General summary:
Everyone has different experiences, and that affects how we connect to and create and express representations.
Month: August 2019
What is Identity? Reflection
I agree with the idea from the article that identity is only partially who we are, and that it is also determined by how we are viewed by others from what we choose to present to them. The presentation of identity is limited by our situation. Some people will be more able to present themselves in a manner they consider to be who they are while others will have to hide parts of themselves for certain reasons; perhaps they are a private person and don’t feel comfortable with sharing certain aspects of their identity with strangers.
Based on the diagram (Waterline of Visibility), there are definite traits that cannot be hidden and will affect how people infer about one’s identity (skin color, race, gender, and age). However, I think that this is not always the case. Gender expression might differ from one’s gender, especially if you are using hetero-normative guidelines, or it might be so that people’s gender expression does not match with their actual gender. As for age, considering how women are constantly pressured to look young and told that their lives end at twenty, there are multiple ways to hide that as well; it’s not always visible. However, it is undeniable that, regardless of misinterpretation, that these affect how people treat each other.
Depending on the people I’m with, I express myself in different ways. With friends, I am louder and talk more but with strangers or people I’m not close to, I’m quiet and keep to myself. I’ve been told by some of my friends that they had assumed I was a shy person when they first met me. Even within my friend group, I change how I interact with them because they have different dynamics with each other or I have a different history with them; maybe I am closer to one friend than another, etc.
I think that it’s impossible to know someone’s whole identity. A person’s identity changes over time, as they go through more experiences, and there’s always at least one aspect of identity that isn’t shown because it either isn’t relevant to the relationship established or because it would be awkward to reveal such a side. No one’s comfortable with another person knowing truly everything about them. There’s some things that people want to keep personal and private.
Red Leap Theatre Reflection
Intentional:
I think that it might be cool to use lifting (the activity using the base and the “flyer”) when you’re trying to create a dynamic scene but with little dialogue. The scene might get too busy if the characters are both lifting or balancing on each other while speaking. The audience might only follow the movements and miss out on what the characters are saying. If there is going to be dialogue, it might be better to have it be something not as plot relevant or a repeating phrase.
Counterbalancing would provide nice imagery when going for a symmetrical layout of a scene, especially with the action where both partners are leaning back and then squatting down, so that could be interesting to experiment with. It could also work to show relationship dynamics in a metaphorical (metaphysical?) way.
Action:
– When being base, keep stance wide and sturdy. And don’t be afraid to say something hurts or feels wrong.
– When being the flyer, go slowly and also try to start with your hips, which is your center of balance, before putting full weight onto the base. Also, test the base first before going on.
– When counterbalancing, it’s easier if both partners are pulling weight instead of one person trying not to and the other is.
– It’s easier to do the activities (lifting, being base or flyer, counterbalancing) if you keep eye contact, and if you’re both around the same height.
Math and Me- Rachel Jung
1. My previous mathematics experience include doing IGCSE Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, and doing math classes in three schools with an American system up to Grade 9. I also did summer classes for trigonometry and geometry in Grade 6-8.
2. I don’t hate math, but I don’t love it either. It’s nice when I manage to get a problem correct or understand a concept and manage to apply it correctly, but (especially as concepts get harder) it’s frustrating when I don’t manage to understand it entirely or fail to use it to solve a problem.
I thought I was in Math Analysis, so that’s the subject I studied for over the summer. So I was surprised when I saw that I was in Applications. However, I’m just going to not switch. Math Analysis is more fitting to my thinking process, but I won’t find Applications that much more difficult.
3. I like to have an experienced person explain new concepts to me first before allowing me to try to solve problems by myself. Then, if I find myself having trouble, I like it when someone who is smarter than me to show me where I went wrong and why.
4. I like visual representations, but not in graph form. Graphs are hard to read. I also sometimes need to listen to an explanation multiple times before it clicks, or I might need time to find the right way to phrase what I’m not getting.
5. Strengths: persistent and inquisitive. Area of Focus: Flexibility and Communication
6. Word limit has been surpassed at this point, so no.
