Post 4 Stephanie Rodas

 Choose 2 quotes from the interview and write a short response for each quote. Then answer the two questions below.

 "I like to consider language as something we ingest and regurgitate as we become. How we listen and how we speak is how we navigate life and how we understand our body in process. My body has become this recorder of sorts, and language has become a space for me to reveal the things that I’ve absorbed with my body"

This quote really stood out to me because it made me think deeply about something that I look over every day, language. Being a person who speaks two languages, I related to the quote especially where LeSaur calls the body a recorder and language is something we ingest. Growing up, Spanish was my first language, and the way I learned Spanish and gained an accent was through my mind/body acting like a recorder, where I would regurgitate what I grasped. I had to absorb my second language english and growing up til now, it does help me see how the two languages help me navigate through life and the advantages and disadvantages that come with it. 

"If I’m going to be looked at and perceived by someone else, the silhouette feels like a space where I can control what is being taken in and also push someone to question how they are looking."

The way LeSeur uses the silhouette, I was drawn into it because when I think of a silhouette, I think of it being used to hide someone's identity or keep it mysterious. But I loved how LeSeur instead used it to take control of how much she wants the audience to see or take in. Aswell as to make the audience think within themselves how theyre perciving the silhouette instead of just accepting that the silhouette could be a mystery person or the artist. 

• What inspired LeSeur? Compare what motivates you to create meaning in your work. 

There are a few things that inspired LeSeur; the first inspiration I would say is her body. Le Seur states that her work moves through her body, as well as through language. Le Seur explains that her body records and regurgitates language and also allows her to explore other mediums of artwork. LeSeur states that as long as the body is the source, the way she can create feels limitless. I would say another Source of Inspiration is the idea of perception, the body, and the understanding of self. LeSeur uses silhouettes to embody spirit and movement, also uses silhouettes to control what is being looked at and perceived, and can also control what is being taken in. The silhouette inspires Lesaur to create art discussing these ideas. The last thing I believe inspires LeSeur is the grief and anger of the unjust murders of black people in America; this topic made LeSeur ask why and inspired her to share the trauma with the audience.

• How does your choice of material, process, aesthetic, content, etc. reinforce your message?

The choice of material for my artwork is computer and painting. I chose these materials because it is something that I will be confident in using, I can focus on the message of my artwork and how I want to display it, because I am most confident in that area. My choice of content and aesthetic depends on the work I am doing, my end goal, and the type of design I have to do. Usually, I see myself trying to make my designs and artworks busy and complicated because I try to put too much into them. Therefore, leaving me to take a step back to correctly reinforce my message.