This week's assignment was to taste something we've never tasted before and create something from it. After much thought on what to taste, I found myself at Buffalo Wild Wings and a menu full of wing sauce options before me. I usually get something I've had before or am familiar with. A little spice with a little sweet. But there was a new option that is around for a limited time called Honey Ginger Kick. I had to try it and after I was done and went home that night, I got my notebook and drew what It tasted too me and the images it conjured. Since it was very sweet from the honey, I drew a smiling bee but with a large stinger because of the spice. I didn't know how to draw a Ginger root so I drew a ginger (slur for a person with fair skin and red hair) who is looking anxiously at the bee because it is likely going to sting her. I did draw it in black ink so although it's not blatantly obvious she has red hair, she does.
What was the fear project and what was it about?
The fear presentation by Jennifer B probably hit me the hardest only becasue I can relate to her fear of rejection. She had everyone write down a time where we've felt rejected and a time when we've done the same towards someone else. I've felt rejected a lot in the dating scene because although I have had a fari number of "girlfriends," they never last longer than a few months and they break up with me for whatever reason. This has made trusting girls that show me any affection very difficult and any that do decide to date me, I have a mental clock that starts ticking until the inevidetable breakup occurs. On the flip side, I've noticed I compare every girl that ends up liking me to my exes and if thier appearence isn't similiar or better than one of them, I become an asshole so they won't like me anymore. Why did you respond to it so strongly? Like I said before, I relate to the topic very much. When thinking of my own fears prior to the presentations, rejection was one of them but I couldn't think of a creative way to present it. I think Jennifer had a very good presentaion for that fear and I couldn't have done it better myself. How does it impact how you see your own project and your own creative journey? It impacts my own creative journey by showing me that rejection is a part of everyone's life and even though I'll probably feel it many times in my future professional career, the important thing is that I pick myself up after and keep going forward regardless. In terms of my own project, I kind of wish I would've incorporated the rest of the class in mine by having people write down worse fears or bigger things going on in the world to put their own in perspective. Observe the reaction: The reaction I got from my poem was something I slightly expected to happen. I wanted to try to keep it light with a humorous intro/ending so that I could ease into the seriousness of what was being told and so that it didn't end on a sad note to show optimism in the message. I heard a few laughs at the beginning and end but I noticed a deafening silence during the serious parts.
Analysis of hypothesis with actual outcome: The reaction was very similar to what I predicted. Some laughter but mostly silence during the serious parts. Propose changes to your idea based on what happened: I kept it short because I didn't want to seem like I was bashing my family but if I were to do it again, I'd probably make it longer. I love my family despite our faults and just wanted to stay on track with just labeling a true fear they have, and then move on. I would however, had talked more about my faults to lengthen it up. Examine the situation: I am afraid of two things; public speaking and opening up. Without spoiling my experiment, I'll just say I'm going to try to touch on both of these because I feel like it's really hindering my creativity along with just personal life.
Hypothesize the expected outcome: I personally don't know how my classmates will react. They may be a little sad or laugh. The experiment is more for my development but I do hope it may inspire others to get over their fear. |