This week was the week of the walkout to show respect to the seventeen lives that were lost to the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Our school all gathered at the front of the school, we made signs that reflected how we all felt about school shootings and how it's something that should never happen to any school. We took a lap around the school, we all walked in silence to respect the lives and families of those who passed.Later that week Some groups from our class took a field trip to the gathering grounds, where we are having our Chula Vista Zine fest on April 28th. The groups that went were Event Logistics,Hospitality and workshop. We all paired up in groups of three, one person from each group and we all were paired up with a zine artist who volunteered to go that day to help us find out how we want to set up and what the zine artist guests need in order to be comfortable. The zine artist that I met with was named Alejandra, She was really nice to talk to and showed my group a bunch of different zones,both made from her and some from artists she bought/traded from. Alani, Cayla and I had a really good time interviewing her and asking why she does zines and asking about some of her experiences in participating in zine fests whether they were good or bad experiences.
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This week was avery eventful week because we had so much project work time that was good for everyone to get ahead of the milestone due dates that are assigned to us. My group found out that we were going to be the first group that the museum of contemporary art were going to critique. I get nervous each time because I don't know what Akiko and Louisa are going to say about our cover. Before the critique, I suggested to my group that we should put in little interests of each page that would have each of our essay so that it doesn't distract the person that is reading the zine form the pictures,they really liked the idea and it's something that was praised in our critique which i was very happy about. I think that our mock zine turned out very nice because everyone that is in our group was in the zine production group from last semester project, where we had to format all the pages together, which is why it was more simple for everyone to understand. On the same day we had the women's march and I thought that it was really empowering to see all of the students and teachers participating to celebrate how amazing women are and fight for women's rights. I do wish that I could have heard more male voice or some more female student voices give speeches, but each and every person that participated gave me more courage to not be afraid to voice my opinion. This week we visited UCSD to learn about what it is like in a real laboratory. In Dr.Sasha Kauffman’s lab we were able to take a tour and experience soe if the work they do their. Learning about neuroscience was really interesting and I think that it was easier to understand because we heard it from younger college students and they used language that made it easier for us, for example, they said that we should look for the “Eyebrows” of the brain and how it slowly forms into a “unibrow” while taking samples of mice brains. Another thing that I enjoyed at UCSD was the campus. The alumni that we met used to attend to HTHCV and without meeting them and knowing that they’re one step ahead of me and have experienced all the stress that I might face in a few years. It was reassuring that even though I might not have good math skills all the communication skills will not go to waste when we have to socialize with the people around us either in a friendly way or a professional manner.This week we also looked at what kind of art stencil art is and I found it really cool because i'm used to the traditional acrylic painting and pencil drawing. Although it might be difficult to make the background collage because I get really picky when it comes to things like collages. I tend to make things that don't have text because I find it distracting from the visuals in the college and i’ve also noticed that when we do make magazine collages I always have either a color theme that looks bright but dark. I'm excited but nervous to see what it will look like on a canvas because I am trying to push myself to use the primary colors this time around. This week on monday we were given two questions to answer on ur own. The first question was “I empathy valuable?” while the second one was “Is being an empathetic person at odds with american values?”. At first I was really stuck on the second question, but in my essay I related it back to the american dream and how some people lose motivation to reach it. I used a personal connection to one of my family members that is going through this at this moment and I said “I have empathy towards him because I can imagine myself in his shoes and see what I would do differently but I lack empathy towards him because he doesn't seem to want to get better”. The socratic seminar was on friday, I thought that it was kind of boring because everyone agreed with one another and the topic wasn't something that people have different opinions on. That friday morning was our critique from the museum of contemporary art in san diego. I was really excited to receive critique from Louisa and Akiko because they are both well spoken and know what will catch attention from the guest that attend the chula vista zine festival. The zine cover that I created was really significant. I had a snake to represent sexual energy, which i elated back to the male gaze in the media and how that is pushed onto women. The lion represents the predators in the world. The bull represents masculinity and how that is pushed onto men. I feel like I could still work on it so that it is more clear to the audience. A memorable moment on the way up to berkeley was waking up on the bus and looking outside the window to see a new place that i've never been to before. When we got to berkeley I really enjoyed the atmosphere created by the students, I thought that the buildings were really nice and I could see myself at this campus. I think my perspective did change a little bit on whether or not I want to go to a four year university. At first I wanted to go to southwestern to get the general education classes out of the way but after talking to Mrs.Nuvia and going on this trip and seeing the people that attend these schools makes me want to experience this right after highschool and exploring more of california instead of going to a community college for two years.If I have to rank the schools that we visited I think UC Santa Cruz would be my first choice. The campus was beautiful and seemed refreshing, it felt like it was in the woods (which is something you don't see in San diego) and was near a beach.The middle two schools on my list would be Cal Poly Slo and UC berkeley. I would want to attend to cal poly because it's like another high tsh and I would be more comfortable with doing the project work since that is what i have been doing since 5th grade, and you get more experience in practicing your major. UC berkeley is the thirst because I think that the campus’s atmosphere was really great but I don't know if I would be able to get used to the campus.My least favorite school was San Jose State. I thought that the tour guide that lead us didn't give enough facts about how campus life was or how it’s like in the classrooms, they only talked about the buildings and about the history about the school, which was also interesting but i want to know more about how classes were. This week for the entire eleventh grade class, each student had to prepare for an interview to gain experience and hopefully, for some students who don't have a set internship for may, receive an internship for the company they had an interview with.I was excited yet nervous because I had an interview with The Museum of contemporary art. For this interview I created my own art portfolio with one rework painting and four original pieces (art work is in the photo). I was happy with ow the interview turned out with Mario and Liz, It felt like I was having a normal conversation about the museums project and about my artwork.This week I was thinking that if I don't receive this interview I wouldn't know what to do for internships but then I discovers another museum that I could possibly contact, The New Children's Museum. My advisor has been helping me draft an email that I could send next week when we get back to school. This week I was felt a type of nervousness that I haven't felt since I the first day of high tech in fifth grade. I was nervous about how I was going to present myself and if I would fidget too much or if I would stutter when I answered a question. But in the end I was able to experience a good interview. During this school week I feel like we did a of of visual note taking in biology.I remember in the beginning of first semester I Always had a hard time to do my visual note taking because of the audio going too fast or being indecisive with what I want to take note of and how i want to draw it. Another thing that held me back in the beginning of the year was how it looks what you take a step back. I would get frustrated when it didn't look neat or if i didn't draw something well enough.But this semester I have seen a lot of improvement with the organization in my visual notetaking skills and I have been taking note of the important things this time around.On wednesday when Dr. Sasha Kauffman’s taught our class it was the first time that i've sat through a biology lecturer like that. I’ve taken an art class that had a thirty minute lecture before the lab but this was foran hour and i feel as if I was able to learn more from this plus using the visual note taking technique. I found it interesting how he explained difficult terms in a way that the whole class can understand.This week I feel like I was really distracted for some reason, I think it had to do with thinking about what I wanted to put on my zine and how I’ll be placed in a group and how my ideas can be shared with them and hopefully taken into consideration for our final zine. This week was a challenging week for me because we had to choose the social topic that we wanted to focus on. I had a difficult time trying to chose one of these three topics, Mental health,Beauty standards, or the lgbtq + community. In The end I have decided to focus on beauty standards, but I wanted to focus on how it usually starts when we are young. Going to The Museum Of Contemporary Art this week and making our first zine draft made me think about how I really want to address this topic visually.While watching terra there was a recurring quote that made me think about the world and how humans live. The quote was “I then close my eyes”. The narrator of the movie would say this when she talked about how humans decide to ignore all of the bad things that we do to our own world. I found it interesting when she said something along the lines of “And when all of the species in the world tart to go extinct because of me, i'll turn away and close my eyes, it will be man kind to go extinct last, then I will close my eyes for good.”I kind of connected these lines “I close my eyes” to the zines that we will be creating. This project is meant for us to open our own eyes and spread the word of some of the things that are going on I our country to try and spread the word to our community and have them open their own eyes and realize that they themselves can make the problems slowly disappear. I think this week was challenging for me when we had to read and annotate “silent spring” by Rachel Carson because when I read i’ve noticed that I miss a lot of important things no matter how many times i've read it over and over so when we go into class discussions it’s difficult to participate in the conversation. my class took a trip to The Museum Of Contemporary Art in San Diego. And it felt really nice to get out of the classroom and be given a tour. I don’t go to museums often but I really enjoy seeing what other artists are doing besides painting, which is what I am used to seeing and making. Going to the MCASD showed me that I can do so much more with my art and gave me some ideas on what I can do for the zines that we’ll be making for our Chula Vista Zine Fest.One of the artists that I really enjoyed looking at and learning about is named Paulo Bruscky. He is an artist that lives in Brazil. “Throughout his career, he has produced artworks inspired by everyday experiences that challenge audiences to think about how the world unfolds around them. He has continuously addressed the anonymity and alienation of the individual in the urban landscape, countering that experience with humor, irony, and caustic wit.” -bronx museum I liked how his art looks like mail that has been printed or written on, some have repetition whether its asking the same question over and over or having the same photo with different color and values. For the week of January 8th through 12th I was absent for three days from catching a fever so I had to stay home and rest. When I got back on January 11th we watched some of the film “Terra” (2015). In this film I learned about how life was created. I learned about Lichen, which is called the “pioneer”. No roots are needed and only relies on the carbon that was in the air. Inside Lichen you can find bacteria, they are minuscule, Containing every living genetic code. I also learned that algae would transform carbon using sunlights and gave energy to fungus, to which life exploded. ( Bacteria, Fungi,Algae & Lichen gave birth to the earth's soil) I would like to know how long it took us to get to the homosapien stage of our evolution journey? In the movie Terra the narrator said something along the lines of “prehistoric man asked himself many questions that were left unanswered” which led to mankind painting what they saw around them on a daily on the caves. (The photo in this reflection is an example of the paintings) It had me thinking about how they became the creatures that other species were afraid of when in the beginning, prehistoric men were afraid of almost everything. I wonder if they were able to comprehend emotions like we do today or if they would distract themselves by painting. I use painting as a way to express myself and help me find a reason for the things around me that I can’t find a meaning to, which kind of relates to the pain and pleasures of society article to my own life because I use painting as a way to express myself in ways that I can't explain to others around me.So throughout the movie I was wondering how they saw the world around them when almost everything had no meaning yet. |
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