I didn't post on Monday because the class was cancelled, I’m not going to lie I enjoyed the small break and getting a little time to my self.
Have no fear, he still managed to give us something to work on. Via email he told us to look for three separate images that at the end could tell a story. I sat down, took my time and thought about the kind of story that I wanted to tell. I decided to tell a funny story, a humor. I thought some more about what was funny...babies, little children came to mind. Then I thought about what would be some wrong things that little kids should not play with. I got some suggestions by other people but soon realized they were too dirty to show in class, so I found a picture of a dog taking a crap. The next image had to be the conclusion of my story. I was able to find a little boy or girl that had crap all over his/hers face and all over the walls. Between the three images I had my beginning, middle, and an end. I was pretty satisfied with my story. When time came in class for all of to show our stories I was pretty surprised by the other concepts that my classmates went with, we all have our unique ideas.
The next part of the class consisted of Jimmy showing us a video, the video was of the author of Eat, Pray, and Love, Elizabeth Gilbert. I love to see her talk, just the way she expressed her self, she was so passionate with every word that she said. One of the things that I found fascinating of her was that she was afraid of not being successful again. She gained a lot of success due to her book Eat, Pray, and Love. Elizabeth was very real about telling us that she had a lot of people come up to her and ask if she was afraid that her next book would not be as successful as her book Eat, Pray, and Love. I was taken back by that, not only is she worried about being successful in her next book, at the same time there are all these other eyes on you seeing if you succeed of fail. Another topic in her discussion was the process one goes through to be inspired and what to do when it hits. It is refreshing to see a successful persons point of view on becoming inspired and how she deals with it. Elizabeth said that as long as you are working the inspiration will meet you half way. When I become inspired I want to get my ideas on something concrete and do it fast so that it doesn’t go out of my mind. It is a very fast process.
I really liked your story. Not only was it funny, but you chose the right images and put them in an order that allowed the viewer to follow the story easily. Great job!
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ReplyDeleteYes, I have read Elizabeth's "Eat Pray Love." I read it as a recommendation from my cousin two years ago. My cousin briefly discussed the premise of the book and thought I'd give it a try. Some people may argue it's a "woman's" book, but I think I'd argue that statement because Elizabeth presents the book with a spiritual foundation. It's a journey through her life's struggles, defeats, growth, regaining her inner voice, that I think, a lot of people endure. And, maybe want to take that leap of rediscovery like she did, but are afraid to...
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