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Lessons Learned

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Learning and growing as a person is a never ending process, carrying on from birth to death. We are always presented with situations that give us opportunities to learn something new, whether that new thing be pleasant or less than so. This is reflective of Mcluhan’s concept of a Global Village. This is so, because of the intersectionality of lessons learned throughout one’s life. If you exist, your experience, and if you experience, you learn. Everyone has stories to tell, something that they went through that taught them something, whether that be practical, comedic, or plain random. Every single human on earth had stories and experiences that make them unique. Big Things Watch your tongue With the final project of this term, I aim to prove the point of a global village by talking about the stories and experiences that I have had throughout my life that have allowed me to learn different lessons that shaped me into the person I am today. I seek to do so by having 6 mi
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Preparing for an Exhibition

Ones first exhibition can often seem like an anxiety inducing task; Presenting your work to the critical eye of both your peers and outsiders alike for possible critique being one of the hardest things an artist could do. Preparing for the past exhibition was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. I had never imagined just how meticulous it was, whether it be the scarily accurate measurements put into hanging things on the walls, to the set up and grueling procedures to format the room efficiently for the flow of attendees. It was definitely an eye-opener, and gave me a newfound respect for the work that artists put into more expansive exhibitions. I did not experience much anxiety, most likely unlike my peers, when it came to actually presenting my work. I had the photos I wanted to use for it in mind since the day I took them, and I knew how I wanted them placed on the wall exactly. Having been in art classes my whole life, and having been part of several exhibitions of
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The morality of Oppenheimer

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J. Robert Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist from New York. He was born in April of 1904, and died in February of 1967. During his life, he graduated from Harvard and taught physics at the university of California in Berkeley. He conducted ample research in quantum mechanics and nuclear  physics, and his development of the hydrogen bomb deemed him the title of the “Father of the atomic bomb”. Source . A portrait of Oppenheimer. Source   He worked closely on the Manhattan Project, which was the first true test of Nuclear weapons in the New Mexican desert. Upon the detonation of the hydrogen bomb, the famous quote from the Bhagavad Gita came to him, “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”. He understood, deep down, that his work with nuclear physics would alter the course of history forever, and that the world would never be the same. The mushroom cloud of the bomb after  the Manhattan Project detonation. Source Oppenheimer’s assumption was correct, for t
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Pathway to the Void

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When beginning this project, I wasn't sure how to approach it. I have not done anything with music in regards to composing or writing my own music since middle school, so I was trodding through uncharted territory once more. Going into it, I knew that I wanted to do something with string instruments, as I have always loved string instruments most out of any other type of instrument. They inhabit an ability to portray emotion and tension in a way that I feel is more powerful than any other instrument. I originally wanted to go for an ethereal piece, reminiscent of the background Studio Ghibli soundtracks ( source ). However, as I continued through the composition of the piece, I found myself crafting a soundtrack that seemed to fall more in line with an eerie, almost horror-esc feeling. The beginning of the piece is a duet between an upright bass and a cello, setting up a haunting lower octave range. Then the violin and viola enter, the former playing a range of notes that
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Why I Do Explorers

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Due to a series of unfortunate events this prior week, I was unable to attend the artist talk for Stephen Perkins. Instead, I was tasked with talking about something I am passionate about, and I chose to focus on my involvement in Police Explorers. A badge for the explorers program Source I will begin this by explaining just what police explorers are. Police explorers is a program offered by most police departments where officers, community service officers, and other advisors (sometimes detectives, forensics, fireman, or paramedics) take in kids ages 16-21 who are interested in pursuing law enforcement later in life and teach them the basics of what it is like to be an officer, as well as run them through the processes on how to do most of the jobs that the average officer may run into on an average tour of duty. This program can also be run in bigger cities as a way for at risk youth to have something to do that can keep them out of trouble and safe. Some of the basic t
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Sonder

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A Passing Glance at People’s Stories

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When I first began thinking about how I could approach this project, I found myself at a loss. “Something is happening” is such a vague statement, and could be encapsulated by anything that crosses your mind if you spent a second connecting dots that would tie it back to the theme, no matter how convoluted or different your idea could be. This resulted in heavy procrastination, which I acknowledge that I am guilty of - but during that time, while trying to figure out what to do, I found myself watching the people around me for inspiration. Whether it be walking around campus, sitting in class, or observing people at sporting events, I found myself fascinated. Life can be very hectic, as it has been for me the last couple of weeks, and I kept trying to connect the turmoil I was feeling with the people around me, trying to connect dots that weren’t there. A thought then clicked into place, a single word flashing across my mind. Sonder  - The realization that each and every per
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