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"Its physical place in the world is as important as its people."
“I've been here before, I think this is my third time,” they
say. But they come and never quite understand the significance of its culture. Its
physical place in the world is as important as its people. A mixed culture of indigenous
and European ancestry. Hundreds of them packed
in the tiny and only country bordering the Pacific Ocean.
I don’t visit this place often as I use too as a child. But it
sure holds a great deal of memories in its treasure chest. It was a place of
firsts. First grade. First friends. First love. First lost. First place.
And although its culture is emended in my soul living in a
place much different than here, it is hard to stay traditional. Part of why we visited so much was to never
forget. Who we were. Who we are.
Why it is important? Because family is.
Everyone comes from somewhere. Physically, spiritually, philosophically,
vocally. It is something to be prideful of. For it defines us artfully and
musically. Don’t be afraid to embody where you come from. Just as long as you
keep others mindful. Teach them if they don’t know. Invite them in your ways.
Don’t separate yourselves.
We are not simple individuals. We are a collaboration of
cultures.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
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Working on the blog assignments throughout the semester has been a liberating experience as well as experimental. Although we had to do some collaborating with other blogs the fact that we had the choice to pick to incorporate the text, image or video it still allowed me to keep my own vision of the blog. Sometimes however it did limit where to take the story and what to photo to add while still being true to my own. When we started collaborating with the other blogs I had to actually see the blog first and figure out what I was going to write about. So technically that blog had to inspire my own and in that aspect it felt limited.
Part of the experimental experience was decided what to incorporate from other blogs into my own. Sometimes I incorporated a quote or two I liked. Or if I could not find a connection with the text I incorporated a photo that was similar to theirs. In the beginning when we first started making the blogs I had no idea what to do. The freedom to talk about anything was endless so I decided to pick a picture for my background first. The picture then reminded me of a place I enjoy going too. But I didn’t want it to be a blog to be telling so I got poetic about it and kept it broad for the next one.
Creating the blogs in a way compares to some of the readings we did in class. The novels like Mumbo Jumbo, and Vas: An Opera in Flatland and Nadja were experimental novels that took some time to comprehend. There were times I had to restart the paragraph and read it out loud to understand what was going on. When I would start the writing process of my blog I would start all over mostly because it didn’t make sense. All three also incorporated images throughout the novel usually just referencing the text which was what I also did. If I mentioned sand, sun and water, I would add a picture with all three even if it was irrelevant to the content as a whole. Overall it was an interesting assignment that allowed me to be creative in my own blog while still keeping others in mind.
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