Final Entry

I have decided to post my final journal entry on the day that our assessment task is due. I wanted to do this to signify that it really is the final entry that I can do for this class. It makes me quite sad it a way, but I feel like I have really taken a lot away from this class over the semester. A lot of my previous conventions have been challenged in this class and I feel like I can walk away saying that I learnt a lot.

I still find the topic of “What is a Book” and “What is art” quite confusing because of how broad the definition is but I feel like I can adequately answer these two questions now and debate them thoroughly should the question arise in a conversation. A book can be a book, if it has the form and/or function of a book. Art can be defined by the qualities of what art actually is. Does it also have the form and function of Art? Does it inspire, inform, evoke emotion? Is there a story behind it??

I feel like I want to learn more about what a book is and what art is as well. I think these two aspects in particular at the two that I want to address most outside of this class. Also I want to look more into the debate on whether or not the Comic can be considered as art or is it just the horribly good hybrid of the book and sequential art??

I think the thing that I am going to miss the most in the class is the bookmaking interludes. I felt like these help me learn quite a bit about the processes that were undertaken in order to produce each book type. It has made me want to explore the ideas of bookmaking in even more depth and I found that bookmaking actually had an impact on one of my Graphic Design assessments. I actually made a book/catalogue and used my own self made type of binding to put it all together. But I feel like the bookmaking interludes gave me a far greater grasp on the practical side of the book.

So, this is the end. All the best!

Ciao.