In class we discussed the importance of taking time to ourselves. I definitely needed time to myself as described in my previous blog. I agree that this is very important in order to maintain some level of sanity while dealing with our everyday busy lives. At least for me anyways.
We also took time to think more about our final projects during this class. I think it is becoming evident to everyone in this class that if you are given an assignment that has no clear definition, but you are free to do whatever you choose, it can actually be more difficult than given clear instruction on what to do. Maybe its because in our lives we are so use to following instruction and given guidelines on what to do. We are now forced to think for ourselves and its quite scary. I need my mommy right now...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
BLISS AND BRAINSTORMING
BLISS
The topic of this assignment couldn't have come at a better time for me. The reason I say this is because I have been busy for the last week and a half satisfying other peoples' needs instead of my own. It all started on Tues the 10th of Feb when I had family come into town to handle some important business. And guess who they stayed with? That's right... me. Don't get me wrong, I love my peoples to death but sometimes they can be demanding as hell!
They had all sort of meetings to go to and court dates concerning our small family business back home. The problem was that no one knew their way around the city leaving me stuck to direct them everywhere they had to go. I just didn't have it in me to make them map quest directions yal. I would've felt bad in the end. After all these was the people who wiped my ass as a baby and clothed and fed me through most of my existence on Earth.
Anyway, the whole time they were here I had to juggle the lives of my parents, siblings, and my girlfriend and kids all at once. And in the middle of all that was Valentines day which all my fellas know this aint a day for us at all. And guess what?! That's my birthday! You think I got to make it at all about me? Hell na but I ain't gonna go down that road cause I'm trying to suppress the memories but its still a work in progress.
I don't remember the last time my life has been that busy and the minute everything stops its like your left gasping for air. You don't even fully grasp how crazy its been until the very second its all over and you're seeing your family off as your life starts to go back to normal. I was also left with a feeling of sadness and part of me didn't want it to end. But hold up, the majority of me did so lets not get it twisted! I love my family and all but I ain't no sissy face mama's boy... Shoooot!
Well during all this excitement of these last weeks I literally didn't have time to do all of my assignments. I know that's bad ain't it? Yes, that's just how crazy its been. And it doesn't help that I don't have the internet at home any longer, which is an issue I am in the process of resolving. But when I finally got a chance to look at the details of this assignment I was thinking what a coincidence. This is just what I needed. Some time to do something I wanted to do and not worry about everyone else.
So what did I do with my free time? Nothing damn it! That's right. I did nothing but try to catch up on some sleep and be lazy. First, of all I have to admit I took a lot more than the three hours we were assigned in class. How about three days? I needed that time though because I start to get severely stressed if I don't take the proper time to let my mind relax on the stuff I be tripping on throughout the week. And once you relax and organize your thoughts you start to realize that the stuff you tripping on really ain't that much as it seems.
During my time this weekend I slept, played some video games, and watched TV. I knew that come Monday I was gonna have some catchin up to do so, even though I was stressing over my assignments, I tryed to push everything out of my mind til then. And you know what? Now I feel a lot better. I feel my mind and body is rejuvinated. I even got up this morning a jogged around my neighborhood which I haven't done in a long time. Honestly, I don't even know where that inspiration came from cause it was cold as hell. Even so, I feel the need to continue doing that every morning cause I been meaning to get in shape for the longest.
So that's where I am at right now. In the midst of playing catch up but I am feeling good mentally. I am feeling good physically because I finally showered after a couple days and a nice jog around the block. Oh shut up! Don't act like yal ain't never done it! By the way, my girlfriend asked me why I was just laying around not doing my assignment this weekend when I was just complaining about the work I had to do. I told her that this was my assignment and, Beth, she swears she's signing up for your class next semester. I had to explain to her the logic behind the assignment but she was to stuck on the part about assumingly doing nothing.
BRAINSTORMING
So far what I have come up with for my final project is going to have something to do with photography. I feel inspired to go out and take some pictures since its been a while since I've taken some serious photographs. As of what I am going to do with those photographs I am unsure of at the moment. I definitely want it to go beyond just pictures though. I want to do something different with the photographs. Something unseen as of yet. I just don't know what yet.
The topic of this assignment couldn't have come at a better time for me. The reason I say this is because I have been busy for the last week and a half satisfying other peoples' needs instead of my own. It all started on Tues the 10th of Feb when I had family come into town to handle some important business. And guess who they stayed with? That's right... me. Don't get me wrong, I love my peoples to death but sometimes they can be demanding as hell!
They had all sort of meetings to go to and court dates concerning our small family business back home. The problem was that no one knew their way around the city leaving me stuck to direct them everywhere they had to go. I just didn't have it in me to make them map quest directions yal. I would've felt bad in the end. After all these was the people who wiped my ass as a baby and clothed and fed me through most of my existence on Earth.
Anyway, the whole time they were here I had to juggle the lives of my parents, siblings, and my girlfriend and kids all at once. And in the middle of all that was Valentines day which all my fellas know this aint a day for us at all. And guess what?! That's my birthday! You think I got to make it at all about me? Hell na but I ain't gonna go down that road cause I'm trying to suppress the memories but its still a work in progress.
I don't remember the last time my life has been that busy and the minute everything stops its like your left gasping for air. You don't even fully grasp how crazy its been until the very second its all over and you're seeing your family off as your life starts to go back to normal. I was also left with a feeling of sadness and part of me didn't want it to end. But hold up, the majority of me did so lets not get it twisted! I love my family and all but I ain't no sissy face mama's boy... Shoooot!
Well during all this excitement of these last weeks I literally didn't have time to do all of my assignments. I know that's bad ain't it? Yes, that's just how crazy its been. And it doesn't help that I don't have the internet at home any longer, which is an issue I am in the process of resolving. But when I finally got a chance to look at the details of this assignment I was thinking what a coincidence. This is just what I needed. Some time to do something I wanted to do and not worry about everyone else.
So what did I do with my free time? Nothing damn it! That's right. I did nothing but try to catch up on some sleep and be lazy. First, of all I have to admit I took a lot more than the three hours we were assigned in class. How about three days? I needed that time though because I start to get severely stressed if I don't take the proper time to let my mind relax on the stuff I be tripping on throughout the week. And once you relax and organize your thoughts you start to realize that the stuff you tripping on really ain't that much as it seems.
During my time this weekend I slept, played some video games, and watched TV. I knew that come Monday I was gonna have some catchin up to do so, even though I was stressing over my assignments, I tryed to push everything out of my mind til then. And you know what? Now I feel a lot better. I feel my mind and body is rejuvinated. I even got up this morning a jogged around my neighborhood which I haven't done in a long time. Honestly, I don't even know where that inspiration came from cause it was cold as hell. Even so, I feel the need to continue doing that every morning cause I been meaning to get in shape for the longest.
So that's where I am at right now. In the midst of playing catch up but I am feeling good mentally. I am feeling good physically because I finally showered after a couple days and a nice jog around the block. Oh shut up! Don't act like yal ain't never done it! By the way, my girlfriend asked me why I was just laying around not doing my assignment this weekend when I was just complaining about the work I had to do. I told her that this was my assignment and, Beth, she swears she's signing up for your class next semester. I had to explain to her the logic behind the assignment but she was to stuck on the part about assumingly doing nothing.
BRAINSTORMING
So far what I have come up with for my final project is going to have something to do with photography. I feel inspired to go out and take some pictures since its been a while since I've taken some serious photographs. As of what I am going to do with those photographs I am unsure of at the moment. I definitely want it to go beyond just pictures though. I want to do something different with the photographs. Something unseen as of yet. I just don't know what yet.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Senseless+1
For this assignment I chose to go without my hearing since I feel it is one of my most important senses. This is because my career and the majority of things I love to do is heavily based on my hearing. I want to become a record producer or video editor/sound designer. These fields are what I based my whole college career around and what I do on a daily basis. So if I were to loose my hearing it would be have a traumatic affect on me.
Well I couldn't really get the full effect of this experiment because it was hard to completely block out sound but I was able to greatly reduce it. What I did is buy some ear plugs. Then I stuffed some tissue in my ears and then put in the ear plugs. I then went about my daily routines. I tried to mix some music that I have recorded and of course that was impossible. I then tried to watch some TV and it was very difficult. I had to turn it up extremely loud just to hear it at all which bothered everyone else so that didn't work.
On top of that having a conversation with someone is impossible. I had to try to read lips or ask the person to speak louder than normal just to hear them. After a couple hours I couldn't take it any more and came to the conclusion that I would never want to live without my hearing.
The sense I chose to invent is called headbuttervision. This is where you go around and headbutt something to get a sense of what it is. By headbutting something you are able to send a signal to your brain that gives a description of what that item is. This would replace sight if we were not able to see.
Well I couldn't really get the full effect of this experiment because it was hard to completely block out sound but I was able to greatly reduce it. What I did is buy some ear plugs. Then I stuffed some tissue in my ears and then put in the ear plugs. I then went about my daily routines. I tried to mix some music that I have recorded and of course that was impossible. I then tried to watch some TV and it was very difficult. I had to turn it up extremely loud just to hear it at all which bothered everyone else so that didn't work.
On top of that having a conversation with someone is impossible. I had to try to read lips or ask the person to speak louder than normal just to hear them. After a couple hours I couldn't take it any more and came to the conclusion that I would never want to live without my hearing.
The sense I chose to invent is called headbuttervision. This is where you go around and headbutt something to get a sense of what it is. By headbutting something you are able to send a signal to your brain that gives a description of what that item is. This would replace sight if we were not able to see.
Peace Offering
I think we should make some type of peace offering to the next class. I think we should all leave a little note on the corner of each desk in exactly the same place. The note should state our name and that we were conducting a social experiment that they were participants in. Then we should state that we are sorry for any negative feelings and vow to never do it again. We could even invite them to follow our class blogs to see what goes on in class. This may very well gain interest in this class for future students.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Response to class 3
I thought yesterday's class was very interesting. But i have to get right to what I thought was most interesting about the class and that was when we did the crazy thing with the chairs. At first I did not understand the point of what we did with the chairs. The only thing I thought it would do was piss the next class off for having to fix the chairs back. Then later on it hit me! I don't know what anyone else got from that excersise but here's what I got from it. Beth, I feel, was teaching us to do something outside of the norm and not be afraid of how others would react to it. To try to strike up a reaction from people and that's exactly what we did. For once I feel like I took a chance on trying something different despite what the next class would think or feel about it and it felt great.
That is the only way we will learn to think outside of the box and take chances. It's what seperates those who are great from those who are average. I now have a new found encouragement to do things outside of the norm and not worry about the reaction of others! Beth your a genious!
PS I also decided not to spell check this post and not worry if soneone thinks I am a horible speller! Ha! There's no stopping the madness now!
That is the only way we will learn to think outside of the box and take chances. It's what seperates those who are great from those who are average. I now have a new found encouragement to do things outside of the norm and not worry about the reaction of others! Beth your a genious!
PS I also decided not to spell check this post and not worry if soneone thinks I am a horible speller! Ha! There's no stopping the madness now!
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