Sensation & Perception 3.5 Arts Integration PDF

Sensation & Perception Intro 3.5 Arts Integration  5 Mins Agenda Warm Up - 5 Mins Sensing the Song WS - 10 Mins Art Standard Notes - 15 Mins Auric Art Inspo + questions - 10 M...

Sensation & Perception Intro 3.5 Arts Integration  5 Mins Agenda Warm Up - 5 Mins Sensing the Song WS - 10 Mins Art Standard Notes - 15 Mins Auric Art Inspo + questions - 10 Mins Song Sensing Q’s + Draft - 15 Mins (pick a song/define the colors/swatch the songs it reminds you of/draft design) Reflection - 5 Mins  5 Mins Warm Up: When tasked with visualizing your songs what was the most challenging aspect of it? Was it easier to visualize or taste, or feel the song? Explain. Respond in 3-4 sentences.  Sensing the Song WS 10 Mins Directions: Pick a song that you know well and love listening to. It could be any genre, as long as it holds personal meaning to you. Listen Actively: Listen to the song without distractions. Use headphones or speakers, and try to focus on the details of the music (the instruments, rhythms, lyrics, and melodies). While listening, note any thoughts, feelings, or images that come to mind. These will be important for later stages of the assignment. As you listen to the song, pay attention to how the music engages all of your senses. Think about how it might influence your visual perception, tactile sensations, taste, or even smell. Below are some prompts for each sense to guide your exploration. SENSATION & PERCEPTION PRINCIPLES Synesthesia: To “perceive together", is a condition in which two senses are sensed at the same time, where one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another Synesthesia  Art as an Expression of Experiences Colors: Language of Emotion Form: Visualizing Emotional and Psychological States Composition: Arrangement of Experience  Art as an Expression Colors are often associated with emotions and psychological states. For instance: warm colors like red and orange might evoke feelings of energy or warmth, while cool colors like blue and green might bring about calm or sadness. These color choices aren’t just arbitrary—they reflect how an individual perceives and processes their world. The use of color in art can be a direct reflection of the artist’s internal experience, influenced by both personal memories and mental states.  Art as an Expression 5 Mins On the worksheet I provided to you I want you to reflect on the song you chose. What emotions did it provoke, what color do you think those emotions look like? Fill out the first section and swatch three different colors you think were brought out during that process. After that underneath identify that color with the emotion.  Art as an Expression Form (the shapes, lines, and structure within a composition) can also be used to express internal experiences and emotions. A jagged, fragmented form might reflect feelings of anxiety or chaos, while smooth, rounded shapes might evoke peace or serenity. The way shapes interact within a space—whether they are tightly packed together or spread out—can also communicate the artist's sense of comfort, tension, or isolation.  5 Mins Art as an Expression With those same colors draw different types of lines in the boxes you feel are most representative of the feelings associated with the songs you listened to.  Art as an Expression Composition is how the elements of art (like color, form, line, and texture) are arranged within the artwork. This arrangement can help convey the emotional tone or psychological state behind the piece. A balanced, harmonious composition might reflect feelings of stability and calm, while a chaotic, disordered arrangement could convey turmoil or confusion. An artist might use composition to depict the flow of emotions, such as the contrast between light and dark areas to suggest inner conflict or peace.  Art as an Expression The abstract art of artists like Wassily Kandinsky, who believed in the deep connection between sound and color, shows how form and color can be used to express more than just visual beauty. Kandinsky, who was influenced by his own experience with synesthesia, would paint his emotional responses to music, using the forms and colors that seemed to align with the feelings he got from certain sounds.  Art as an Expression Pharrell Williams is another famous creative who sees the colourful side of music. One obvious clue of his experience with the phenomenon came when NERD named their 2008 album Seeing Sounds. Williams is incredibly open about his process, philosophies and his dealings with chromesthesia. He learned from a young age to embrace and utilise how his brain works and how it processes everything around him. “It's the only way that I can identify what something sounds like. I know when something is in key because it either matches the same colour or it doesn't. Or it feels different, and it doesn't feel right,” he told NPR. Now in his 50s, Williams has a creative body of work reaching back to 1990 when he first started recording the results of his overactive senses and imagination. Art as an Expression Art as an Expression On the back of your paper I want you to use the space to incorporate the different elements of your Expression of the Song, the lines/shape, the color of the emotion, and begin to create your expression. Avoid using literal figures, and just use movements of color, shape, and form.