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  https://www.instagram.com/p/CGJbs0LnhkX/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet  This week I explored the effect of color has on an image.I typically am not one for color so it was a big change for me. My favorite part about this exploration of color was the concept of complementary colors. I think its amazing that colors that are opposites on the color wheel compliment one another so well and I wanted to play around with this so I tried to use complimentary colors according to Procreates color wheel. The quote Marc Chagall at the beginning of this weeks reading, and the fact that I was gonna have to switch from my typical dark pallets to colorful ones got me thinking of the music video for My Favorite Part by Mac Miller and Ariana Grande. The video starts off silent and in black and white, then suddenly shifts to color and sound; and in the video Mac and Ariana are neighbors and become lovers as the video goes on so the opening quote seemed fitting. 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CF3W5TDp4fL/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet “When the people shall have nothing more to  eat , they'll  eat the rich ”                                      Jean-Jacques  Rousseau Although this week's readings were referring to balance and symmetry in an artistic way the line  "a symmetrical design, which has the same elements on at least two sides along a common axis, is inherently stable" (29) got me thinking about the divide between the  rich and the poor. Thinking of the two classes as the different elements and society as our common axis, it becomes clear that society is inherently unstable. I wanted to make a statement against the 1% of the population that rules over the remaining 99% with an iron fist. And while I could have made a balanced and symmetrical piece, I thought the best way to convey the unbalanced nature of this relationship was to have an unbalanced and asymmetrical piece to make the viewer get a feeling for the di