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I have not spent a lot of time in the art gallery. Art galleries were just never my thing. I never understood people standing around, staring at a canvas on the wall with random lines and colors painted on. It never made sense to me. The current exhibit however, is completely fascinating and has caught my attention completely.

I think growing up and living in the digital age has a lot to do with my stronger interest in this exhibit than others. My life revolves around the computer and the internet so anything digital is going to catch my eye over something static.

The first piece that really caught my eye was the fluids piece. I've always loved the way fluids looked moving through each other, much like a lava lamp. I used to sit at home watching my lava lamp for periods of time, just seeing the thicker liquid move through the thinner one. It's always been mesmerizing to me so being able to see that on a digital screen on a constant loop is something that could hold my attention for hours.

Another piece that really intrigued me was the iron kinetic sculpture. In my previous science classes, we had played with magnets and magnetic powders and fluids but I'd never seen them through a magnifying glass and in motion without my hand moving the magnet. The coolest part about this one was that, when looking through the magnifying glass, the iron looked like the surface of the moon. What was freaky about that was that it looked like there were moon rocks moving on their own.

Lastly, I have always loved animation over live-action in films. I absolutely loved seeing the animations that we displayed, mainly Elephant Dreams. It had a very Tim Burton-esque feel to it which definitely drew me in because of my love for Tim Burton films. That being said, I also loved Ray and Clovis because it seemed like a very fun and cute cartoon for a kid to watch on a Saturday morning. Animation always fascinated me simply because of the things that you could accomplish in it that you could not with real people.
That thought brings me to a part of my journal that has nothing to do with class, but is relevant to my life right now and if you don't wish to read about it, stop here.

Early in my senior year of high school, my friend told me about a company called Roosterteeth. With a name like that, I didn't have high hopes for what their content would be, but they put out videos on YouTube that somehow related to video games and my friend was pretty crazy about them so I gave them a watch, specifically the Achievement Hunters. Three years later and I watch more of their videos than any other creator I am subscribed to and my biggest dream for my life is to get to work with them. Their most famous creation, Red vs. Blue, is all Halo based animation and recently, they started a project called RWBY that was more like an anime. The leading force behind RWBY was a man named Monty who, sadly, passed away yesterday at the age of 33. Before RWBY, I'd never given anything even remotely close to anime a second look and I'd never had the appreciation for animation as I have now, but Monty was just that cool. It just didn't feel right to talk about digital art and animation without mentioning what an impact he'd made on my and other RT Community members' lives.