During this project as a class we looked into the Joseph Campbell’s theory of the hero’s journey read Siddhartha and The Alchemist. Looked into the hero's journey in real life by looking at rites of passage and then told our own stories to the class. On a personal level I was part of the team that made the programs for the exhibition, I was one of the exhibition photographers, and I told my story at exhibition. Photography is my biggest passion as of today and this is known by many, so it was no shock when I got the two jobs that required a background in photography. Getting these two jobs really helped me to get engaged and excited about the exhibition. During this project my proudest moment of myself was when I finished telling my story at exhibition. I hate being vulnerable even one on one situations and I realised I was just vulnerable with a large number of people that I will see again. I can be vulnerable with people I don't know or will never talk to again very easily, but people that I live in the same town as, go to the same school, hangout with their kids. This was a whole new level of vulnerability I had reached, that I didn’t think was possible for me.
I grew in a lot of various ways throughout this project, I became a better storyteller, a better writer, a better reader, a better listener, but I think the biggest way that I grew during this project was as a person. This project allowed me to make some life changing realizations that I don’t think I would have made otherwise. I learned how to live in the moment, how care for people, and most importantly I learned how to love again something that I have been missing the last 4 months. My love for people has come back bigger and better. I’m less shy about it, I’m more willing to show it in public, heck I’m more willing to just tell and show the person I love and I’m very thankful of this project for that.
The question is what enduring understandings will you take away from this project. I already answered this in the last two questions, but just for the sake of really showing how this project changed me I’ll say it again. I understand the importance of vulnerability and that it is a great way to get closer to people and show them that you have a heart. That sounds weird to say, but I had three classmates tell me that they were shocked that I told my story and that they didn’t think I had a heart, that I was just numb to everything and just went with the flow for everything. At first this made me mad because I love everybody so much and would do anything for anyone at animas even if they aren’t my close friend, but then I realized I’ve done a terrible job of showing this love to people. The good news is this project also showed me some ways I can let people know how much I love and care for them.
I grew in a lot of various ways throughout this project, I became a better storyteller, a better writer, a better reader, a better listener, but I think the biggest way that I grew during this project was as a person. This project allowed me to make some life changing realizations that I don’t think I would have made otherwise. I learned how to live in the moment, how care for people, and most importantly I learned how to love again something that I have been missing the last 4 months. My love for people has come back bigger and better. I’m less shy about it, I’m more willing to show it in public, heck I’m more willing to just tell and show the person I love and I’m very thankful of this project for that.
The question is what enduring understandings will you take away from this project. I already answered this in the last two questions, but just for the sake of really showing how this project changed me I’ll say it again. I understand the importance of vulnerability and that it is a great way to get closer to people and show them that you have a heart. That sounds weird to say, but I had three classmates tell me that they were shocked that I told my story and that they didn’t think I had a heart, that I was just numb to everything and just went with the flow for everything. At first this made me mad because I love everybody so much and would do anything for anyone at animas even if they aren’t my close friend, but then I realized I’ve done a terrible job of showing this love to people. The good news is this project also showed me some ways I can let people know how much I love and care for them.