"The lover can see, and the knowledgeable."
—Annie Dillard, "Seeing," Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

30 September 2008

assignment for tuesday, october 7

1. post to your blog images of the following points of view of your maniken. do this after you have finished building the spinal erectors, quadratus lumborum, external obliques, and rectus abs.
  • straight on front
  • straight on back
  • 3/4 front
  • 3/4 back
2. describe your process of building the muscles, which muscle are in which photo--use their anatomical names. describe the attachments and actions of each muscle.

3. write about what you learned while building the muscles in clay.

4. how did you use your frustration with a new process to learn something?

5. what was frustrating and how did you move beyond that frustration?

6. what problems did you solve?

7. what will you do different next clay assignment?

8. what tips can you share with your blog group members to help them with their clay building?

9. how will you use your new understanding when you draw the figure again?

10. what anatomical resource[s], besides the atlases, did you find helpful?


remember when writing about frustrations or problems to frame them in a professional format. no one (your future boss included) wants to hear whining. we want to know how you worked through the problem.

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