Kristen Tollefson

I really enjoyed Kristen talk about how she went about doing art and still raised a family while doing so, because to me family is the most important thing in this world that we have and assuring to hear that she was able to have her family and continue doing what she loved because I would like to one day do the same. In the beginning of her speech she mentioned having very strong experiences in her life from 5- 12 years of age that influenced her later on in life and I found that interesting because I personally started drawing when I was 5 years of age so I had a strong connection with that. Hearing about being aware of the world around us and our "developmental stages" of our lives and how she incorporated that in her pieces was awesome because I have also played with those concepts in my pieces, it's always good to see how other people use an idea in different way so you can broaden your horizon as to the possibilities of where you can go with that concept. It was very evident, even before she mentioned it, that her pieces had a strong connection to human made structures and natural structures, the strong contrast between the two is what really brought me into each piece. It was also very helpful knowing how she goes about going into her own persona when doing certain projects such as the one where she made her own outfit and contributed to a community project, it prepared my brainstorming for our prosthesis project.