At Freestyle we began a unit that revolved around the question of “Who am I?”. Beginning in English, we were given time to work on our college personal essay, with lessons focusing on how to condense ourselves into 650 words. In Digital Media we began working on a mandala, which I learned can be a great birthday gift, especially as I can say I made it myself. In Design we did a PSA based on an issue that we are passionate about, and were given lots of creative reign with it. After that project, we did aboriginal art in Adobe Photoshop, which is Australian art with symbols representing stories.
In English, our process began with a brainstorming challenge called the essence objects list. This asked us to write a list of objects that reflect us. This was mine:
-My Honda, memory box, my childhood blanket, caltrain ticket, my sketchbook, black belt, jellyfish, lipgloss, and my dog
In English we continued by brainstorming values that represent us to convey in our Personal Essay. The video below with my core values was made in Digital Media, as the classes are interlinked in Freestyle.