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The University Daily KANSAN
March 6, 1984 Page 6
Artist's dreams are the stuff works are made on
Larry Funk/KANSAN
By KEVIN LOLLAR Staff Reporter
Maria Delgado, Caracas, Venezuela, senior, says that she dreams creative outlet to express herself while she finishes her fine arts 40 percent of what she draws. This dream-inspired art gives her a and architecture degrees.
The drawing is of a human face, not a whole face, half a face.
It's in bound and in cut through by a series of geometric patterns. It's shocking in a way, not quite what is expected. It also oddly fascinate collections of strange dreams are fascinating.
"ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF WHAT I draw. I dream the day before," she says. "Then I get up and go to the library."
In fact, the ink and water color drawing is the recollection of a dream, one of many such works by fine arts major Maria Delgado, Caracas, Venezuela, senior.
"I'm a daydreamer, too. I sometimes get distracted and have to say, 'Hey! go back to reality.' You create a world of fantasy. When we are children we play with our fantasies, we make our own world. I guess I'm a Peter Pan type. When you grow up, things begin to hurt."
But Delgado should be considered neither an escapist, refusing to face reality, nor a wild-eyed artist whose art comes only in desultory. dream-inspired bursts.
As a second-year architecture student, she must face the grind of working on both her fine arts and architecture projects. And because she works in both fields, she has begun to integrate the theories.
"WORKING ON BOTH DEGREES makes me more creative," she says. "When I'm designing something for architecture, I mix in the concepts learned in design. Something that I usually see in architecture is how architecture works." That's what the old masters used to do, because they were architects, designers and artists."
Delgado hasn't been so certain about her artistic theories. She comes from a family of artists, and says she often felt frustrated because she had no real creative outlet.
"My father is a poet, my older brother is a sculptor, painter and poet, my sister is a poet,
"I can't learn what I feel. The only way to express myself was through music. I had all the art inside me, but I was too shy to use it. When I met a singer, then giving breath to all the creativity inside me."
felt I was the only one who didn't know anything about drawing. Then I started getting compliments from the instructor. I'd go to sleep and feel I didn't know anything, but I began to learn
BEFORE ENTERING THE University of Kansas, she began to study architecture in Cuba, and continued to be plagued by self-doubts. But, she began to gain confidence at the same time.
the begin of gain confidence in the same
"When I first entered architecture in Cuba,
Delgado had originally intended to go to
college in Colombia, but her father, a Venezuelan ambassador, was invited to KU for a series of lectures in Latin American studies, so she applied and was accepted here.
impressionist, abstract and surrealist movements, seldom reflects the traditional exact reproductions of nature.
At KU her artistic theories began to flourish. Her art, which reflects elements of the
"I WORK WITH NATURE, but it's the way I interpret it," she says. "I did a mute one, and
the thing that keep my attention was the hair
the arms and on the legs. And what's that
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"They said, 'No, no, that's not the way to do it.' Their criticism was that I was drawing an ugly woman. I said that it's not ugly; it's the way I see it."
She likens her creative process to seeing a bright flash of light, and then drawing the light.
THE BASIS FOR THIS proclivity comes from a long enriched desire for artistic freedom.
"I just draw the things that bother my eyes. I'm concentrating on the spaces between the lights in the room."
"There are two Spanish words: liberal, freedom with control, and liberate; freedom without control. The thing you are doing is free, because you have a right to do what a revolution, you have to have a cause."
"I don't like to copy things the way they are. I can take a picture with a camera and hang it on the wall for that. Even when I copy things, I use different colors."
Delgado looks to the history of art to illustrate her point.
"The impressionists were beyond their time.
They were revolutionists. Picasso was beyond his time. The great masters were all beyond their time, they weren't doing what their time was doing. They were running fast, leaving the old generation behind.
She distinguishes, however, between artistic freedom and artistic anarchy
"I hated studying art in high school, because we just copied the subject," she says. "We would draw a real apple, a real flower, a real person. It was easy to make an apple out of an P." They said I never made it as an artist.
Last spring, Delgado organized a pre-thesis project with children that put her theories in prespective.
THE POINT OF DELGADO'S project was to teach children to preceive simple objects in a complex and unbounded way, to allow their imaginations free rein.
"You teach them to use the concepts of art, she says. "But at the same time you teach them to be free. Art is like a game. It's free, but you've got to follow the rules."
ON CAMPUS
TODAY
SING WITH KU Collegium Musicum at 4:30 p.m. in 328 Murphy Hall.
TAU SIGA Student Dance Club will meet at 7 p.m. in 242 Robinson Center.
MASTER'S RECITAL by Wayne Kompelien, tenor, will be at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall.
"CHAMPIONS!" will meet at 7 p.m. in the Trail Room of the Union.
CAMPUS CRUSADE For Christ will meet at 7 p.m. in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas Union.
KU ASIAN FILM Festival presents a Chinese film, "The Lin Family Shop" at 7:30 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium.
KU MOUNTAINEERING Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Oread Room of the Union.
NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS will meet for lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Cork Room I of the Kansas Union Cafeteria.
TOMORROW
KU SAILING CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in the Parlor Rooms of the Union.
FINE ARTS HONOR Recital will be at 8 p.m. in Sunward Recital Hall
PUBLIC RELATIONS Student Society of America presents Judith Hefley, director of community relations for Lawrence Memorial Hospital in p.m. in the International Room of the Union.
Guide for 'socially inept' handles job interviews
Bv MELISSA BAUMAN
Staff Reporter
Most job-hunting students know instinctively that wearing leather to an interview or asking what the "B" in "IBM" stands for will not increase their chances of being hired.
But for those of you who use the business school janitor as a resume reference, "Mollie's Rules for the Socially Inept," by Mollie Fermagliol, may provide you with the couth to succeed in the business world.
FERMAGLICH CLAIMS THAT the book, which was published this year, is a practical guide to handling yourself in the most difficult social settings. It also identifies contemporary social ethics, such as "Is going Dutch becoming more popular and how can we reverse this trend?"
Through a question-and-answer format, the book addresses the subjects of taboo dinner conversation, problem party guests, rules of tipping, blind dates, and annoying personal habits, in addition to job-hunting and interviews.
Mollie warns that of the first things to consider when setting a time for an interview is that the interviewer's time is more valuable than your own.
For this reason, unacceptable excuses are:
"I'm really not a morning person," "I can't deal with rush hour," or "And miss Donahue! — are you crazy?"
AND BECAUSE FIRST impressions are of monumental importance, promptness and appearance may make or break your chances at the job of your dreams. Fermaglich wrote.
First, being fashionably late applies only to cocktail parties.
Second, the corporate image must be preserved at all times. Although looking like Miss Hathaway on the "Beverly Hills Hillbillies" may not be your style, business suits are definitely in.
mini-skirts, textured stockings and pastels are entirely inappropriate. she said.
"There is no reason on earth for your calves to resemble a 'Points of Interest' road map." Fermaglich said.
And "colors such as salmon, peach, mint green, and mauve will never help you climb the corporate ladder, as it is hard to be taken seriously wearing colors more suitable for sheets, place mats and bath towels," she advised.
IN ADDITION, HIGH-TECH watches will unnervе the calmest interviewer by lighting up and playing "Lara's Theme," she said.
when meeting the interviewer, remember that you will probably be nervous, Fermagliich said, therefore think before you speak to avoid embarrassing comments like, "Wow — they'll make anove a supervisor these days."
In addition, stay away from questions like "Are those drapes fiberglass?" or "Mind if I call you Irv?"
Thanking the interviewer for seeing you is also necessary, she advised.
necessary, we said this time together, "I’m so glad we had this time together," is pleasant, but also reveals the fact that you watch too many Carol Burnett reums, she you
in anotion to an interview, some companies may require a letter of reference before prospects can get their foot in the door.
HOWEVER, MANY OF THE socially meant choose references who don't know them well enough to recommend them, such as the dearest of the school, or people that they thought liked.
The results can be disastrous, according to Fermalich
"Dear Chump, I am more than dismayed to have been used, without my consent or knowledge, to write a letter of reference for this manipulative S.O.B. I have known no other person who more deserves to remain unemployed . . . In my estimation, you'd be better off hiring G. Gordon Liddy."
With a reference like this, your application probably will be fed into the paper shredder.
Of course, even Fermagli cannot help everyone. One person wrote that he had graduated with a degree in comparative literature and then moved on to work in an employment agency talking to employment agencies.
"They would have less trouble placing a dead person with good steno than you," she replied
Rock music not devil's work, Christian says
By PHIL ENGLISH
Stoff Reporter
Bol Ramp wants to break the stereotype that rock 'n' roll and Christianity don't mix.
Rock 'n' roll is not the tool of the devil and all fundamental Christians are not out to ban it.
"When people think that a Christian is going to lecture on rock music, they think I'll be pointing a finger at someone," he said. "My purpose is to let people see how our culture does this – isn't it Saves Rock Festival."
Lamp will present his two-hour, 600-scale documentary "Rock Music Close Up" to the University of Kansas, at 7:30 tonight and tomorrow in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
WHEN NOT TOURING THE Midwest with his slide show, Lamp has worked with several bands as a drummer, including "Prism," "Day Star" and "Vision."
Although these bands have primarily served a Christian music audience, Lamp said that he thought he had more credibility to speak on rock 'n' roll music because he was a rock drummer.
Lamp said that he thought rock 'n' roll music was a sensitive issue. He said he also wanted to alleviate the misunderstanding about fundamental Christians wanting to damn rock music.
"As a musician, I feel that I am more sensitive towards the music and will not be judgemental of rock music in general. I think it is better to interact between the images people have about a band and what was reality."
BY BERKE BREATHED
Rob Lamp
"I WANTED TO FIND a way to cross a bridge of trust," he said.
But Lamp wanted to make it clear that he wasn't going to preach.
"The whole issue of being preached to is a real turn off for a lot of people," he said. "I've heard the traditional Christian type of rock-music preaching and wasn't too impressed. Although the lecturer might have made some good points, it just didn't get absorbed by the audience."
Dave Kreuger, who handled promotions for a recent concert at the University of Illinois, said the crowd response to the slide and music show was mixed.
"Lamp stated several times that his lectures were not a reflection of his religious feelings," he said. "The crowd appreciated his thoughts that music was never neutral and that people should examine the effect rock 'n' roll music had on their lives."
KREUGER SAID THAT THE audience was impressed with the combined effects of the visual slide show and the music, but some people were not pleased with Lamp's comments on some bands' individual lifestyles.
"He made an off-the-cuff remark about the rock n' roll band AC/DC and their lack of musical skills," he said. "He stresses audience participation, especially constructive criticism, but he drew a lot of immature remarks for this comment."
"Backmasking is the art of having hidden messages, played backwards on an album," he said. "Lamp doesn't trown upon the idea, but instead looks at some of the more famous examples, and lets the audience decide for themselves if there is a message."
Kreuger said that the part of the program that was not with consistency acclaim from the team, said to him, is "the bad stuff."
BLOOM COUNTY
LAMP HAS BEEN COLLECTING recordings, photographs, slides and quotes from some of the more popular bands in the world for over two years. He is now producing a series of video interviews with rock 'n' roll bands.
"I won't be making any kind of statements. The whole slide show is to entertain the audience, and hopefully get them informed about music."
"I'm not presenting a negative attitude," he said. "I'll let the audience decide what's cool and what's not."
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