My journal by Mayure_Murugananthan

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-04-30 11:33:09 UTC

In order to investigate the materials , I chose Paint. These were the things I used for the process. Experimenting the encounters make us think differently.Paint is related to assemblages. I wanted to explore the paint through blending, dapping , patting ,mixing and spilling (Pacini-Ketchabaw et al., 2016).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 07:34:35 UTC

I started to explore the paint. The smell of the paint invited me to play as it had a good smell. I wanted to touch the paint and collaborate, Touching is a sensory input. In my activity the paint is considered to be the bone(Carter & Curtis, 2007,as cited in Pacini-Ketchabaw et al.).The viscosity of the paint made me more engaged with the paint. The paint was thick and smooth to be felt on the hands) Pacini-Ketchabaw et al.,2016).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 07:53:43 UTC

Unless we have used something everything is new to us.I usually use the brush to paint , but this time I used a twig to paint it.At first, as I was new using this I could not draw it properly ,Ion the second attempt I drew a spotted line and on the third time the painting was more beautiful Though it was not perfect as we get it in a brush it was beautiful to see,I was curious to witness the on spot happenings which is usually barely noticed (peters,2009 ,as cited in Pacini-Ketchabaw et al.).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 08:08:02 UTC

I also experimented painting through other objects , I painted using a gumnut.As the front part of the gumnut was in a round shape my painting was in round shape and it was a full circle as the surface was even. I used a stone and dipped it with paint,the exact shape of the stone was visible on the paper. This was not like the twig as it could not absorb the whole paint due to its shape.All of these gave me unexpected outcomes .It was also imperceptible (Deleuze and Guattari,1987 as cited by Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica, et al.).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 08:31:21 UTC

I used the paint to brush the whole page but I blended many colours together that resulted in different colours. I just did not want to colour with the same four colours so I blended them unevenly. The experience with the paint influenced me in exploring more with paint (Deleuze, O’Sullivan,2006 , as cited in Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica, et al.)I felt the repetition of painting in the same way and I also felt the rhythm while painting the whole paper. All the stripes I made were same and the time my brush went up and down was also similar on each time (Pacini-Ketchabaw et al., 2016).Painting with the brush contributed to my social and creative development (Golomb et al., 1992 as cited in
Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica, et al.).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 08:40:36 UTC

After painting the paper, I wanted to experiment on blending the colours.I know that when we blend red and yellow we get orange,but this time I experimented blending them in different ratios.In this video I am blending green and red,the more I add colours it is becoming even darker.Paint penetrates more deeper when it is blended.Assemblage of paint involves more into play (Pacini-Ketchabaw et al., 2016).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 09:10:15 UTC

I used my finger tips to paint the paper.I could feel the coolness of the paint. It was fun playing with the paint without any goal(Anderson et al.2012,as cited in Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica, et al.).Here too I blended the colours and at the beginning I was doing in a circular motion and later I started painting in different patterns.This was human, nonhuman working space as I was interacting with the paint (Deleuze and Guattari,1987,as cited in Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica, et al.).Finger Painting invited me the attention of colour,the texture and the movement( Pelo ,2016).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 09:19:13 UTC

I painted the leaf with several colours and made a print of them.The print of the leaf made the veins of them look clearly on the paper.Each print differs due to the force I gave when I pressed them to take the print. When I pressed them fully with a great force I have got a clear painting with the veins.Covering the leaf with is not just a act it is an act of worlding.It was the sense to feel the paint(Manning,2009 as cited in Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica, et al.).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 09:29:42 UTC

I started off painting my thumbs and I fully painted my palm and created a palm painting.I compared my palm painting with my leaf painting.There were many differences between the veins and my fingerprints. My fingerprint was broad and it implied all the small nuances of my palm where as the leaf print showed the viens.There are many differences between human and the nature.Here too the middle part of my palm was missing because of the way I printed my palm.I could feel the shapeshift of spacetime.Each touch was a sensory input(Pacini-Ketchabaw et al., 2016).New events are created in the recombination of senses, worlds and bodies (Manning,2009 as cited in Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica, et al.).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 09:42:05 UTC

Being curious I painted on a bottle. The paint sticked on the bottle.When I coated one strip it was light and I could things in the background through the paint.When I painted two coating,the paint became thick and I could not see what was behind the bottle.This assemblage was regarding worlding (Pacini-Ketchabaw et al., 2016).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 09:49:10 UTC

I got a piece of thread ,I painted the thread and thought of creating a unique design on the paper as I had an idea on how it works,but for my surprise it did not come as I thought.I got one strip in a perfect way but I could not make other properly in the way I thought.Art is a part of failures and disjunctures(kind,2007 as cited in Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica, et al. )Also we cannot predict anything in the process of experimenting everything is a surprise until we receive the final output (Pacini-Ketchabaw et al., 2016).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 09:54:02 UTC

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Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 09:57:14 UTC

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 10:00:27 UTC

Me and some of my play outputs

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 10:02:13 UTC

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 10:05:37 UTC

I tore some pieces of newspapers,and used them in creating some designs on the paper.New experiments lead to new creations.Being creative (Pacini-Ketchabaw et al., 2016).

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 10:09:02 UTC

This was the favourite piece of art I created today using my fingers.

Mayure_Murugananthan — 2025-05-01 10:10:32 UTC

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