Rhetoric and Ideology Project
Project Reflection
For my rhetoric and ideology project, I chose to make a podcast on the different sides of abortion. The overall message of my podcast was to show the importance of the legalization of abortion. Through looking at the different political views of this topic, I now have a new understanding of these perspectives. Although I did develop a new understanding around these views, my personal political views on this topic have not changed. After looking into this topic in more depth, I discovered that the right to a legal abortion is actually more important than I thought. So I guess in a way, my political views shifted further left on this topic then they were originally. As for the rhetoric and ideology of it all, I now understand how important it is to hear both sides out before deciding on a final choice. You will not get the full scoop without hearing with sides. Rogerian rhetoric plays a huge role in both the right and left political views. Both parties need to have the "willingness to be disturbed" as we often shut the other side out and only listen/take away things said from our political points of view.
"Your Life on Earth" Personal Philosophy Project
Project Reflection
This project was intended to show/describe our life on Earth, incorporating aspects that make our lives worth living. What is my purpose here on Earth? What is my personal philosophy? Why life? My life has taken all kinds of twists and turns and through it all, love kept me both sane, and insane. Looking into myself, I realized that love is both the best and worst thing I do; and to me, that's what keeps me afloat. Love is my reason. My strong love for others and musical sequence is why I'm here today. For this project, I decided to combine the two and create a found poem from multiple songs where certain lines hit my heart most. I then took all the album covers of said songs, and collaborated with my sister to create an interesting background. My love, heartbreak, struggles, and and philosophy came out in the form of this poem. Love and music mean the most to me in this world and that's what inspired me to create this piece.
Throughout this unit, I learned many things about my own life and how I view the world. If there was nothing to love, I wouldn't be here. If there was no music, it's not worth it. Creating, singing, and listening to music is so important to me and adds to that aspect of love and life would not be worth it otherwise. On that note, I never really understood why people have fear of death. I made peace with knowing death is upon us when I was very young and I actually see it as a reason to live. It's special. This one life we get is special. Why waste it fearing the inevitable? Instead, how about you go out and live while you can! Take risks and make dreams a reality. Death is coming whether we like it or not. And the exciting part is, we never know when it's going to happen. That alone is enough for me to live everyday like it's my last. Your life is only as important and meaningful as you make it. Question is, how are you going to spend it?
The questions I'm left with in my mind are rather unpredictable. They often vary and lead to lots more. How can I live everyday to its fullest if I feel rather stuck and limited? How do I manage to keep loving with all my heart, even if it feels as if it's not there? Is there really a difference if I die tomorrow or in 50 years? Why am I living in the past, terrified to move forward? If I lose the ability to sing, would I even still deal with living? I have so many questions that remain and yet, they feel so open-ended. Like they can never be answered. They can be skewed in all sorts of directions. Will I ever find my answers? Stay tuned. I'm excited to live on and see if I ever find out. For as long as I live, I shall be searching.