Hypothesize the expected outcome

As the week went on, I continued to think about this fear assignment.  I pushed it further than what I had thought about doing before class last week.  That being said, I would like to change the expected reaction because I have a new angle on the assignment.  I think the class will still find my take interesting.  I think they will think it is "therapeutic" and a good way to process fear. At first I was doing my project based on why we have fear.  Now I am at the place where I want to explore what you do with that fear.  I hope the class finds away to use my take on the project to explore their own thoughts.

Reaction about fear assignment

I think the class will find my perspective unique and interesting.  I want their reaction to be that they learn something and to maybe give them something new to think about.

What has stuck sideways?

What are 3 things you remember from this class thus far?

• The first thing would have to be the fish bowl.  I really have realized how much I like to be "fish bowled".  Expectations are easier for me to process and complete when I have them laid out for me.  The lack of a fish bowl has definitely been a challenge for me.
• I really enjoyed the book assignment.  I love books and really enjoyed taking the time to look at one in different ways.  I never thought that the reason I love some books so much could have been because of the way the paper felt or the way that the book smelled.
• The third thing that comes to mind when I think about what I remember from class so far is the video we watched about the guy who makes pottery.  That video was very cool and I really liked his perspective on creativity and art.

How has your experience in this class been different from your experiences in other classes? If it has not been different, explain what is similar to your other classes.

• The experience in this class has definitely been different than that in other classes.  Honestly, I would say this class is more difficult for me.  I think this is because going to school for me is a checklist.  My mindset has not really been "what can I get out of school" but has been "what is on the list that I need to complete to meet or exceed the expectation."  I have a career and I am not in school for career advancement.  I make enough money I can pay a mortgage, car payment, tuition without taking any student loans, vacations, save for retirement, etc.  I am in school only to get that piece of paper.  This class has been challenging because there is not a checklist for me.  My assignment is to take an idea and "go do something" with it.  That is so ambiguous.  It is a challenge because I feel like I have to personally invest in what I create, not just make a website that contains x, y, and z or write a paper.  I think this class has shed a new perspective so far.  My attitude in school has not been what can I learn, but what do I need to complete.

What would you like to get from the rest of this class?

• That is a good question.  I am not sure what I want to get out of the class, I had not thought about it in those terms.  It goes back to my normal mindset of what does the course expect to get out of me.  I guess I would like to continue to explore creativity in this class and learn about ways people have challenged creativity and pushed it farther.

Unexpected improv

For this assignment I put my totem (an Eiffel tower keychain piece) into a candle. I also scented the candle myself with vanilla and hibiscus oil. What I think is awesome about what I did is that as the candle burns, more and more of the totem is revealed - kind of a cool concept!! Finally, when the candle is completely burned, the totem is free again. I like the concept of this being like a cycle, full circle.