My Literacy blog

My story :)

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Isn’t so weird how sometimes we connect by disconnecting. Isn’t ironic how the way we learn how to do certain things in our life shape who we are today. I’ve learned  a lot on my own. But one thing is for certain, if there is a time I want to disconnect to reconnect, I'll probably will be making art or reading.

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If I’m able to learn more about myself and connect with myself, I can connect better with others. Study myself so I can study others. 

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Highly agree with this ! Although I love reading on my free time, I also really enjoy social media. When I do have time to go on social media I usually use it To my advantage. I usually pick or follow the things I read on social media. When I want to find out about something I search about it and read it. I also spend time on YouTube to also “self educate” myself on things as well. I believe social media can be a great tool depending on perspective and what your intention with it is. For instance, I look up how to paint or understand a word better. I learn from others on YouTube! Communication and connection is literally all around us.If anything I feel as though in this “world of algorithms” it’s giving me more of an opportunity to connect with my very own self.

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So I don’t think what my mother said was completely correct. I don’t believe I was self educated completely but I definitely did teach myself a lot when I was younger. I had the help of books with audio to help me learn new words (shoutout to leapfrog). Just like I did with books, I find myself learning about art and creating on my own as well. I learned how to do a lot of techniques on my own so it does all connect together. Just because art is my passion now does not mean I don't like to reconnect with my inner child and not read. I love reading.I read when I’m all comfy and ready to just relax. 

Currently enjoying Take Care of Your Type by Christina S. Wilcox.

[devisart]

you learned how to educate yourself

mother 

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Readable Bilingual Culture is reading and going, “Haha! I have a secret code!” But when you hear the language, “I have no knowledge of what you are doing.”

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I believe that confidence that I was talking about in my last post stemmed from the fact that I read in not only English but in Spanish. In kindergarten I read pretty fluently and faster than the other kids. Having that head start made me more comfortable with reading and writing. I also felt so powerful being able to read in another language. It’s like only I knew what was going on. Only I could understand this way. 

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Just like my art, my writing itself is misinterpreted. According to my mother, when I was younger I “wrote kind of messy.” Now that I do think about it I did write really sloppy as child(still kind of do). But I guess since I knew what I was writing about and I still was writing down what I needed to, it didn't really matter to me if my penmanship was great. As long as I knew that was enough for me. I guess I feel the same way with my art. Maybe understanding it myself is just enough for me. 

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/587438345123281518/

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I find myself making a lot more art than usual these days. It’s quite ironic to think that I make art to express myself but realize the way that I create is not always understood. I essentially am communicating through my work. Not everyone truly understands what exactly I’m trying to convey.Maybe I do find it amusing to see how others interpret my work. Maybe I don’t really want them to get it? So what is that about Devanee? Let’s try to figure this out.