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Become Someone Else.  That was the name of the artassignment that I chose from Tameka Norris.

I decided in the spirit of Halloween to become someone else. Took a selfie at home and then a selfie outside.  I walked around downtown and received some strange looks, lots of smiles and a few envious glances. Wearing the mask changed how I walked, my mood and my interactions with others. When you are someone else you get to experience the privilege of "not giving a damn" which I think allows you to have more fun and be more honest and open with others.  What a blast...may make this a weekly routine and next time I will get some selfies with people I don't know!

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Nate Clausen

I chose the Art assignment from David Brooks titled Never Seen, Never Will.

David Brooks asks in his assignment to articulate something that you know exists, but that you've never seen and probably never will.  I chose the medium of pen and ink with color pencil to draw the elusive Blue Dragon. It is a mollusk or sea slug and was only discovered when one washed up on a shore in Australia.  It is native to the warm ocean there, around the South African Cape and within the waters between East Africa and the island of Madagascar.  It is the one true enemy of the Portuguese Man o War because it is not affected by its venomous tentacles.  The Blue Dragon devours the jellyfish and absorbs the toxic venom, using it as defense against other predators.   It amazes me how petite, dangerous and beautiful this creature is.  I have never seen one in real life and I’m sure that I never will, but at least I have my drawing!

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Nate Clausen

I chose the assignment “Off” which asked to find a screen, turn it off and then take a photo of the screen as a window into what it “sees”.  I used my phone as a screen and then found a beautiful sunset, some seasonal Halloween spiders on a window and some late fall flowers.  

I tried to focus on not just the subject, but colors and composition as well, using the screen as my frame.

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