Four Segments (brief answers, speculative ideas): State Career/Discipline Field (generalized from major?); or Community, with explanation/rationale. State concept/topic, which resonates with/in you (personal connection; leave implicit) -Physical Therapy – Paraplegics –Nurse injured veterans back to health and help them learn to live happily with their disability. –Personal connection: related to a close friend. To extract a… [Read more…]
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After giving the entire concept of the emblem more thought, I decided to change my image. After reviewing my popcycle I realized that each dimension revolved around the idea of training; which involves time. These are my plans for the creation of my emblem: Community: Marco Island Mood: patience Since your epigram is supposed to… [Read more…]
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Community: Marco Island Mood: Reflective Entertainment: Carmen Lopez Picture: (image above) Family: i’m thinking maybe each pearl will represent a member? Epigram: “Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart” ~Mahatma Gandhi Metaphysics:? not sure yet Motto: “Let’s travel back to…” (still deciding) Morality: Curious
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We had recently spoken about mash-ups and seen how people have created them through popular movies; each of them complimenting certain things in one another. I came across ‘DJ Do You’ and I thought this was a great unique example of how two very different types of music can come together to form high concept.… [Read more…]
We recently watched Logarama, a short film that brought the logos we see day to day to life as animated characters. The fact that these characters were all ready-made characters that we have seen before had a great influence upon the duration of the film. I began to wonder if we had not been formerly… [Read more…]
In chapter 10 Ulmer mentions Francisco Varela, a well known philosopher. In his book Ethical Know-How he emphasizes “cognition as the ability to negotiate embodied, everyday living in a world that is inseparable from our sensory-motor capacities.” Our sensations and emotions are vital to the formation and ends of memory. Aristotle once said, “the organism’s… [Read more…]
Looking back through both of my projects and the four popcycle dimensions I noticed an emerging pattern. Everything in my life revolves around training and practicing which creates a direct connection to each of my dimensions. I hope to become a physical therapist where I will be dealing with the constant training of the muscles.… [Read more…]
‘One of a kind traditional… classy, dainty, cultural’ Material thing that represents me: Pearl necklace with Cuban coin: - Family discourse – my grandma gave it to me when she passed away -Classy, dainty, cultural, -Represents my Cuban culture and how influential it is on my life.
One thing I thought of while brainstorming for project 2 and the great mash-up, was the question as to whether or not to include dialog. In my opinion dialog is vital to evoke the atmosphere of our memory. An example of dialog being crucial and evoking both the mood and atmosphere was in “Popcycle.” This… [Read more…]
So I couldn’t decide which song I like more! I love both of these songs and could never get sick of listening to them. ENJOY :) Lifehouse: “Everything” The beginning of this song is very slow and soothing. It puts you in almost a reflective mindset, in which you reflect on your life or someone… [Read more…]
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