Monday, May 2, 2011

My Best "Average" Work

  Reading back over all of the blog posts that I've done over the last sixteen weeks I beleive that there are three which stand out as being superior to the rest.  The first is the "Aesthetic of Imperfection" that I did in week 7.  This blog post is about the glorification of the imperfections in art, music and literature and their being the ideal rather than something to avoid as in the past.  I go on to make a connection between the growth in popularity to the "Aesthetic of Imperfection" and the rebellion, as a nation, against the idea of Nazi perfection.  The second blog post I picked is "I am a Trickster" posted in week 8.  In this blog post I refer to myself as a Trickster by looking at my past and analyzing where I fit that description.  I also go into explaining some of the methods and reasons of a Trickster.  I even mention some famous Tricksters as well and go over what makes them such.  My third pick is "Trickster's are Not Uncontrolled" posted in week 9.  On this blog I analyze the movie "Bamboozled" and try to determine the Trickster figure in it.  I picked Pierre as one of the Trickster figures and went over why he fit that position.
  I decided to select these three blog posts for several reasons.  The first is that these three are among my most detail-oriented of my blog posts.  The reason that these particular blog posts are my most detail-oriented is because two of them, "I am a Trickster" and "Trickster's are Not Uncontrolled", are about the thing I know the most about, myself.  These blog posts also, in my opinion, have the most valid main points from a comparison to the rest of my posts.  In other words they made the most amount of sense and I wasn't just trying to put 300 words together.
  I have never paid much attention to American Pop Culture throughout my life.  I basically ignore what song is popular (I only like Classic Rock), what fashion is in (I have my own fashion), and who is the the representative of any particular generation.  That has not changed very much, I do not think hip needs American Pop Culture but I now have a little more awareness of said hip in a very specific sense.  I've accepted the Trickster into my individuality but still don't accept American Pop Culture as being very valid.
  If I had to do an evaluation on my performance in class then I would say that I did about average.  I did not try to do more than was required within the context of this class.  As a writer and thinker my strengths lie in my ability to tell a story and make expanded opinions and ideas from very little information.  I can make a page of notes into several pages of writing.  As a writer and thinker my weaknesses are with ending any peice of writing.  I've always had difficulties writing endings.
  As I said in the last paragraph I have only done what was expected of me this entire semester.  In recognition of this fact I would have given myself around a B.  Throughout my past semester I have procrastinated and done things last minute, I havesn't given anything my "all" as of yet as none of the assignments have required me to work extraordinarily hard.
  Once again, I believe these three blog posts are the best out of the semesters work.  "Tricksters are Not Uncontrolled", "I am a Trickster" and "Aesthetic of Imperfection" are the best "average work I have done this semester.

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