Adolescents phycology project:
Essay
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Visual
Artist statement:
The big idea behind my artwork is The pressures and societal standards imposed on teens nowadays. I wanted to share this idea because it is a physical representation of the overwhelming expectations of adolescents. In this piece of art, I did a black road that represents someone's life. The college is supposed to represent the different pressures that society has imposed on adolescents nowadays. There are words overtop of the collage that represent the way that adolescents/ teens are perceived, and the specific pressures that they face, along with this it shows stereotypes for teens. I wanted to do a collage because every photo found in magazines is commonly over glorified and shows how society puts a biased vision in our head even if it is simply a picture of e vegetables. I think that the simplistic black road was a good contrast from the chaotic collage surrounding it. This is also a good representation of the chaos that life presents and the simple way that it is perceived. When I started this project I originally had the Idea of the road representing life, and I was gonna do a painting or drawing around the road. Then I decided to do a collage so that it could show specific pressures that teens face.
Artist statement:
The big idea behind my artwork is The pressures and societal standards imposed on teens nowadays. I wanted to share this idea because it is a physical representation of the overwhelming expectations of adolescents. In this piece of art, I did a black road that represents someone's life. The college is supposed to represent the different pressures that society has imposed on adolescents nowadays. There are words overtop of the collage that represent the way that adolescents/ teens are perceived, and the specific pressures that they face, along with this it shows stereotypes for teens. I wanted to do a collage because every photo found in magazines is commonly over glorified and shows how society puts a biased vision in our head even if it is simply a picture of e vegetables. I think that the simplistic black road was a good contrast from the chaotic collage surrounding it. This is also a good representation of the chaos that life presents and the simple way that it is perceived. When I started this project I originally had the Idea of the road representing life, and I was gonna do a painting or drawing around the road. Then I decided to do a collage so that it could show specific pressures that teens face.
Energy unit |
This unit was incredibly significant to my growth as a learner. I think I grew as a learner in many different ways throughout this unit. For example, I think I grew as a person. I think this, because I was often put in a stressful situation and forced to use my persistence to get me through it. This helped me to use my patients and focus in situations that can be problematic. This is good practice, as in bad situations it is always better to stay calm. I think I also grew as an academic. I think this because I learned that we are often trapped in our own views and can be blinded from other societal issues/injustices.
I grew as a learner in this unit in many ways, through knowledge, and persistence, but also as a person and a collaborator. I think that this project has taught me so much, I specifically learned a lot in humanities. I think in humanities we began addressing the fact that society has people trapped in a bubble of simply their own existence, and only focus on issues that will impact them. This made me realize how blind the world is to its own impacts. Simply learning about environmental justice has allowed me to grow as a person, it showed me that I have a very small fraction of knowledge of our world and the complexities within it. It keeps me wondering what else may be going on that I have no idea about simply because I am privileged. I think that this unit has given me a larger perspective and sense of wonder. One challenge I have encountered in this project is simply being in a group, group projects are difficult for me. I have found that in group projects I typically end up having to do a good majority of the workload. Though this is not always the case It is a struggle especially when it is a big project with a small amount of time. One member and I have been working very well together, however I found a bit of a struggle with my other group members' communication and cooperation in this project. Though we are all putting in a lot of effort it has just been difficult often finding ways that people can help out and put in their best effort. Another difficulty we have found was simply finding ways to print our posters and make our project interactive. We overcame all these issues, by staying calm, being patient and resilient and adjusting to the issues that arose. For instance I found jobs that could be more fitting for our specific skills, and used all of our talents to the best of our abilities. This has helped me to grow as a learner, because it puts me in situations where I am forced to challenge myself and face difficult situations that may commonly arise. If I were to redo this project, I would try and find a way we could make our project slightly more interactive, just so it is more memorable for the audience and the information we are presenting will stick with them. It is already decently interactive, however this way it would be more beneficial to the audience. Along with this I would try and pick a new example for the essay we wrote. I think this would be beneficial because then I would be able to have learned more about the impact on people. Along with this this would have allowed me to learn more in depth about nuclear reactors fail mechanisms. Besides this I am incredibly happy with the way that this unit turned out. I think my group's final project was a beautiful, captivating illustration of the consumption methods of lights and how humans take energy for advantage. This unit has tremendously helped me to grow. It has been helpful for me to see the narrowed view we are taught. It has helped to open my eyes to the fact that we are trapped in a systematic societal cycle. Because of the way that we are socialized and the human factors that have input on all human opinions we are stuck in this type of cycle. I don't know if it is possible to escape this system, however simply being aware of it has brought such a widening to my view point. I think that this unit has allowed me to intensify a sense of curiosity I have. I think that this is the most important quality to being a learner, it allows you a motive and a sense of accomplishment moving forwards, growing and continuing to expand knowledge and viewpoints. |