Week 1 Art Experiment: Experiencing Space

As I lay on my tile floor in the dining room, looking into the living room, I realized how the ends
or bottoms of things still have detail. The baseboards, trim, and legs/feet of furniture still have
craftsmanship finishings. I find this amusing as I am currently updating my home, so some of
the kitchen cabinets are in the dining and living room. The new trim will be installed throughout
these rooms, and white wall panels a quarter of the way up the wall. In our normal right-side-
up perspective, we don’t look at these things much. With this new perspective, everything
changed with how I would navigate throughout this specific space. What was once a white tile
floor is replaced with a textured “popcorn” ceiling. There are no more obstacles in my way to
walk around, like the tables and other furniture. The only objects I would not have to worry
about are the ceiling fan and fire sprinklers. The only concern I have is where I would sleep. The
ceilings are too rough to sleep comfortably.

I took a photo to compare it to my drawing. The two perspectives allow me to see certain
things in one and not in the other. Some objects were blocking one another. For example, the
coffee table was blocking the chest by the window; the chest on the left blocked the view of the
cabinet by the screen door; the wall on the left blocked my view of my sliding glass door. I also
noticed how the lines/angles of the walls are off or at such a strange angle I don’t see it while
standing upright. This perspective made my eyes not seem to relate the layout to my brain, like
a disturbance in my eyesight or mental function, so to speak. This exercise was definitely an
eye-opener about perspective.