Fear - First Post

I have a theory. My theory is that we are only afraid of the unknown. I have said this to people in hopes that they would be able to prove me wrong. But mostly their arguments have only strengthened my confidence in my theory.

When you think about fear, or when you're asked what you fear, people may say things like spiders, public speaking, storms, death, or any number of things. But this isn't actually what you are afraid of. You're afraid of what a spider may do to you, or what a storm may do to your house, or what, if anything, comes after death.

I think my classmates will meet my experiment with disbelief, but as we progress through the experiment, then they will begin to see that I may be correct. But then they will disbelieve again on the basis of the thought's simplicity and feel that it may have to be more complicated than it is.

This is all for now. Next up: conducting the experiment.

Reflection for class 3/19

I thought today's class, although pulled from nowhere, was one of the most interesting discussions. The two videos we watched really made me think and I thought about many things. The fact that the artist "Ryan" seemed to have some sense of entitlement peeved me off after I realized it. I understand his principles, I just think they're wrong. And obviously he has a substance abuse problem.

Although I haven't had an issue with substance abuse, I can understand that you really don't know the journey someone is on until you have been on that journey yourself. So I do have to cut him some slack for that.

Very interesting class today!

A reflection on class thus far...

What are 3 things you remember from this class thus far?

3 Things I remember from this class so far:

1. The Projects.

Creating these projects and sharing with the class is challenging but it sparks discussion very well. I have enjoyed creating things when I can do it easily, but I get frustrated when I don't have a great idea of what I want to do.

2. The Freedom.

In this class, we have a lot of freedom. The freedom can be freeing, or it can lead to chaos in my mind. Overall I enjoy it because it causes me to think freely and think a lot more.

3. The Discussion.

I love to discuss things I am passionate about, and so far I have found a way to be passionate about everything we have talked about. I really enjoyed the last video we watched with the clay artist.

How has your experience in this class been different from your experiences in other classes? If it has not been different, explain what is similar to your other classes.

My experience has been very different in this class than other classes because this class makes it so free to think. It seems that the "rules" in other classes, while easily defined what was to be turned in, didn't really give me a chance to really turn the gears and think about something I wanted to do, emphasis on I.

What would you like to get from the rest of this class?

I would like to continue to think openly and I am very excited to see what becomes of the fear assignment. I have a theory that the only thing that is feared is the unknown and I'm excited to see how it fleshes out.

Class reflection from 3/5

I thought the video we watched was incredibly relaxing and insightful. I always enjoy when a guru of their profession is kind and gentle and knows that people make mistakes and to learn from mistakes they can't be thought of as such. The pottery was beautiful and the fact that Soldman knew that his ways don't best teach students to be on their own, he knows that allowing them to watch him make his own mistakes teaches them a great deal.

I am excited to see what comes out of the fear assignment.

Our Apple Bunch

I started with my token that was the Apple icon decal. It was a representation of my zen hour of watching the original iPhone Apple keynote. This made me want to spend time with Apple products, which in turn led me to think about the bunch of apple stuff that we have.

So I started thinking about how I could represent this Apple Bunch in a way you really wouldn't think of. The Brady Bunch came to mind because it was a group of different "things" working together in harmony and helping each other. So I created the Brady Bunch poster, but with Apple products that we own.

It follows...

I got the images from Apple's PR site. I downloaded the Brady Bunch font from dafont.

Here are the links:

Brady Bunch font

Apple PR pics