Blog Post #4: Reflecting- Class with Todd Mrozinski

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make Todd’s talk on Monday. However, I did some research on Todd and read some of my peers’ blogs. From what I read, I understood that Todd’s message entailed writing about art, creating art, and inspiration. He also talked about listening to yourself and how inspiration can influence your next art piece. In thinking about his work and the article I want to write about, I feel it ties in perfectly. Not only does this inspire me, it is related to a passion of mine and my desire to want to put art into context. I’ve constantly been inspired by many different artists. I definitely see similarities between Todd and artists I’ve been motivated by. Like these artists, Todd looks like he’s been a significant artistic player in the community. I have my own aspirations after graduating, but I would also like to someday become a part of the artistic community in the Milwaukee area. For the past six years, I’ve been very curious to know who graduated with similar intentions to myself, of becoming a tattoo artist and becoming successful at it. Now I have the opportunity to potentially interview an artist I’ve been inspired by.

If I were to meet any one artist, it would be Salvador Dali; simply because of how unique his persona is, but also his art- it was so incredibly different. I would want to meet him to see how he talks about art, and to ask him how he goes through his artistic process. I just want to know more about him- why did he choose surrealism? He seemed ahead of his time, with his use of perspective, place, subject, dimension, and the way he distorted reality - how did he see reality?