A Student Response From:CristianUnderstanding your own identity is being able to ignore societies’ expectations about you. Because you are simply human, you are expected to conform to what is considered normal. But conformity means that there is a lack of expression, lack of your imagination, lack of free will. Your identity is the way you see yourself, but how can …
Week 2 Emil
A Student Response From:EmilSuch an emphasis is put onto labels. Humans want to categorize, humans want to put things into boxes. And when things don’t fit into these boxes, they get uncomfortable. When things want to move boxes, they get uncomfortable. And there’s a focus on what boxes you “belong” to, what communities will accept you, what communities will never …
Week 2 Rene
A Student Response From:ReneOn Friday, while sitting in class, I received a text that my nephew had finally succumbed to the cancer that had been eating away at his body all the four years he was on this earth. I think of him as I look at my foot, thinking about the surgeries I’m scheduling between classes and how hard …
Week 2 Maximus
A Student Response From:MaximusWhen reading this weeks prompt, I connect heavily to the notion of materialism. Rose notes that she is defined by nouns, gender and BMI, as well as letting that affect our own brain on the treatment what we claim in this life. When reading this, it challenges me to realize my depth, my limits and my desires, …
Week 2 D4
A Student Response From:ChristopherWhen I can be a question without an answer, I will be free. Yet, I long for the security of diminishing the unknown with cutting descriptions that make the question of being easier to manage. And I tell myself I want to be free. Extricating myself from comforts’ soft grasp doesn’t seem to get easier, it’s always …
Week 2 D3
A Student Response From:MeganSometimes everything around you can feel like a lot and can feel like it is holding you down. so I created this piece to kind of represent that. Next Student Reply
Week 2 D2
A Student Response From:SophiaHow much of identity is dictated by appearance? Next Student Reply
Week 2 D1
A Student Response From:Er CaseThis is an audio response. Listen to it here:Next Student Reply
Week 2 C4
A Student Response From:Baahozohnii With color, with size, with detail…. the painter gives us a sense of depth. I think this applies to more than just paintings. In terms of human beings, our own uniqueness and personalities bring color into our worlds. As well as bringing color into ourselves. I remember reading somewhere that, no matter how hard we try, …
Week 2 C3
A Student Response From:AubreyI often think about how complicated we have made the world on more than just a surface level. We didn’t just create arbitrary systems that make life more complex like governments and money, but we made systems that are used to control the way that we think about ourselves and those around us. On some level, the …