Anastasia, Q2

I use my art to express the things I see that I can't describe with words, yet I have an artist statement to write none the less...

The Collage...
When I create a collage, the final product is usually quite scenic.  Beginning this collage I simply choose and assortment of images that caught my eye and went from there, being extremely precise when cutting. The assortment of images transformed into a mystical "city" in they sky with a pastel color scheme. I am extremely satisfies... :)

The Fabric...
I found drawing a texture to be very challenging and in the end I settled with the one thing I know how to draw, fabric with a rippling effect. The outcome was simple, but sleek.

 The Photo...
 This image is one of the most professional shots I have ever captured on  an iPhone.  Every detail is clear to the bare eye.  Since the image itself has "a lot" going on in it I wanted the edit to be simple.  The picture seemed washed of color so I increased the vibrance.  Proud to call it my own!

The Illustration...
I had not a clue what to base my illustration off of.  I knew music, but there is an incredible variety to choose from and I was very indecisive.  I was quite stuck until I heard the Beatles song, "She came in through the bathroom window".  The idea of that image was so bizarre but would make for a very unique creation.  So I began.  I am not good at drawing legs though, the initial plan was for there to be a leg sticking through the window, yet when I got to a certain point I decided that I liked it as it was.

...whew

Identity and Belonging Podcast

My goals for the project, originally, was to have a very strong and meaningful piece about identity and how it can be misinterpreted, turned around and downright painful. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the hard hitting piece that I wanted. Instead I turned to my parents, I wanted to explore how identity is shaped in your early life and how that leads to a mutual generational identity. My parents grew up in vastly different communities and economic groups, but were still able to learn the same values and morals. To me that was fascinating and I wanted to know more about it. 

The process of making this podcast was very long and frustrating. As I mentioned in my previous podcast, it took a while for me to get the footage for my podcast. After I got my footage, I had to cut it down to ten minutes. Initially it seemed like it would be hard to do but as I got through the logging process I realized that a lot of the conversation wasn't relevant or usable. In the end I was had less than 8 minutes of usable footage. The last step was adding in music which was the easiest part. In the end I'm glad we did this project, although I wish I had more time, I like the podcast making part. 

Final Podcast

My Artwork

I use my artwork to channel my inner imagination. It is not too often in school when you can express how you feel, and art is one of the few times. I am proud of my pieces and think that you will appreciate them also.

My "Blend of Music" piece is my personal favorite. It is a blend of covers from some of the songs  I listen too. I like it because it is simple, colorful, and means something special to me. The covers are placed in strategic positions that caught my eyes and I felt like it would help catch others also.

My next piece is "Il tessuto cade". Thats means the falling fabric in Italian. This piece was cool because I added a little extra to the assigned task. I wanted the make the fabric flow even more so I decided to use the fan to give it the flow look. 

My third piece is Kaleidoscope dreams. It shows a young girl through the eye of a kaleidoscope. Of all the filters, this was my favorite. It reminds my of looking through a toy kaleidoscope as a kid. 

My final piece was my quote from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It shows a camel in a place with feathers and the one feather on his back is broken. The quote did not literally mean this but it is what came to mind when I heard it.

Art 2: Quarter 2 Artist's Statement and Art Slideshow

Art 2, the second class of art offered at Science Leadership Academy is all about the deeper exploration of the different types of visual arts. This quarter, we started off the by getting an overview of all the pieces we were doing and all the options we had for each piece. For each piece there were three options for the workload that you wanted. They were Passive, for the student who was in the class just because, Middle for students who are interested in art but not sure if they want to pursue futures in art, and the Future Art Student which is pretty self explanatory.


Our first assignment of quarter was another Art History assignment. We were to research art from any country that we wanted on the list of the website we were assigned to. I chose France and a dress by Yves Saint Laurent. The dress is his timeless Mondrian dress.


The second assignment is the one I am most proud of this quarter. It is an artistic collage inspired by Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam”, as you can see the resemblance from the hands reaching out towards the diamond ring. I gave it a modern twist by adding the diamond and model cutouts form a Cosmopolitan issue. Dubbed “Girls love diamonds.” this piece is definitely the work that cherish most out of my compilation this quarter.


The third was a challenging one. Our job was to draw fabric. I chose to do something differently and draw draped robes on a made-up/fantasy character I created myself as well. I thought this was challenging because of the fact that I had to pay close attention to where the fabric was hanging and going on the model. Although it was difficult, I was still able to create good looking fabric and do it in a more creative way than just drawing the fabric alone.


The next assignment took us away from the pencil and paper and made us go digital. We were tasked with shooting a photo and professionally editing it. I did this plenty of times before and still do it even now so this was right up my alley. I shot a symmetrical photo of a mailbox which was shot using the rule of thirds. The mailbox was centered with beautiful flowers behind it which gave it the bright colors. While editing, I made sure to boost the vibrancy of the colors in order to make them pop.


The last assignment was an illustration of a children’s book, poem, novel. Being the person that I am, I chose to do an illustration of lyrics from rap songs. The songs were by Travis Scott and Kanye West, which explain my drawings which show Travis Scott and Kanye West performing actions that they speak about in their songs.


Overall I can say that I have learned a lot this quarter when it comes to different techniques and ways to go about creating pieces of art and I believe that this will truly benefit me in my future. For that I would like to thank my art teacher, Ms. Hull for just being there to help us on the journeys we go on every quarter in her class.

Black Boy White School

Eric E Stewart Francis Bacon
The goal of my podcast was to learn more about my brothers experience as a young black boy at a private school. Through this,I wanted to silently guide him to talking about how that shaped his identity and what he ended up being exposed to as a result of his unique experience. A lot of my podcast was us making fun of each other, so I had to work really hard to make the transitions as smooth as possible between ideas, however you'll still hear the unnatural break or jump in my podcast.

What went well was the interview, as I knew it would. He was open, jovial, and projected his voice in a way that didn't require any editing. My only struggle was trying to export the recording as i'd done it on Garageband and the file would convert for whatever reason. However, through trial and error, I figured out I was pressing the wrong button and just edited and exported on Garageband, much easier than Soundtrap. I learned to look into the apps I use for recording to avoid situations like this again

Logan Art Slide Show

​I wanted to make my collage based off of something that reflects my childhood. So I choose to combine all of the classic Disney movies, characters, or slogans that show what Disney really is. Before making making my collage I had to decide which movies I wanted to include, since there are so many movies. From there I had to decided where they would fit and how those pictures would look next to each other.
The next art project was to create a fabric. For this project I knew I wanted to make a dress but I was unsure if I could do it. So I made a practice image which is just a regular piece of fabric.  Then I started working on the dress that I wanted to make, yet I still was unsure of how to do small details of the dress to really make it look like flowing fabric. With the help of Mrs. Hull I was able to adjust my dress and turn it into something that I am proud off.
For the photo editing project I knew I wanted to use picture that I couldn't draw, but I also new that  I wanted to reflect myself a little bit. In the first blur of the girl with the cracked glasses shows that life is tough. In the Superwoman picture I wanted to show how I will run whenever my friends or family is in trouble. And the last picture of the elephant walking alone shows that how I have taken a different path than many others, it also shows that sometimes I walk alone. 
In my illustrations I knew that I wanted to improve on how I drew faces and eyes. So I choose a song that would help me do that called Pretty Brown Eyes by Mint Condition. I was also inspired by another son called Key to My Heart this song explains how the a girl doesn't want to tell the boy how she feel but he still has the key to her heart. 
I feel like I am improving in my art. I want to continue trying new things and making progress.

Art Blog 2


For my collage I wanted to use different clippings from magazines to create a gown. I was going to have the body just be drawn on, but then I came across an old magazine about bones and I used cut outs from it to create a skeleton for the body. 
I really enjoyed learning how to draw fabrics, I didn't make one main drawing, I drew many different styles originally as practice, but I didn't want to make one main drawing because I didn't feel confident enough to make something that large when I was still learning
For the photo I took a picture of a bush I came across while walking home from a class, I thought that the snow on the leaves, and the depth would have a strong effect. 
For my illustration I decided to do a book cover for the book I'm reading now. Pride and Prejudice. The girl in the picture is the main character: Elizabeth Bennet. I wanted to capture her facial expression; in the book Elizabeth is very prejudice (hense the title) and I wanted her face to look as if it was judging the person looking back. 



McCarthy Unabridged: The Road Page 119

The Passage below is what I imagined to be the moments that the man took prior to getting to the house and getting Koolaid and other treats calmly. ​


The taste of sulfur still lingering in the air, the man coughed. Felt the debris cut pieces from his throat and coughed up more blood onto the frozen ground. He looked up into the gray and the dark of the sky and shouted to god;

Have you no mercy!?... Have you no shame!?

His breath riding on the wind, the cold air making silhouettes of the shadows of what full trees once looked like. It reminded him of how hope took false forms, how it was a bargaining chip from god to the damned, and all he could do was sit. Trying to extract the pieces of the mirage from his mind.

What do you want from me!? What do you want from us!? Why am I still here!!!

The ringing silence that bounced off the wind taunted him, the apples fallen and rotting at his feet.

He thought of the rain, he thought of the simmering ground how it was always cold and thawing but never completely unfrozen. What an irony in a world of fire, He thought of floods, and noah, and world's end, he thought of water, and the life that is given with a boat. How long would it sit frozen? The rust eating away at the pipes. You cannot clean the world of soot, or ash, or singed leaves that have long fallen and been dead. Hell was right here.

Isn’t it?

In the rotting of dead men, with teeth like splinters, everything, burned.





The reason I chose this section on page 119 right before the man goes into the house and chews the hay seeds, is because I honestly felt as though something was missing. That we missed something between those two moments That break in a paragraph has the ability to further create a dialog of what it means to be forsaken. Especially in a world like this. It raises the question of; Can truly even be a good guy? Apples are always a significant tool used in literature. Authors make choices when they write, and McCarthy being the poetic writer that he is I believe chose apples rotten apples and a burned apple orchard or I interpreted it at least, as addressing the idea of the world's end and being forsaken, because prior to this scene in the apple orchard we hear talk of serpents and other biblical references. Therefore I tied back that piece of genesis with Adam and Eve to the end of the world, how she had forsaken mankind and now the time has now ended completely. That hell is the very world you live in. I chose this theme in particular because the Man’s conversations with god many times turn to arguments, vast exchanges of silence and anger and shouting between the man and the sky, and then there is this other piece of god that the man has which is through the boy, and what it means to have faith. It is as if the boy is his god, because the boy is what he believes in. The boy in many ways which are more innocent is this all knowing being, who often times brings the hope back to the man, and keeps the man going. The boy is the man’s god because the man has unwavering faith in the boy, as one does in god, the boy has to live, the boy has to keep moving, the boy drives the man’s will to live, the mans faith in his entirety. The only way the man still feels anguish in a world this doused in pain is because of his love and obligation to protect the boy whom he has deemed sacrosanct.


Quarter 2 Artwork

This quarter I explored different types of art and I learned more about myself as an artist. The work this quarter was challenging but also a lot of fun to do. I enjoyed learning more about photography and photo editing and I also really enjoyed making a collage for the first time in many years.

For my collage I wanted to convey a sense of calmness and serenity so I chose to do a collage of the sun setting over the ocean. When flipping through magazines to cut out some useful pieces for my collage I saw a picture of a sunset and it inspired me to do a collage of a sunset. My collage reminds me of all the times I’ve stayed at my grandmother’s house at the beach and seen the sun setting over the ocean. I really enjoyed creating the collage and it was my favorite assignment of the quarter.

The fabric drawing was very difficult for me because I’d never drawn fabric before. It was hard to capture all the wrinkles and folds in the fabric accurately and even harder to draw the shadows and lights. The fabric I was drawing wasn’t very visually appealing so it was hard to feel inspired.

I took a photo of one of the horses on the seesaw at the playground close to SLA. As a child I went to Greene Towne school, the preschool across the street from SLA, so I used to play in that playground a lot and I remember that the horses were my favorite part of the playground. I chose to use a filter that distorted the image to symbolize how childhood memories are often lost and become hazy.

The illustration was my second favorite project. I chose to illustrate “Stopping Through Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost. I chose to illustrate that poem because I knew that there was going to be a blizzard the weekend after the illustration was due and I wanted to draw something snowy and wintry. I enjoyed drawing everything, especially the trees and the horse. I wanted my illustration to convey the beauty of nature and also convey a sense of wonder.


McCarthy Unabridged: The Road, Page 23

I use to drink those all the time when I was your age.


How long ago was that?


I don't remember.


The man and the boy look around to see if there was anything else that was useful that could be added to their cart. The man curiously walked near a flight of stairs that seemed to start near the entrance.


What is it?

Wait here.

Let me go with you, I’m scared.

No, I’ll be back. I’ll let you know if I find anything.

But Papa.

Don’t follow me.


The man slowly approached the staircase, he tip toed up the stairs keeping a tight grip on his gun. Before he reached the top of the stairs he looked to see if there was anyone in the room. Once he reached the top of the stairs he was overwhelmed to see what his eyes had not seen in years.


Get up here, I have something to show you.

What is it?

Come up and I’ll show you.

I don’t know, is it safe?

Just come up here, you’ll like it I promise.


The boy took a large amount of time to get up the stairs, the man didn’t mind as he was mesmerized by what he had seen.


What is it?

It’s a radio.

What’s a radio?

It’s like a box that plays any kind of music you put into it.

Does it work?

I don’t know, I’ll try to turn it on.


The man picked up the radio and observed it for a couple of minutes, he tested all of the buttons and was finally able to turn it on.


I don’t hear anything.

You have to put in the CD so it can play.

Where can we find one?

Help me look around, there should be some around.


The man opened the cabinet below from where the radio was, he grabbed the first one he saw and handed it to the boy.

Is this it?

Yes.

What does it say?

Greatest Hits of The Century. Put it in, and press the button that says play.


It took a couple of seconds for the first track on the CD to play. The first song was by Dion, The Twist. The moment the song began the man moved his hips and feet and sang the words of the song as loud as he could. The boy did not understand what he was doing and seemed to be bewildered as he stared at him.


Papa, what are you doing?

Dancing, come on it’s easy.

I don’t know, you’re acting really strange.

It’s not strange, just try it.

But I don’t know how.

Just do the twist.

I don’t even know what that means.

It means stop being scared and dance.


After three songs had passed the boy smiled and joined the man in the middle of the floor. The boy didn’t know any of the songs so he sang whatever seemed right. The man looked down at the boy and began to laugh. Once the last track ended they grabbed all their stuff and set out back onto the road, for the rest of the journey the man and the boy hummed each song they had danced to and disappeared into the cold dark night.


Rationale of The Creative Scene


I chose to write the creative scene after the man and the boy were in the supermarket and the man wanted him to try the coca cola because I wanted to add more nostalgic elements to the story. The scene where the man gives the boy the coca cola gives the reader a taste of what was a custom of the world before the events that have left it in the way it is now. Creating the scene where the man finds the radio and identifies what is playing and as well as his actions gives the reader more background information about the man and what the boy is familiar with pertaining to what he knows about the world the man grew up in, which would be the motif of my creative scene. I also wanted to introduced a different side of the man, a side to which even the boy wasn’t familiar with. It shows how much humanity the man still has inside of him, and how little the boy has experienced throughout his time in the world they know now to be a wasteland. The theme of my creative scene is similar to the scene where the man gives the boy the coca-cola, except it is more nostalgic and playful. When I wrote the scene I included how the man wanted the boy to join him, I made it clear that the opportunity for the boy to actually be a kid and experience something that the man had once experienced himself was probably the only one he would get. 

My essential question was “What is the relationship between the man and the boy? Throughout the novel we are given examples to when the man shows how he protects the boy, but we also see how the boy controls him and his level of authority. I wanted my creative scene to show a playful father and son bonding moment, something that the reader rarely sees in the novel. My creative scene shows a reflection of an important moment that had just passed, that important moment would be when the man tells the boy to taste the coca-cola. Suggesting that the boy should join the man when he was dancing and singing shows the same elements. For my vocabulary word I chose the twist to describe what the man was doing and what the man was singing. The Twist was a popular song and dance in the 1960's by Dion.







Jake's Podcast: Family and Identity

My goal for this podcast was to find the relationship between a family's upbringing and identity. I interviewed my mother Angela Allen on what she remembers about her family. I had already known that my mother had a rough relationship with her father and mother on different opinions. I also interviewed my mother on what her life was like when she was, briefly, shunned by her family when she came out as gay.
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My experience with this project was, overall, good one. The interviewing went well, but I think in the next podcast project I have I will use a program other than Soundtrap for editing. From this project I learned that I need to improve on my interviewing skills, not in responding to questions but in sounding more engaged and asking more thought provoking questions. I also learned that it is not uncommon for people to create their own identity.

Attempting to see beyond the white curtain: The Podcast

The idea for this project was inspired by Indee's topic of choice, being biracial.  Once I heard her discussing what she was going to write about an outline for my own paper began to form in my mind.  Race is a topic I have developed an intense passion for.  Yet, as a majority I always question my place in the discussion.  I figured that by studying the topic intently it would help me come to grips with my inner conflict. Deciding to go through with my topic was hard for me though, because I feared the possible reactions that would follow the publishing of my paper on slate.  My passion for the subject overcame my fear. I determined that my best product would come only if I was truly invested in the topic .
There were many factor that contributed to the stable process of writing my paper. The fact that I had interest on my topic compelled me to dig deep into the realm of research using many videos as well as a documentary as resources. Therefore I had much proof to back up the statements I made within my writing. The only art of the process I found difficult was sitting down to write the paper. I kept returning to pages of research attempting to collect more evidence. I was trying to create a statement that was carefully worded, attempting to be as fair-minded as possible. In the end I learned that in order to have a conversation about race there must be respect given from all sides as well as an understanding and honesty of the past and present. The white race as a whole must remove the veil from their eyes and recognize that they are in a majority position, and with that, the understanding that minorities lead a different experience.

  



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Quarter 2, Avery Monroe

I had a lot of fun with this quarters pieces. It reminded me of when I was younger in art class and we did block prints a lot. My favorite piece in this would have to be the Golden Ratio collage. I like the contrast of he pinks to the blue. It made me really happy to finish it because I liked it so much. To do these pieces I did a lot of research and it helped me to see what I could take from what I saw and make it my own. I guess other people were a big help in inspiring what I did this quarter. 

I like this class a lot and doing this type of stuff because it shows me the kinds of things that I am good at and what I like to do. I get to learn about all these different types of art, and I am excited to see what we get to do in the rest of the year. 

See Your Skin Podcast

During my writing process I explored the idea of belonging. After watching several  videos and reading excerpts that described how we find our identity. It helped me to examine bigger ideas such as the process of building our identity and how many factors go into the destruction of our identity. But I’ve came to the conclusion that our identity can’t be destructed unless we allow it to be. Our identity can be reconstructed, because throughout life we will have different encounters that help us shape and form our identity. Another idea that stuck out to me during my research was that we do form our identity based off of others people projections,because when we come into this world we are told things and we base our own projections on their own.

I’m very happy with the outcome of my essay and podcast. I was able to interview my family members and understand their perspective on belonging and forming our identity. In the future I want to be comfortable with educating people about identity and I also want to stay comfortable in my own skin and not rely on the presence of others.


My Podcast

Quarter 2 Gina Sorgentoni

This quarter challenged me creatively. There was less work to do, so I payed close attention to all the pieces I created. One of the pieces I am most proud of is one of my sketches for the block print. The silhouette filled with flowers was a piece I worked on for hours. I wanted to create something elegant and almost vintage looking. This piece helped me improve my skill with drawing flowers as well as drawing people. Another piece I am proud of is my golden ratio collage. I wanted to approach the collage using items that follow the ratio. My final product was a forest of ferns on a snowy day. 

Identity And Belonging Podcast

So My goal for this podcast was to be able to relate heroes to identity and how heroes can have impact on them. I thought that getting an interview from both of my parents. I wanted to see how their experience with the people that they considered their heroes impacted them overall. I also wanted to make sure I had said my part for this topic and what I had learned from this experience as a whole 
What I had found that was really interesting and enjoyable, would have to be the interviews that I had done with my parents. They had some interesting points, and it had given me new ideas on how to approach this podcast. It was really cool, not to mention I felt like I got a chance to learn more about my parents. The most difficult part of this project would have to be editing. I severely underestimated the amount of work that I had to put in to make the final podcast really good. However, I would still say that it was worth it.  

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Identity and Belonging Podcast (Money Jawn)

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​My theme for my podcast was to find out the identity and belonging. My goal for this project was to find out the word of misjudgment and the word "terrorist." People say this word just to say it and really don't know what it means. I interviewed my fellow friend, his name is Ahmed Ahmed. He is in 9th grade and he attends Science Leadership Acd. Now I feel from another person point of view of getting misjudged and mistreated and what terrorist means. 

My interview went well than I expected it to go. It was very frustrating at one point of time but I overcame it and got done my podcast. This was a very hard process for me, it felt like I had to do everything perfect or it will mess up my whole project. I listened to my interview probably a good 10 times to make sure everything was okay. Making a podcast takes a lot of time. For my first podcast, I don't think it was that bad. I learned a lot of new things about working with a podcast. 

Identity and Belonging Podcast - Kayla Cassumba

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My goal for this project was to get my audience to understand that education and knowledge is key to success. Through my father's example I was able to extract some of his key values and help me further understand who he is. Throughout the podcast I have Congolese drums playing which are one of my father's favorite instruments.  

What went well during this project was getting my interview. I had a lot of material to work with but it was challenging to boil down the information to the most important part. It was challenging to edit the podcast and take out any unnecessary material and also to have it all flow without it sounding bad. Overall, the project had its rough patches but when it was completed I felt good.

Quarter 2 Art Portfolio

I wanted to make a collage of something/or someone that I love. I’ve always loved Audrey Hepburn and so I decided to make a collage about her. Before making my collage I did a little  research on Audrey Hepburn and discovered that she was born during the time of Nazi Germany, but the most interesting fact I learned was that she at bulbs of Tulips to stay alive and so I decided to make the shape of my collage a tulip bulb.

For the draw fabric assignment I decided to draw a gown. I’ve always loved and been interested in fashion and so this was my favorite assignment in quarter 2.  Before I started drawing I did some research on what draw fabrics looked like. I found a lot of images of what looked like to be drawing of a big sheet or clothing.

The picture I chose to edit is of my sister and I. I chose this photo because this is one of my favorite photos of my sister and I. This photo was originally taken in color.

I based my illustration off of a Shel Silverstein poem called: Early Bird. The first poetry book I had had this poem in it. It’s also where I learned the phrases: early bird get the worm. I decided to draw a picture of a bird because it’s the main subject of the poem.


Identity & Belonging Podcast

My goals for this podcast were to bring to my viewers an overall idea of how identity is found. I wanted talk about the introduction of trends and how social media affects the lives of everyone who is starting to find themselves. Things and people that you encounter throughout time affects your personality depending on how you interpreted it or them. Trends are turning this generation into a world of plagiarism. With this being said, trends can be both bad and good.

After creating my podcast I was mostly pleased with my work. The editing took a while and so did the audio of the podcast but I was happy with the outcome.  I had the most fun with adding the music to my audio. This was also one of the most difficult parts of creating this project. Overall I learned how to gather information from a person rather than online and I learned more about how to be open minded when looking at arguments.
English Identity Podcast

Podcast -220 Poppin'

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My goal for this podcast was not sit down and get to know my great grandmother more and also receive some elderly knowledge. I think some of our youth could use some of this knowledge and use it throughout their life.



what went well with this podcast was my grandma responded to the questions I asked well and she also elaborated good too she made it somewhat easy to  interview her . what was challenging about this podcast was I used my phone so I  had to keep switching my phone from her mouth to mine and some times I would move the phone before she finished speaking and I got stuck in between questions so I would start stuttering too much.


Xavier's Podcast: Intellectual Identity

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I created this podcast with the idea of intellectual identity. I interviewed Harry and Eva, two friends of mine who I consider to be very smart. 

Through this experience I discovered the concept of intellectual elitism. I don't think That I would have come to the same conclusion that I did without the input of my interviewees. The actual editing of this project was very painful and the time limit was really damaging to my podcast itself. 

Accepting my Name: Identity and Belonging

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My goal for this podcast was to showcase the history behind my name and it's significance attributed with my father and mother and how I somewhat struggled accepting it. I didn't just want to give my point of view of my name, so I interviewed my father and mother as well. I asked them the same questions so I could get different perspectives. To change it up a little bit, I had a friend interview me rather then just me speaking of my experience because I wanted to have my recollection of memories in the moment to show raw emotion.
Completing this podcast, it wasn't much of a struggle. I had a bit of paranoia working with Soundtrap because of previous experiences, but other then that, it was easy. I would say that the only other struggle was remaining in the time limit. My first draft of my podcast was 15 minutes so I had to edit a lot of audio out that I wanted to keep :(. I learned a lot from this podcast. First, I learned the skill of podcasts with the help of videos of Ira Glass and during class with Ms. Dawson and Mr. Block. I also learned that there are multiple other ways to story tell of then writing and that later on in life, I can use the tool of audio and literacy to present other ideas and narratives. I had a lot of fun doing this benchmark! Hope you guys enjoy!