starting to get a little self-referential, a little bit self-centered. And I really want to be able to expand that and also just learn more. So I think I'm definitely turning more to research, just because I don't really think that it's meaningful to create work that just repeats what has already been said. Even if it isn't successful in trying to do something new or something interesting, I think that there kind of needs to be that attempt."
449,ParticipantN,Inspiration.environment,"I would say it's a little broad. So talking to people about their experiences, well, it's not really that broad. That's actually quite traditional. Yeah, talking to people about their experiences, not necessarily in this kind of more formal context, but talking to friends, talking to family, talking to strangers. That's really fun. I love just going up to people and asking or meeting someone new and getting their opinions on those kinds of things. Definitely from academic papers. I love going on JSTOR and just searching for keywords, downloading any article that seems interesting, and then reading all of those. What else? Movies, books, games, things that engage with those themes. Both things that are popular, as well as stuff that is maybe a little bit more indie or less well known, because I think that sometimes those are the most interesting, because they have ideas that aren't constrained by making a product that needs to make money."
449,ParticipantN,Inspiration.conversations,"I would say it's a little broad. So talking to people about their experiences, well, it's not really that broad. That's actually quite traditional. Yeah, talking to people about their experiences, not necessarily in this kind of more formal context, but talking to friends, talking to family, talking to strangers. That's really fun. I love just going up to people and asking or meeting someone new and getting their opinions on those kinds of things. Definitely from academic papers. I love going on JSTOR and just searching for keywords, downloading any article that seems interesting, and then reading all of those. What else? Movies, books, games, things that engage with those themes. Both things that are popular, as well as stuff that is maybe a little bit more indie or less well known, because I think that sometimes those are the most interesting, because they have ideas that aren't constrained by making a product that needs to make money."
449,ParticipantN,Research.definition,"I would say it's a little broad. So talking to people about their experiences, well, it's not really that broad. That's actually quite traditional. Yeah, talking to people about their experiences, not necessarily in this kind of more formal context, but talking to friends, talking to family, talking to strangers. That's really fun. I love just going up to people and asking or meeting someone new and getting their opinions on those kinds of things. Definitely from academic papers. I love going on JSTOR and just searching for keywords, downloading any article that seems interesting, and then reading all of those. What else? Movies, books, games, things that engage with those themes. Both things that are popular, as well as stuff that is maybe a little bit more indie or less well known, because I think that sometimes those are the most interesting, because they have ideas that aren't constrained by making a product that needs to make money."
449,ParticipantN,Databases.jstor,"I would say it's a little broad. So talking to people about their experiences, well, it's not really that broad. That's actually quite traditional. Yeah, talking to people about their experiences, not necessarily in this kind of more formal context, but talking to friends, talking to family, talking to strangers. That's really fun. I love just going up to people and asking or meeting someone new and getting their opinions on those kinds of things. Definitely from academic papers. I love going on JSTOR and just searching for keywords, downloading any article that seems interesting, and then reading all of those. What else? Movies, books, games, things that engage with those themes. Both things that are popular, as well as stuff that is maybe a little bit more indie or less well known, because I think that sometimes those are the most interesting, because they have ideas that aren't constrained by making a product that needs to make money."
449,ParticipantN,Research.articles,"I would say it's a little broad. So talking to people about their experiences, well, it's not really that broad. That's actually quite traditional. Yeah, talking to people about their experiences, not necessarily in this kind of more formal context, but talking to friends, talking to family, talking to strangers. That's really fun. I love just going up to people and asking or meeting someone new and getting their opinions on those kinds of things. Definitely from academic papers. I love going on JSTOR and just searching for keywords, downloading any article that seems interesting, and then reading all of those. What else? Movies, books, games, things that engage with those themes. Both things that are popular, as well as stuff that is maybe a little bit more indie or less well known, because I think that sometimes those are the most interesting, because they have ideas that aren't constrained by making a product that needs to make money."
449,ParticipantN,Research.popculture,"I would say it's a little broad. So talking to people about their experiences, well, it's not really that broad. That's actually quite traditional. Yeah, talking to people about their experiences, not necessarily in this kind of more formal context, but talking to friends, talking to family, talking to strangers. That's really fun. I love just going up to people and asking or meeting someone new and getting their opinions on those kinds of things. Definitely from academic papers. I love going on JSTOR and just searching for keywords, downloading any article that seems interesting, and then reading all of those. What else? Movies, books, games, things that engage with those themes. Both things that are popular, as well as stuff that is maybe a little bit more indie or less well known, because I think that sometimes those are the most interesting, because they have ideas that aren't constrained by making a product that needs to make money."
450,ParticipantN,Books.onlinepurchases,"Yeah, films, games. I guess those self-published books that you can find on Amazon. I think that's a really interesting genre of media. I'd say those are the main ones that I can think of right now."
451,ParticipantN,Difficult.executingideas,"Definitely the figuring out what everything should look like. Because I think a lot of it is constrained by the materials, and those constraints work to kind of give you a path of what to do, so in terms of the making of it, the budgeting, the acquiring of those materials, and what you can do with them, all of that has set limits. And so that part is a lot easier. The idea part is also easy. Ideas are very cheap. [It is] easy to have ideas, but whether you put in the work to do them, I feel like that's one of the harder parts. Staying interested in the idea is also one of the harder parts. But for me, I think it's definitely visualizing what that piece will look like."
452,ParticipantN,Exciting.completing,"And what would you say is the most exciting part of your creative process? Speaker 2  26:18 Definitely, the ideas. That is the part where it's the most actively exciting, but it's really easy for it to be a really superficial kind of excitement, whereas when you're almost done, it's the excitement of not needing to work on it anymore, but you also get the fulfillment of having made something."
452,ParticipantN,Exciting.ideas,"And what would you say is the most exciting part of your creative process? Speaker 2  26:18 Definitely, the ideas. That is the part where it's the most actively exciting, but it's really easy for it to be a really superficial kind of excitement, whereas when you're almost done, it's the excitement of not needing to work on it anymore, but you also get the fulfillment of having made something."
453,ParticipantN,Support.materials,More access to resources is always nice in terms of funding or having access to materials
454,ParticipantN,Support.findingresources,"But I guess I've been thinking about it because you are working with the library and the research department of that library. It would be great to be able to talk to more people who would be able to give or suggest references or recommendations for books in the library. I guess not even just books, because there's also other resources in the library."
455,ParticipantN,Support.conversations,"Oh, and I guess another aspect of research that I wish that I had more access to would be research on the ground where you're meeting up with people who are interested in that topic and having discussions. Giana Ricci  29:34 So talking to people outside of your program, you mean? Speaker 2  29:38 Yeah, also just people who specialize in maybe the idea or who are currently thinking about that."
456,ParticipantO,Medium.sculpture,sculpture
457,ParticipantO,Medium.mixedmedia,"I feel like I will use a lot of different materials and make them into a sculpture-ish form. So basically, I work with all kinds of materials."
458,ParticipantO,Medium.drawing,drawings
459,ParticipantO,Inspiration.environment,"Well, I feel like most of the time it's based on my experience. Personal experiences while I was dealing with interpersonal stuff and then readings, and then conversations with friends and also the professors."
459,ParticipantO,Inspiration.articles,"Well, I feel like most of the time it's based on my experience. Personal experiences while I was dealing with interpersonal stuff and then readings, and then conversations with friends and also the professors."
459,ParticipantO,Inspiration.conversations,"Well, I feel like most of the time it's based on my experience. Personal experiences while I was dealing with interpersonal stuff and then readings, and then conversations with friends and also the professors."
459,ParticipantO,Inspiration.professors,"Well, I feel like most of the time it's based on my experience. Personal experiences while I was dealing with interpersonal stuff and then readings, and then conversations with friends and also the professors."
459,ParticipantO,Inspiration.books,"Well, I feel like most of the time it's based on my experience. Personal experiences while I was dealing with interpersonal stuff and then readings, and then conversations with friends and also the professors."
459,ParticipantO,Inspiration.personallife,"Well, I feel like most of the time it's based on my experience. Personal experiences while I was dealing with interpersonal stuff and then readings, and then conversations with friends and also the professors."
460,ParticipantO,Documentation.journal,"Yeah, there are several ways for me to document those things, but most of the time I would talk to my friends about all the ideas, and then I will see their reactions and their suggestions towards my idea. And also I will record or document them all in my notes on my phone. And also I have some notebooks to keep my ideas."
460,ParticipantO,Documentation.notesapp,"Yeah, there are several ways for me to document those things, but most of the time I would talk to my friends about all the ideas, and then I will see their reactions and their suggestions towards my idea. And also I will record or document them all in my notes on my phone. And also I have some notebooks to keep my ideas."
461,ParticipantO,Organization,"I guess. I always put every question when I read something into the notes. So that would kind of align with the ideas that I was thinking about for my next projects. So I feel they're all organized within a topic, and then I list all the questions within this topic."
462,ParticipantO,Inspiration.chatGPT,"Well, chat GPT. I do feel like it's very useful, because it will come up with a lot of things I don't know, and then I can just look up those resources that chat GPT just provided me. So I feel it's kind of a good tool to get inspirations and brainstorming."
463,ParticipantO,Misnomer.librarycatalog,"Well, most of the time I will use Wikipedia. And also I will try to find some resources from the library, like the NYU online library. I don't know the name for that, but basically I will use that."
463,ParticipantO,Research.online,"Well, most of the time I will use Wikipedia. And also I will try to find some resources from the library, like the NYU online library. I don't know the name for that, but basically I will use that."
464,ParticipantO,Books.preferenceforprint,"Yeah, definitely. I love reading books. I've always kept a lot of books in my room. And also, I actually feel a little bit uncomfortable with reading ebooks through my laptop. So I feel like it's more, I don't know the word like, relatable, to physical books. They're always kind of touchable and that feels more comfortable to me."
465,ParticipantO,Library.checkingoutbooks,"Sometimes I will buy through Amazon, sometimes second hand bookstores online. And also I would check whether they have a copy in libraries"
465,ParticipantO,Books.bookstores,"Sometimes I will buy through Amazon, sometimes second hand bookstores online. And also I would check whether they have a copy in libraries"
465,ParticipantO,Books.onlinepurchases,"Sometimes I will buy through Amazon, sometimes second hand bookstores online. And also I would check whether they have a copy in libraries"
466,ParticipantO,Databases.forclass,"Do you ever use library databases? Speaker 2  05:58 Yeah, I do. But for my other research that is not for the art projects. But I feel like sometimes when I was doing other research using those database stuff, I would still come back to doing arts"
467,ParticipantO,Misnomer.librarycatalog,"Is there any database specifically that you like? Speaker 2  06:24 I mean, the Oxford one. I also like the NYU one. Giana Ricci  06:32 The library catalog? Speaker 2  06:41 Yeah."
467,ParticipantO,Databases.oxford,"Is there any database specifically that you like? Speaker 2  06:24 I mean, the Oxford one. I also like the NYU one. Giana Ricci  06:32 The library catalog? Speaker 2  06:41 Yeah."
468,ParticipantO,Inspiration.personallife,"I feel like it's more about my experience, and also for that project we actually had a prompt. So the prompt was about doing a performance. But instead of doing a performance, I did a sculptural scroll of writing. I was more drawn to the idea of the definition of performance. So I was thinking about role playing. I feel like people in this world are doing role playing every day and every minute. So it was a great chance for me to try to reflect on the essence of this. So I was thinking about trying to reflect on my personal role playing experience, and I was inspired by that and was trying to write a prose about my experience."
469,ParticipantO,Research.online.artists,"Do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2  11:04 No. I hate it. I'm kind of the anti-person of that. I would be really anxious when I saw some works that are similar to my ideas. I feel I'm kind of replaceable. So I hate that kind of feeling. Sometimes my friends will tell me some similar works, but in the end, after doing research about them, I feel like my work is definitely different from theirs. Because I feel like I have my own personal approach to the thing I want to do. I will still have that anxiety, but I feel like I would not choose to actively look for similar works."
469,ParticipantO,Feedback.anxiety,"Do you like to look at examples of other artworks that have similar subjects to what you're working on? Speaker 2  11:04 No. I hate it. I'm kind of the anti-person of that. I would be really anxious when I saw some works that are similar to my ideas. I feel I'm kind of replaceable. So I hate that kind of feeling. Sometimes my friends will tell me some similar works, but in the end, after doing research about them, I feel like my work is definitely different from theirs. Because I feel like I have my own personal approach to the thing I want to do. I will still have that anxiety, but I feel like I would not choose to actively look for similar works."
471,ParticipantO,Research.online.artists,"So, say, a friend says you should look at this person's work or something like that, how do you go about finding that artist's work? Speaker 2  12:14 Well, maybe I'll just check online. Giana Ricci  12:16 Okay, like a Google search? Speaker 2  12:19 Yeah. And also maybe ask chat GPT. I'm a little bit reliant on it. Giana Ricci  12:35 And does chat GPT usually give you links to websites or images or what types of references? Speaker 2  12:43 It will provide you with some of his or her works, so you can check them out. And then, actually, I will do more research not using chat GPT when I'm searching for an artist. Basically, either from their website or just from some art website that is telling people about their works."
471,ParticipantO,Research.chatGPT,"So, say, a friend says you should look at this person's work or something like that, how do you go about finding that artist's work? Speaker 2  12:14 Well, maybe I'll just check online. Giana Ricci  12:16 Okay, like a Google search? Speaker 2  12:19 Yeah. And also maybe ask chat GPT. I'm a little bit reliant on it. Giana Ricci  12:35 And does chat GPT usually give you links to websites or images or what types of references? Speaker 2  12:43 It will provide you with some of his or her works, so you can check them out. And then, actually, I will do more research not using chat GPT when I'm searching for an artist. Basically, either from their website or just from some art website that is telling people about their works."
472,ParticipantO,Feedback.nonartists,"I definitely do. I feel I'm just really curious about their reactions to my works. It's very interesting to receive some comments that are not from the Art Department. Giana Ricci  13:51 So who are those types of people you would ask? Speaker 2  13:58 My friends, they're all graduated, or a friend who is studying math, and also I have a friend who's studying politics and economy, but they're still kind of knowing what's going on within art."
473,ParticipantO,Help.friends,"I feel like my version of asking for help is more when I am stuck during the process of brainstorming. So basically, I'll ask my peers from the program to help me to brainstorm about the idea again. So I would just talk to people and try to sort them out."
474,ParticipantO,Timeconstraints,"So if a question came up with materials, or does that come up for you or not really? Speaker 2  16:26 Sometimes it does, and it's really tricky. Because I feel I always put everything into the last minutes. So it's kind of bad when that situation comes up, and I didn't expect that. And it'll be really tricky."
474,ParticipantO,Help.technical,"So if a question came up with materials, or does that come up for you or not really? Speaker 2  16:26 Sometimes it does, and it's really tricky. Because I feel I always put everything into the last minutes. So it's kind of bad when that situation comes up, and I didn't expect that. And it'll be really tricky."
476,ParticipantO,Research.separate,"Okay, do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  16:56 I feel like it's a little bit difficult to answer this question, because there is a very fine line between thinking and your art. I feel like everything that I make is kind of a reiteration of my artwork through a more like visualized way. What was the question again? Giana Ricci  17:25 Do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  17:28 I would say the research is more about the reading. And the process of making art, like the brainstorming process is kind of like brainstorming and working with your ideas. I feel like it's kind of a pre-step of doing your art. It could be part of the creative process, I think. Giana Ricci  17:34 So there was a research reading phase, then a brainstorm phase, then executing? Speaker 2  18:01 Yeah."
476,ParticipantO,Research.partofcreativeprocess,"Okay, do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  16:56 I feel like it's a little bit difficult to answer this question, because there is a very fine line between thinking and your art. I feel like everything that I make is kind of a reiteration of my artwork through a more like visualized way. What was the question again? Giana Ricci  17:25 Do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  17:28 I would say the research is more about the reading. And the process of making art, like the brainstorming process is kind of like brainstorming and working with your ideas. I feel like it's kind of a pre-step of doing your art. It could be part of the creative process, I think. Giana Ricci  17:34 So there was a research reading phase, then a brainstorm phase, then executing? Speaker 2  18:01 Yeah."
476,ParticipantO,Research.definition,"Okay, do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  16:56 I feel like it's a little bit difficult to answer this question, because there is a very fine line between thinking and your art. I feel like everything that I make is kind of a reiteration of my artwork through a more like visualized way. What was the question again? Giana Ricci  17:25 Do you consider research to be a part of your creative process? Speaker 2  17:28 I would say the research is more about the reading. And the process of making art, like the brainstorming process is kind of like brainstorming and working with your ideas. I feel like it's kind of a pre-step of doing your art. It could be part of the creative process, I think. Giana Ricci  17:34 So there was a research reading phase, then a brainstorm phase, then executing? Speaker 2  18:01 Yeah."
477,ParticipantO,Difficult.executingideas,"Okay. So what would you say is the most difficult part of your creative process? Speaker 2  18:10 Well, when I try to actually make this work out of my head. Sometimes it could be really different from what you were imagining in your head. After you make it, sometimes it will become different. Giana Ricci  18:32 So translating it, kind of? Speaker 2  18:35 Yeah."
478,ParticipantO,Exciting.ideas,"Well, when I first come up with the idea. I feel like, every time when I make some work that I'm really fond of, they are ideas just coming from nowhere, and [they] come to me out of the blue, and it's just really interesting. I mean, that kind of moment, I feel like that's the most exciting thing. Because I feel like it's a result of your brain trying to sort out all the things that you have gained from the surroundings."
478,ParticipantO,Exciting.epiphany,"Well, when I first come up with the idea. I feel like, every time when I make some work that I'm really fond of, they are ideas just coming from nowhere, and [they] come to me out of the blue, and it's just really interesting. I mean, that kind of moment, I feel like that's the most exciting thing. Because I feel like it's a result of your brain trying to sort out all the things that you have gained from the surroundings."
479,ParticipantO,Support.professors,"More support? I don't know, maybe about materials, because I seldom talk to my professors about materials I use. And I don't always use those normal materials that other people use. So sometimes they're doing something [for which they can] buy some other random materials. So I feel I need to strengthen my part in thinking about what kind of materials, because I feel like my work is always containing the discussion of fragility. So I feel like, if I talk to any professors about this, they would definitely tend to tell you you need to use firmer materials. I don't know, but I haven't talked to anyone about this yet."
479,ParticipantO,Support.materials,"More support? I don't know, maybe about materials, because I seldom talk to my professors about materials I use. And I don't always use those normal materials that other people use. So sometimes they're doing something [for which they can] buy some other random materials. So I feel I need to strengthen my part in thinking about what kind of materials, because I feel like my work is always containing the discussion of fragility. So I feel like, if I talk to any professors about this, they would definitely tend to tell you you need to use firmer materials. I don't know, but I haven't talked to anyone about this yet."
480,ParticipantO,Help.technical,"So do you feel like you don't ask them about it, because you don't want them to say that you should use something different? Speaker 2 22:06 No, well, I did actually talk to some professors about this question. But I don't know. I'm just still questioning, because I feel like, if I asked them what kind of firmer material I should use, it's kind of like me telling myself I need to give up, so I feel I don't want to do that."
480,ParticipantO,Feedback.anxiety,"So do you feel like you don't ask them about it, because you don't want them to say that you should use something different? Speaker 2 22:06 No, well, I did actually talk to some professors about this question. But I don't know. I'm just still questioning, because I feel like, if I asked them what kind of firmer material I should use, it's kind of like me telling myself I need to give up, so I feel I don't want to do that."