Emerging Themes

• Writing in obscure fashions.

John’s video  “Remember Me, Please.” featuring the writing in reverse. (5/50 Assignment)

Sophia’s “Dismemberment” object (5/50, Cosmogeny story)

Sophia’s “Why Are You Crying” object (5/50, Why Are You Crying story)

Gabrielle’s objects 1-12 from “Easter, 1996” (the cut-out letters we rearranged together)

John’s “You & Me” story objects 1 (The World & Us) and 10 (Let Go)

• Creation Myths

Molly’s 5/50 Story #3 – Adam & Eve

Molly’s 5/50 Story – The Origin of Love

Multiple Objects from Sophia’s Cosmogeny Story (ex nihilo, in the beginning, etc.)

(Bit of a stretch here) Omar’s “The Land Before Time” story just based on the name alone.

• Music & Songs (perhaps too broad of a theme)

Carina’s bad singing performance in “Failure” (5/50)

Maddie singing “Human Again” + Carina’s juxtaposition piece involving the masks, the music, etc.

Omar’s lecture + show-don’t-tell piece on music reading (ELI5 + Show-don’t-tell)

Maddie’s lecture on chords and jazz (ELI5)

The Titanic music from Carina’s story (5/50)

Kimmy’s Beyonce-related story (5/50)

Phoebe’s 4th Story: “Sing us a Song” (5/50)

Bailey’s spooky music/chanting (Five Senses)

• Our Self-Image Changing from Child to Adult

Maddie’s Hunger Games Story (5/50)

My Job Application Video Pieces + Sophia’s juxtaposition (5/50, juxtaposition)

Carina’s decision to research the Syrian refugee crisis (ELI5, Show-don’t-tell)

Omar’s Adventures in the Osaka Red Light District (5/50)

Kimmy’s “Ripped from the Womb”, “A Summer of Sisterhood” stories (5/50)

Gabrielle’s “Easter, 1996” story (5/50)

• Self-Reflection/Self-Recognition (again, perhaps too broad)

My family’s history of alcoholism, my anxiety disorder (5/50)

Paige’s story about  OCD (5/50)

Molly’s story “Realizing Tourettes” (5/50)

Carina’s story “Failure” (5/50)

Maddie’s story “Dead Squirrel” (aka “Hunger Games” again) (5/50)

Bailey, “Brothers” (5/50)

Omar, “What’s in a Name? Puns, probably.” (5/50)

Kimmy’s 5 Senses Piece and her Show-don’t-tell piece.

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2-3 things of mine which interest me:

My “Juxtaposition” performance piece, the letter from my dad (5/50), and my job application videos (5/50) interest me the most because they all explore what drives my anxiety and insecurity … and sharing that stuff with other people makes me feel significant.

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3-5 things of others which interest me:

Omar’s beat poetry “Juxtaposition” performance, Bailey’s “Show-don’t-tell” performance, Carina’s “Juxtaposition” piece, and Paige’s object in her “The Interestings” story entitled “Jules Jacobsen, looking back.” (5/50).

Why do these interest me? Omar’s writing and delivery are incredible and he deserves a TV show, Bailey’s placement of the audience as a vital part of his performance was really stunning, Carina’s experiential piece in the AMT blew me away, and Paige’s written piece struck a chord with me because I’ve been considering law school but I’m worried I’d become that man telling the story. (So, in short, I remember them the most vividly.)