I actually had a really hard time coming
up with something to talk about for this project. I had to do some real self-examination
to find a topic that I thought would work well for this project. I ended up
thinking about my most significant experiences from the past few years, and I
realized that they all involved people that had been strangers to me at one
point. From there I was able to develop that idea into my presentation. The
soul pancake video I used in my presentation was something that I had posted on
my personal blog about a year ago, and it fit perfectly into my topic so it was
great to be able to use that.
Talking to strangers really is something
I feel strongly about. I love stories and I am fascinated by people. The story
I shared was a time in my life that I was really able to interact and connect
with another human being on a deep level without knowing them very well. That
experience awakened something in me and ever since then, I’ve been a lot more
aware of the people around me, the strangers and the people that I do know.
One thing that I gained from this
project was a better understanding of myself as a person and how I think about
my own beliefs. This project required me to really dig deep and ask myself what
I really believe in. What I realized is that a lot of my beliefs are more like
ideas floating around in my head instead of things actually solidified into
words. After making that realization, I wrote an entry in my journal in which a
solidified several of my central beliefs. It was a really important experience
for me, because it offered me an opportunity to shape a part of myself that I had
kind of been afraid to touch before.
I also really loved watching the
presentations from everyone in our class, and I was so sad that I wasn’t able
to see all of them. I love learning things about people and it was so cool to
get insights into parts of people that we don’t normally have when we interact
in class. It was cool to have this project right after the exercise in empathy,
because it helped me connect to everyone on a deeper level. I’m really sad that
this class is ending, because I’ve learned so much about art and about myself
as well, and I want to keep going!
~Brontë Campbell
