Smile and Pursue happiness, not negativity
Artist statement
I pick this image because this shows my personality and my mood during my everyday life. The image and text work together to show you that I like to be happy and positive and not be negative all the time. The color and brightness work together to represent positivity.
Reflection
People don’t think about that they have a bias. They don’t think about that because they don’t react, and they don’t think about what there saying or what they think about a certain person. For example, When I was a kid, I thought people were always respectful and kind to others and I thought that no one had a bias. I thought this because people were always nice when I said hi to them. People always opened the door for me and they always said thank you. Nice but I realized growing up people have a certain bias. For example, in perspectives, the class taught me that everyone has a bias and that everyone’s bias is different from other people and that everyone has different way of acting towards there bias.
Verna Meyer’s Ted Talk about “How we overcome bias” should approach whatever our bias is differently. “it’s not about perfection, it’s about connection” (Meyers). Which means that when a person approaches a black or a different race or whatever their bias is we should make a connection. We should or react differently toward whoever it is with confidence and positivity. But they don’t know they have that bias. Perfection where we are not color blind and we don’t do anything wrong to other people with different religion’s or race.
Because of what I’ve learned from the past 8 weeks and from all the bias pieces I’ve looked I’ve learned that everyone has a bias and that everyone’s bias is different from other people and that everyone has a different way of acting towards there bias. I agree with Verna Meyers that we should approach someone with negativity. We should be bold and better when we do approach our bias. Now that I have listened to Verna’s Ted Talk and learned about biases in perspectives, I realized people react before they think about someone. I realized looking back at my childhood and how people act in their minds and what they think about others, people have a different bias. I realized looking back at my childhood and how people are I realized that people don’t know they have a bias when they do, and they don’t react before they think. Another text would be my journal 4. I talked about how I took the bias test and I realized that I had a bias and it surprised me.
If everyone thought and cared they would know and understand their bias. For example, I didn’t know anything about perspectives and bias and I realized that I never really knew I had one.
I really like how this is centered around positvity, and before you even explained that it was about happiness, it was clear because of your self portrait and flash fiction.
ReplyDeleteI like you flash fiction and like how your stay positive and have less negativity.
ReplyDeleteI like your positive attitude and your reflection about how people should make a connection and that we should react differently toward whoever it is with confidence.
ReplyDeleteI love the image you chose, like you said its very bright and happy-looking. I also like how you tied that together with having a positive mindset in an everyday life.
ReplyDeleteafter reading this in the editing stage I'm really glad you went this direction with it and I think your portrait fits perfect with this.
ReplyDeleteReally like the picture you chose it ties into your flash fiction perfectly. I like how you talk about always staying positive and not negative. This relates to me a lot, I am always trying to stay positive and always looking at the bright side so this story really hit home good job man :).
ReplyDeletei agree with that you should always be happy and not negative about things, and it is a really great way of life to go by, i feel the same way
ReplyDeleteI liked the piece I thought it talked about bias nicely and how everyone is different and I thought you picture went well with the story.
ReplyDeleteI liked the picture to show that your a positive person because when i saw it, it was like a sun with bright colors and was clear without context that your a happy person.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you think people should pursue happiness and block out negativity in their lives. Your portrait really helps push that claim because of how happy you look in it and all of the bright colors. You also did a good job supporting your argument in your reflection with personal experiences and quotations.
ReplyDeleteI think your message is good for every day life showing that you shouldn't let negativity and bad emotions weigh you down.
ReplyDeleteYour pictures brightness and colors do represent positivity very well and your flash fiction tells the same story as your picture. Then your artist statement brings it all together and explains it even more.
ReplyDeleteI like your artist statement and you choose good picture to show happiness and positive thing. picture and flash fiction goes together very well. "When I was a kid, I thought people were always respectful and kind to others and I thought that no one had a bias." I used to think same like you when i was a kid.
ReplyDeleteHappiness is something not easily achieved for those in despair and dread. Some search for ages for something that makes them happy. If the words in your flash fiction are remembered, it can set someone on the right path to becoming at least a little more happy. The color in your picture really bring out the essence of what happiness could look like. What ties the picture together is your smile. A simple smile can make you better and maybe even someone else. There's a saying I like that kind of goes along with your flash fiction. "Smile more, it looks good on you." I try to remember that everyday.
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ReplyDeleteI tried to fix your text but then I deleted your picture...Super sorry. Can you repost? The pic is totally you! You look great in bright, bold colors and it represents a lot about who you are as you say in your artist statement.
You are one person who a lot of people can count on to be the positivity in the room. We LOVE that about you. I wonder, does it get exhausting? I'm recalling your "visual moment" where you want to snap at a customer at Hyvee. How do you deal when you aren’t feeling positive? Who plays that role for you in your life? Hm…
Your reflection shows the power of what we see when we are growing up and what we don’t see. Hopefully, once we understand how that power as adults, we can be really thoughtful about how we treat people especially young people. I’m glad there are people like you out there to spread the goodness.
Thanks, James.
Ms. B