You know, you should really stop
arguing with yourself all the time. You must realize at some point that you’re probably the only person who thinks like
this. At least it’s how you think in those rare instances when you decide to
put any amount thought into something. Even then, you might not even decide to
have a filter between your mouth and your brain. You do understand how stupid
that makes you look right? Hey. Hey! You’re not even listening, are you?
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My
piece depicts two faces in, what I intended to be, a one-sided argument. The
face on the right is quite clearly the one doing the arguing, as he yells, mouth
agape, eyes shut with frustration, at the face on the left, who appears calm,
yet uncaring, disinterested even, in what the other has to say. The image is
supposed to represent an inner conflict between the conscience and self, a
conflict where the conscience is trying very hard to get the self to change his
ways, or better himself, even if the self refuses to listen. The piece is
representative of my personality because I, like the left face, sometimes refuse to listen to advice, even if it is my own. In addition, I am like the
right face, always telling myself what I should’ve done better, and being my
own worst critic of my actions. The text supports this and reinforces this idea
of inner conflict. In the text, it is intended that only one person is talking,
the right face, which supports the idea of the one-sided argument. The second
“Hey” towards the end of the piece ends in an exclamation point, which was
meant to show the anger or frustration shown by the right face’s expression.
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There
isn’t a lot I learned about bias, or perspective in this class so far, however, one
thing that I did delve deeper into and begin to understand more, is
personality. My view on personality has been drastically changed from when I
had first entered this class. Before this class, my view on personality was
very black and white, but has since shifted to more of a gray area, where
personality isn’t exactly one way or another like I had previously thought. One
activity that helped me realize this, was our work with, and the crash course video on the id, ego, and
superego. The way it was explained, and the way we worked with it, dramatically
shifted my views. I could very much relate to the concept of different parts of
personality having more control over others, and certain parts taking
precedence per the situation (Green). Another activity which helped me to understand
personality was the personality quiz we took, which spat out one of many
archetypes based on our answers in the quiz. This activity helped boost the
idea that we are all very similar, but also very different. When we went
through and picked certain personality traits for our specific archetype, I
found that many of our answers were like other groups’ and could also be
applied to many different people; they were mostly generalities about people. However,
the things that stood out, of course, were the many differences between all the
different archetypes, all similar, yet unique at the same time. This helped me
to begin to understand that personality was very complex, not completely one
way or another. I don’t believe my personality has changed over the course of
this class, but I do believe that I’ve come to better understand it, and in
turn, I have learned a little bit more about myself. I learned that my
personality doesn’t directly follow an archetype, and that it is much more
complicated, involving multiple moving parts that work together to make me who
I am.
I find the concept of the one-sided argument extremely relatable. In your artist statement you said, " I, like the left face, sometimes refuse to listen to advice, even if it is my own. ", which I related to the most because I am the same way. I can give loads of advice and help to other people, but sometimes it seems I can't help myself.
ReplyDeleteI can indefinitely relate to you your view on personality at first being black and white, before this class i never really the topic being personality a second thought until now.
ReplyDeleteit's interesting that you bring up this conflict of interest. even within your own mind, you're arguing with yourself. everyone can probably relate to this on some level.
ReplyDeletereally love how you speak on how dumb it is to argue with yourself and tell yourself that basically saying you wont when at one point if you keep doing it.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your writing! he concept of your flash fiction is really cool and relatable. Its weird because the picture looks just like you actually,, he one sided argument with your own mind is very relatable and the way you wrote your flash fiction make it enjoyable to read.
ReplyDeleteI really liked reading your flash fiction. The story was unique and relatable and connected very well to your self-portrait drawing. The drawing did a good job depicting the argument that goes on in your head. Also, the drawing looks great, did you do it yourself? In your reflection, I relate to how you talked about your view changing drastically on personality because I am the same way. I had a view on what personality was when entering this class, but like you, my view has vastly changed and now I feel like I have a good understanding on what personality is.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your flash fiction and essay, I have one question. Do you think your two personalities (Angry/upset and uncaring) together form your personality. Or, do you think one out weighs they other and/or a representation of something else?
ReplyDeleteBTW: I thought you drawing was really good!
Your picture by itself tells a story that people can connect to. Adding a flash fiction and artist statement connects it all together even more and gives a great story in detail. Your they say is very descriptive of what you learned as well.
ReplyDeleteYour drawing, flash fiction, and artist statement are exceptional. They really kept me intrigued and made it easy to understand your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI can very much relate to your inner conflict of refusing to listen to advice, even if it is my own. I really like the way you were able to depict you conflict with yourself in a drawing, which is amazing! I do find it interesting that you haven't learned much about bias nor perspective in this class so far, I haven't heard a lot of other people admit to that. I do think your reflection is written and relays your ideas very well.
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