This week, we have gone back to look at our SSR proposals that we did a long time ago. The reason for that is that we are now going to do the project we made the proposal for. My critical theory still makes sense to me and I think it works, so writing it should be fine. The two books I picked are rather interesting books, so writing about them should be pretty easy due to me being interested in them. That's the most important factor when judging whether or not you're going to be able to give something your all. It's really the deciding factor on whether something will be your best work. Actually I would say that's not true at all times, but it is the majority of occasions. I think the idea of people going too far for success is something that occurs very often and will be very easy to research. It tends to happen with very famous people as well. Mostly with famous athletes or music artists.
The new Pecha Kucha project is going to be very interesting. I like the idea of explaining things with images to it, so I think that this new project will be a real treat for me. I think the time intervals and images in the background make an image much more powerful. It'll also give us an opportunity to explain something very interesting. I think I can really make something I'm proud of and am excited to move forward with this project. I think I can have fun working on it as long as I'm with the right people who think like I do. It's very important to surround yourself with the right people because the wrong people can rub you the wrong way and perhaps put you on a tangent you never wanted things to go on.
I think my project should go well because the issue I am focusing on is an issue that can affect anyone. The only issue I see is that my references are pretty limited due to the short time we have working on this project, but I think the amount of substance these books are giving me will allow this project to still look researched enough to listen to and heed warning from.
As for this week, there has been a new project put in front of us. Our This I Believe portion is done and I must say I was really impressed with the result. The quality of each video was very good and some of them had really powerful messages. I really learned a lot about my classmates by watching these videos. Everyone was brought closer together I think. I think the issue we sometimes run into is a lack of sincerity when discussing things because nobody wants to reveal themselves. People become too shy and are scared of people judging them or not accepting what they say and judging them. This project had a certain effect on people in that it opened people up and people were much more willing to share their personal information or back story. It made me really happy to learn the things I learned about my classmates. I feel I know them much better and understand their motives and what made them the way they are a lot better, and I feel that has given me even more respect for each and every one of them.
The new project looks interesting. The idea of having people do different things is really interesting. I think my skillset allows me to be best suited as a writer simply because I like to be in charge of narrative. I think it's best for me to be in charge of narrative because I really don't like it when others speak for me, especially when I have something to say. I like to have my hands on the message we're giving as a group. That makes me feel like I'm in control of what could happen. I like that I can choose my fate in terms of making sure what needs to be said is said.
I was really happy with what happened in the past, and now I'm excited for the future, as long as I'm able to stay on top of everything a little bit better this time around. Time management is key.
This week we have been going over putting our "This I Believe" essays together into videos. We have recorded them and are currently working on editing them into the masterpieces we desire. This is a really cool project that has some value because it helps us find certain parts of ourselves we may not have found yet. It also helps us explain ourselves to each other. Perhaps there are some details about some people that a lot of people don't know, well this project will help them figure that out.
The part of this project I'm struggling with is finding something I actually want to commit to speaking about. I had an initial idea but now I'm having second thoughts. I had originally decided about how the most important quality of the things you do is that they represent yourself. Someone will almost always be better, smarter, faster, or stronger, but they can't be better than you at being you. There's a Kanye West quote that goes something like that. This is my main idea thus far and I like the idea, I just find it hard to talk about it without getting corny or sounding too cliche. However, I think not sounding cliche is an unrealistic goal due to the fact that a lot of people have lived and explained their lives before I have. It's very difficult to sound original when explaining something of this nature.
After going through all this, a question I have is, is it ever possible to explain the things you believe or, main ideas of them, without at least some of them overlapping with the way someone else believes? I don't necessarily think this is an absolutely terrible thing, but I also wish I could be original when I'm not sure I can. Hopefully this is something I can overcome.