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The reflections unit had the main focus the question “Who am I?” Throughout this unit we focused on self reflection and discovering ourselves. Mainly because of the college application process. In English we wrote our personal essay that can be used for college applications. In Digital Media, we made an opinion driven after affects video and created mandalas. And in Design we took street photography related to our essay inspired by the book Citizen. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From this unit I discovered what I value in myself and from others. We fist started this process by finding essence objects. My essence objects were: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. My sketchbook <\/li>
  2. My laptop <\/li>
  3. My phone <\/li>
  4. A hoodie <\/li>
  5. Headphones<\/li>
  6. Small notebook<\/li>
  7. Pens <\/li>
  8. Pencils <\/li>
  9. Wallet <\/li>
  10. Pants with pockets <\/li>
  11. Soccer cleats <\/li>
  12. Running shoes <\/li>
  13. Two dollar bill <\/li>
  14. Caricature Pen <\/li>
  15. Alligator Piggy Bank <\/li>
  16. Nicaraguan bracelets <\/li>
  17. Portable Charger<\/li>
  18. BlackBelt<\/li>
  19. Video Games – Wii Stuff<\/li>
  20. Banana <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    While at first these objects might be insignificant. It can help people discover their passion, but also weird quirks the might have. Or discover things we valued as kids, but have only realized until later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

    Our personal museum curation project was from our trip to the SF Moma. We collected art that we found a connection too and art that we did not have connection, for the purpose on discovering our values. We then showed our piece to a friend or family member who judged if these pieces represented us accurately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Just Imagine – Museum Curation<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Reflect\/tell how the piece answers \u201cWho Am I?\u201d for you. How does each piece represent your core values?
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    This piece reflected who I am because it represented my creativity and resilience in art. The numerous pencils reminded me of the effort and patience art takes, that only can be developed over the years. The bolt in the middle of the paper also reminded me of a pencil sharpener. Almost if the pencils were being consumed\/used up.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    This piece reminded me of myself due to the sword in his left hand. I find that the sword is a world of creativity or imagination this character is in. Since a young kid, I would have a strong imagination and I believe this piece highlights that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    This piece, although much more abstract represents me. The boxes protruding out of the center remind of layers. This layers can be a representation of my life. Building from a strong base can the next layer be built. Additionally once you take a deeper look at the art and see it from a side perspective do you notice it is 3D. 
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    Reflect\/tell how the piece does NOT answer \u201cWho Am I?\u201d for you. Why didn\u2019t each piece make the cut for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    This piece does not reflect who I am. While at times I can be clear cut and organized, this piece reminds me of a blank canvas. Someone who is just restarting or does not have much to share. Which are qualities I feel I don’t have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    This piece does not reflect who I am do the sheer chaos. Compared to the previous piece my life is organized in a manner where I am never in real panic mode. THis piece gives me the sense of being overwhelmed and confused. 
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    How has your own work as an artist and your own criticism of your artwork influenced your choices about which pieces made your Personal Museum and which pieces didn\u2019t make the cut?
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    The artwork I create is from my imagination. I like art that is not too conceptual, but also has a hidden message. I believe the imagination part showed with my second piece and the hidden message part showed with my third part. My core values reflected were creativity, imagination, organization, and perseverance. 
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    Other Reviewer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yes, I think these pieces represent Max, because he doesn\u2019t like ornamental pieces, but instead likes pieces with limited number of colors which still express a purpose. I see the link to max\u2019s value of imagination\/creativity and see how a blank canvas (piece 4) does not link to any of Max’s values, as its purpose is so hidden or undefined.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mandala Section<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    In Digital Media we created mandalas. This was one of the most relaxing processes. We created the mandalas on Adobe Illustrator. We set up our document to reflect our mandalas multiple times. That we only need to draw a piece of the mandala. I created one black and white mandala laser cut on to gold\/black plastic and one color mandala. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Colored Mandala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Mandala Reveal Build Video<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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