Carry It Forward: Maya Lin Documentary

In class last week we watched the documentary of Maya Lin and her design of the Vietnam Memorial. She designed it as just a long black wall with all the names just listed in chronological order. This was very simple, but yet very complex. You just get the memory and the intensity of that moment just by standing by and staring at tall of the names in awe of how heroic they were and how MANY names there are.But that was surely her intention. So she liked to use the idea of simplicity but also how simple can be complex, and that gives great meaning to a work of art. There was nothing crazy about the memorial, just plain black background, names written in white normal font. But it still gave off the same feelings and intensity that it needed to. Just that simple design made a huge impact. Thats the idea I plan to use for our 21st century human project. We focus on the idea, and the message were trying to send. Not the display and the colors and how "pretty" it has to look. So make the art as simple as it can be, but with a deeper more intense meaning. Less is more, and simple is complex. That is a very easy idea to follow in this project and I see myself using it.