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The Reflections unit was all about asking ourselves, who am I am who have I become? These questions were first asked when we started writing our personal statements for the common app. They were used so we could narrow down exactly what we wanted to write about in order to make the best college essay we could. We also asked these questions about us and society while we read Citizen by Claudia Rankine. We analyzed the experiences of people of color in America and how they compare to ours. In design, we created PSAs based on our personal Statements to express the qualities that make us unique. Speaking of Uniqueness, In digital Media, we made mandalas to express our voice which were cut out of wood with a laser printer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essence Objects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We narrowed ourselves down by listing our most valued items\/items that represent us the best. My list included my blue Yamaha BB404 bass guitar (affectionately referred to as “Patrick”) and my Green Baritone Hoodie. My full list is as follows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Blue Yamaha BB404 Bass guitar<\/li>
  2. Copy of Fallout: New Vegas<\/li>
  3. custom built PC<\/li>
  4. Samsung Galaxy s7 smartphone<\/li>
  5. Earbuds\/headphones<\/li>
  6. Fender MIM Stratocaster<\/li>
  7. Red Kramer Nightrider <\/li>
  8. Cheap goodwill Soundsystem<\/li>
  9. Martin acoustic<\/li>
  10. Handbuilt \u201cTrashocaster\u201d guitar<\/li>
  11. Upright bass<\/li>
  12. Trombone <\/li>
  13. Canon DSLR Camera<\/li>
  14. Converses with cheap pink laces<\/li>
  15. My green MB baritone hoodie<\/li>
  16. My red hoodie<\/li>
  17. Dvd set of the Lord of the Rings trilogy<\/li>
  18. My own Documentary book \u201cOld Europe in Silicon Valley\u201d<\/li>
  19. Blood Sugar Sex Magik CD<\/li>
  20. My grandma\u2019s Thit Kho<\/li>
  21. Bowl of Pho<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Personal Museum Curation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Jeremy Hahn
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    S(ea) F(ood) Coma
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    The Chronicles of San Francisco<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    JR
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    When I saw this gigantic photo mural in the SFMOMA the other day, I knew I had to add it to my personal museum. The Chronicles of San Francisco by JR is a love letter to the people and the city of San Francisco. It shows people of all walks of life coming together as one big community. I feel that this photo reflects my value of diversity. As someone of mixed heritage, culture, and ethnicity, diversity is one of my most valued traits in society. This mural shows SF as a diverse melting pot of all kinds of people. One big stew with ingredients from everywhere including noodles from East Asia, Spices from India, Meat from Africa, bread from Europe, and vegetables from Latin America. I believe that a society can not function without differing perspectives. That\u2019s how we get different solutions to problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Palmen(Palm Trees)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sigmar Polke 
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    I also used this painting for my ekphrastic poem my junior year so I felt that it would be appropriate to put in my own personal museum. However my connection to it doesn\u2019t only extend to my poem, but I also connect with this piece\u2019s value of creativity. Despite it just being a painting of a couple of palm trees in a desert town, looking deeper into the piece can reveal a whole new meaning to it. First off, the piece is rather minimal, the whole thing is made out of dots scattered throughout the canvas. The dots also serve to create a fake noise look which could be interpreted as a sandstorm that obstructs the view and hides a lot of the town. This type of creativity is one that I enjoy putting into my own work, and I really hope to experiment more with different kinds of looks and moods in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Confections<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Wayne Thiebaud
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    Why would I say that this piece speaks to me? Well I don\u2019t really know why. Maybe it\u2019s just because it seems like something I\u2019d create. Or maybe it\u2019s because it speaks to my value of enjoyment. I feel that it\u2019s very important to take some time to just chill and have some fun every once in a while. I feel like this painting reflects that message well. It\u2019s nothing special, and it doesn\u2019t have to be anything special. It\u2019s just a fun and cute painting of ice cream. And who doesn\u2019t love that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What I would exclude<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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    Big Crinkly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Alexander Calder\u2019
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    This piece just doesn\u2019t mean anything. Not a single thing. It doesn\u2019t help that it\u2019s hideous and ugly. It\u2019s just a metal square blob. It\u2019s not interesting or fun or anything. It just doesn\u2019t speak to me at all. Maybe I\u2019m not getting something but it kinda just seems like bland art without meaning to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    National Velvet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Andy Warhol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Like the previous one, this one just doesn\u2019t do it for me. I just don\u2019t feel any connection to it. It\u2019s just a bunch of the same picture of a girl on a horse. I don\u2019t see anything in it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Conclusion<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    How has my art style\/taste impacted my personal museum? Well, I\u2019d say that most of the pieces that I put into my museum were pieces that I would also make. A lot of my visual artwork, despite a lot of them only being logos, has a sense of cohesion and fun. Big Crinkly and National Velvet don\u2019t seem to have much cohesion to me. And with no context, they\u2019re not all that fun either. Maybe I\u2019m just not good at analyzing art, but if I\u2019m not feeling or connecting with a particular piece it\u2019s hard for me to find a lot to say about it.
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    Personal Mandala<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    What was the point of the mandala project? Well, I guess if I were to sum it up in one word, it would be expression. More specifically personal expression. With little restrictions on the contents of the mandala, the only real rules of the project were to one: make it a mandala, and two: make it unapologetically you. I seriously appreciated how independent this project was. Free reign meant a lot of experimentation and creativity, which made the project really fun. I started mine out just making some doodles. However, after a good amount of time into it, I felt it might be cool to try to make it look like a teenager\u2019s doodle covered notebook. So I added some math equations and \u201cwork\u201d here and there to give it a notebook kinda feel. At the end of it all, I\u2019m proud of my work, and I do believe it represents me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We had two mandalas. One was black and white which we laser printed on wood, the other had color which we didn’t print on wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    For the colored mandala I chose a color scheme of blues oranges and grays to give off a seashore vibe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n