At the beginning of art class we were given a pre- assessment. The first question was "what is art?" and I wrote " a way to express yourself." Now about 18 weeks later my answer has changed alot. Art is a way to express yourself, yes but there is so much more to it. Art is a way to show feeling and emotion as well as sometimes just a way to have fun. Another question was "List some reasons that an artist would need to use observation when making artwork." At first, my answer was a very vague "to get ideas." But my perspective changed a lot, especially with the artists observe unit. It was so cool to see what my classmates made, and technically anything can be art. The third question was about plagiarism, and if there was a grey area in between it. With this question, my perspective didnt really change, I've always sort-of believed that if you make someone elses idea your own then its not copying. The last question I'll evaluate is the kinds of problems artists face. Again, this answer was very vague the first time talking about how maybe the audience wouldnt understand their work. But with the artists solve problems unit, I got to see people struggle with making art due to physical. mental, or emotional problems and how they made astounding works because they accepted their problems and made something beautiful. Art overall has been an amazing, rewarding experience and I hope I'll be able to express myself more through creation.