The Origins of the Shabadoodle

Those of you who know me know that my dear friend Teresa and I have created a thing. A thing called a shabadoodle. Now on this very earth is a shabadoodle, you may ask? Sit down friend, for there is no need for you to fret. I will explain to you how these very creatures came to life. 

A shabadoodle.

It all started one lovely morning at Challenger Middle School, in 2011. Teresa and I were sitting in Mr. Foster's third period orchestra class, bored to death as he went around tuning everyone's violins. We turned to each other and started to talk about piffles, another imaginary creature that we had created sometime in 5th grade. Somehow the conversation turned to canned wontons and tofu. Do not question how. 

We continued on our strange talks, until it happened. We came up with a creature, the shabadoodle. Now note, shabadoodles did not have any shape or form, until another day in 2012. 

I was sitting in my math class, once again bored, and decided to doodle. Since we were learning about shapes at the time, I toyed around with different shapes until it happened.

I had drawn the very first shabadoodle known to man. I quickly ran over to Teresa as soon as the lunch bell rang, and shared my revelations with her. 

A representation of the first shabadoodle

Shabadoodles are a combination between canned wontons, tofu, and piffles. I know this sounds like complete whack, but we were bored, and this was sixth grade. They are a cylindrical shape, with a rounded head, and have fangs. Shabadoodles also have a laser belt for levitating things, as they have no hands or legs.

Fast forward a year, and Teresa and I now have an entire sketchbook full of shabadoodles. 

An introduction to some Shabadoodles will have to be saved for another time. As of now, we are currently on an indefinite hiatus regarding the continuation of the creation of more shabadoodles, but we hope to continue drawing them in the near future.

A sideways picure of the evolution of the Shabadoodles. 

The Art of Arting

Art is a universal way of taking one's ideas and expressing it through creative means. Usually when a person thinks of the term "art", they think of drawings or paintings, but there's much more to art than those two. 

Sculpturing is a process where the artist utilizes raw materials such as clay and morphs it into a three dimensional object. The art of sculpturing has existed since the prehistoric ages, and has evolved since then. Some of the most famous sculptors include Donatello, Michelangelo, and Auguste Rodin, who have all made a significant impact in the art world, specifically during the Renaissance Period.

Architecture is the process of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or structures. Architecture is everywhere, and has existed ever since mankind realized that we need shelters. All of the buildings we know today are the works of architects, who help design these buildings.

You don't have to be good at drawing in order to love art. Crafting is the art of using one's handiwork skills to work by creating objects from materials such as paper,felts, cardboard, and other mediums. Crafting has been a part of the art world since the Middle Ages, where the apprentice system would be used between artisans and their students in order to learn a specific craft, such as smiting or pottery.

Photography is the art of capturing a specific moment in time, and it isn't just about simply clicking a button on a camera. Photographers go through processes in which they adjust everything that is in the frame in the best way possible.  Ever since Cameras were introduced in 1800's, they have changed the way society works. In today's society, with the help of social media and advanced technology, everyone can start learning the basics of photography.

Everything that we own today has been designed by someone for a specific purpose. Designing is the art of creating a plan/idea of what something is going to look like. All of our clothes, desks, chairs, window blinds, everything was all at one point an initial idea, that became a reality. 

Graphic Design is the art of creating a visual image to communicate and express an idea for a purpose by combining texts and pictures.  Examples of Graphic Design are seen in advertisements, magazines, or books.

Art is part of our daily lives, but everyone has different views and opinions on it. Some people who are interested in it prefer one type of art, others prefer another. What's important is that we enjoy our own personal preference,and never give up no matter which type you enjoy.

Community Post Number 1 Response

In the Article "Exposing Hidden Bias at Google" written by Farhad Manjoo, Manjoo talks about how Google is trying to hire people of different genders and ethnicities to increase the diversity between its ranks. According to the article, "Men make up 83 percent of Google's Engineering employees", leaving only 17 percent of Google's Engineering employees to be women. For such a large and well known company in the modern world to have such unbalanced gender ratios is not acceptable. In today's society, gender should not play a role in job selection, but rather a person's ability to perform the task, regardless of their gender. No matter what gender a Google employee, or any employee of that matter, may be, they all are capable of producing results of the same quality. A man can produce the same results as a woman, and a woman can produce the same results as a man. 

As we speak, Google has taken notice about its diversity between workers, and has taken out the effort to help improve the statistics. As stated in this article written by  Drake Baer, after Google tackled issues concerning unconscious bias, there was a significant increase in statistics."For instance, Google's IO conference was 20% women this year, as opposed to 8% last year."Compared to other companies, who might not even bat an eye about this issue, I would like to acknowledge Google for taking note about this issue, and attempting to at least do something about it, but I believe it will take more than just simple workshops to fix the unconsciously biased opinion the tech industry has towards gender what it comes to job selection.  

The New York Times article also stated that "Google, like many tech companies, is a man’s world." This signifies that women that wish to work in big tech industries such as Google itself, have less opportunities of getting in, because of the belief that it is an industry primarily suited for men. Even after all these years, we humans still hold the belief that just because a person is a certain gender, they are not capable of doing things. Being a top notch name in the market today, Google needs to fix its ways, and start valuing its employees based on their abilities, not on their gender. Hopefully, the effort that Google is making to rid of unconscious bias will have an affect on all of the companies out there, and the future.