Project One
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Project one was my first experience with an Apollo project and I got pretty deep into it. I created a 15-page National Geographic-inspired magazine using photoshop. I spent hours diving into sources, both physical and digital, and while most of these sources were around 50 to 70 years old I found that a lot of the information was still very relevant to the treatment of war-torn countries today. The final book came out almost perfect, with only a couple of minor formatting issues. I really enjoyed this project but I learned that large written essays are not my favorite. I used film photography as my context for the art portion and my written essays showed the context of the time and the lessons the artists of the time learned.
Project Two
My interview for English shows the perspective of how a rich, young, Jewish women in NYC lived and experienced the Jazz scene of the 1940s and 50s as well as how her father lived in the 1920s and 30s. This is the transcript along with the updated question list and the highlighted portions and answers show perspective.
For art I copied my script, along with screen grabs from the primary source videos I watched of the artists. I was not specific in my choice of perspective and that was really my downfall. I wanted originally to focus on the 1920s and Harlem but as my project evolved I realized the prospective of post WW1 was too broad so I chose to focus more on the 40s which resulted in me having too much info on something I would not end up doing. For prospective of art I showed the video along with the interview with Susan.
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Project Three
For project Three I focused on American Transcendentalism and studied poets such as Ralph Waldo Emerson. For art I made a series of images portraying myself as kind of the "main character" and having the background being vast nature to tie in elements of American Transcendentalism. For English not only did I read and annotate 5 poems but I also wrote one of my own seen above.
- The Mist -
I. I feel the mist. Standing in the falls, I hear a calming hiss Standing above the chasm, above the abyss What was once tribal territory, We seem to miss. What used to be ours What used to be preserved What we will miss? II. I feel the mist. Such gentle whisps. The waves of water rush, feeling the coolness over my feet. Standing in your river, by your magnificent beauty. And I wonder, what it would take to make you ours again? III. The morals felt are powerful Over our taken land Taken values Taken property. We used to hold close our traditions, Gaurd them with a closed vengeance But we let them in, gave them small freedoms, And they took everything from us. IV. I feel the power. Standing before thou How rolling with hits, And such power beholds. You command the landscape. The water rushing And then the true might. Even from above, I feel the mist. This poem is about a Native American, standing above a waterfall, remembering the times when the land was theirs. Throughout the poem the use of the “st” sound mimics the waterfall’s noise, especially in the context for the main saying “I feel the mist” the “st” sound is present throughout, reminding the reader that the speaker is standing by a waterfall. The use of end rhyme is also common throughout the poem and is used to emphasize the feeling of distress. When the poet writes “ Standing before thou, How rolling with hits, And such power beholds.” I feel like he is examining the balance between man and the power of nature in a way that feels it represents the power and tranquility of nature. Overall this poem was very fun to read and I enjoyed the alliteration. |
Project Four
For my fourth and final project I hosted a Make A Wish benefit art gallery! I raised almost five hundred dollars for Make A Wish as well as garnering a lot of attention for the cause. For English, I wrote up about two paragraphs per image synthesizing facts into the writing about my photos. Overall the gallery was a success and was a great learning experience for me.
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