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This is a personal montage of my trip to America. As a creative practitioner I love film making and the art of vlogging, however my daily lifestyle consists of vegetating on the couch binge watching youtube.

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Overdetermination

From a simple slip of the tongue, to an explosion of murderous emotions present within a night mare, Mansfield (2000, p.30) highlights how such nuances can expose the collision of the unconscious, with reality. Overdetermination is the manifestation of every single little thing that contributes to our identity. There is more than one piece to the puzzle. Within my blog I have drawn from the notion of reflection, piecing together the puzzle of my past and how it has impacted my present. However, sometimes you don’t want to look too deep because “you can’t handle the truth.” (A Few Good Men 1992).

Reference List:

Mansfield, N 2000, ‘Freud and the split subject’, in Subjectivity: theories of the self from Freud to Haraway, New York University Press, New York, pp. 25-37

A Few Good Men 1992, motion picture, Castle Rock Entertainment, Washington District of Columbia, directed by Rob Reiner.

Derwent Water by Andy Goldswothy. Sometimes you need to reflect in order to complete the image.

Goldsworthy, A 1988, Derwent Water, Defluence WordPress, viewed 23 March 2017 < https://defluence.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/early-morning-calm-derwent-water-cumbria/>

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Sensory Knowledge

I can touch, I can feel, I can sense the world around me. Through sight, sound, smell, taste and touch, the world is able to manipulate the way I feel. ‘Skinscapes’ illustrates that I am able to develop not only an understanding of the world around me, but the world that exists inside me though my senses (Howes 2005 p.27). If we do not have any senses, do we really exist? I am a very tactile learner, I need to be able to touch and see to understand. I have tried to depict this within my blog with strong emphasis on seeing the world though my eyes.

Reference List:

Howes, D 2005, ‘Skinscapes: embodiment, culture, and environment’, in C Classen (ed.), The book of touch, Berg, New York, pp. 27-39.

Julien Solomita and his vlogs are a huge creative influence for me in terms of my cinematography skills.

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This actually rings true for me #firstworldproblems

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This is my Doggo!

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Authenticity

Authenticity is beyond honesty. This video shows that it is a willingness to be vulnerable, having the courage to allow people an insight into who we really are, what we really feel (Robbins 2013). Although I may hesitate to expose who I really am because it instils a sense of vulnerability, as a creative practitioner I am able to depict my true self though imagery, colour and metaphor. My blog is almost a vignette of my authentic self. A little portal into my past present and future. I endeavour to be true, authentic and honest, sometimes you just have to read between the lines.

Reference List:

Robbins, M 2013, The power of authenticity, online video, 21 May, TEDx Youth, viewed 18 March 2017 < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4iFAAUscVA >

A quick sketch of a Pagani Huayra done when I was a teen. I love cars!

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Stephen Wiltshire is an artist who draws and paints detailed cityscapes. He has a particular talent for drawing lifelike, accurate representations of cities, sometimes after having only observed them briefly.

A huge creative Influence

Essentialism

I am me. I will always be me, regardless of the world that surrounds me. The little person that was born 19 years ago is in essence, the same me that stands today, and will still be the same me when I’m 83. Essentialism is the belief that identity is somewhat static, that the foundation of one’s identity is inherited through upbringing and remains the same for their existence. Although this may contradict ideologies of subjectivity, such concepts coexist harmoniously, and work together to forms one’s identities (Barker 2007). My blog emulates this by highlighting aspects of my childhood that are still part of my identity today.

Reference list:

Barker, C 2007, ‘Issues of subjectivity and identity’, in Cultural studies: theory and practice, 3rd edn, Sage Publications, London, pp. 218-223.

Some times you just have to walk on the edge.

Photo credit @hkr_photography

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Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.

Steve Irwin (via a-thousand-words)

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Creative identity

Creative identity is how I identify as a graphic design student. In the Week 2 Lecture it was taught that creative identity is what graphic design means to me (Johnson 2017). As a creative practitioner I have always been obsessed with design and aesthetics, the unity of form and function. Whether it be a building, a car, or even and advertising campaign. I see myself as someone that obsesses over detail, and is always failing to obtain perfection. My blog is a narrative of my creative identity. I love to draw, I love a pun, I love to build, and I love nostalgia. But above all I love symmetry.

Reference List

Johnson, L 2017, ‘Subjectivity: Constructing the Self’ PowerPoint slides, CACS102, University of Wollongong, viewed 10 March 2017.

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