Jakub Bartler - CAS Blog

Here you can find posts documenting my CAS activities ;)

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Creativity -Study of the great artists

It is always good to take a short break from the creative process and learn from the works of others. During my free time I was metculously studying the works of Beksiński and Michael Angelo.

I was fascinated by the incredibly vivid colours of Beksinski paintings. I had a feeling as iff he was trying to mask the gruesome and tormentfull portrayals of reality by the brights strong colours he was using. His surrealist work stands in contrast to the classical naturalistic statues and frescs by Michael Angelo

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Amnesty International - Service

During the latest amnesty international meeting we were discussing different ways of helping during the Russian war.

What I learned is the fact that during humanitarian crisis it is commonly better to raise money for the immigrants than organise gatherings of clothes or any other commodities. It is not a rule, but it works in many cases as it is a more direct way of helping and it is targets more the needs of immigrants as they can buy anything that is the most needed at a given moment.

Moreover the knowledge I gathered allowed me to help a Cameroon family fleeing from Ukraine. At the time I am seeking a house for them to accomodate

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Happy Faces

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Podpisy

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Creativity and Service

As a member of our Las community, I feel huge reaponsibility for the common areas in our neigbourhood. Unfortunatelly, last week a strong wind came over whole Poland and destroyed a loads of things in our common area.

But there is a blessing in disguise, the destruction build a foundation for new and better common area. I thought out and planned how it should look like and took our neighbours to help me realize the plan. We build new fences all around the playground in order to secure it from bores and foxes which are common here. Moreover I designed an underground bunker to be build for children to play with, as there is loads of kids playing different games at the end of our street.

I always think that common areas are true richness of the country. The better the quality of common areas the better the lives of everyone. And that’s the policy urban planners in Warsaw should have in mind

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Tricking - Activity

Last week I was training more on the ground, as someone once said - you can do a trick i you can do it on the floor.

I was training my websters, which I have been practicing for the last half a year and finally managed to do first few websters on the bare ground.

I was also putting them in some quazi parkour combinations and trained my (hated) running websters. They did not work out so well and I still need to train them on the airfloor a bit.

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Skiing - Activity

This year I progressed my skiing abilities with loads of rails.

I managed to do bigger and longer years this year and even did a snake-rail which was turning.

After loads of crashes and aching knees, I was feeling quite confident with my railing abilities, so I trained 270 out of the rails

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Tricking - Activity

I have been training calisthenics as a complementary training for Tricking. Stable core and strong hands are nearly as important as strong legs, as they provide a lot of stabilisation during the flight and are needed for good coordination.

I have been working on my hands and chest a lot lately, as I am willing to finally do a proper tucked planche to handstand.

Even though I work on my strenght a lot, I still need to remember about stretching especially as I am training more.

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Tricking - Activity

As a part of my training for tricking, I have been working on my core and hands strenght.

Stable core and hands are as crucial as strong legs in acrobatics. Often calisthenics is used as a complementary trainging for acrobatics, that is why I have been doing a lot of exercises involving my own weight.

One reflection I have is that even though I feel quite strong and it is good that I am training my endurance and strenght I still need to work on my stretch, as I have the least streched legs in the whole world.

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CAS REFLECTION AND LINKS

1. Evidence for completion of CAS project.

„Sprzątanie Lasu na Wawrze” – meaning „Cleaning the forest on Wawer was my CAS project, which involved organizing a group clean-up of forests and beaches along the Vistula River in Wawer. As many of us know, taking care of the environment is crucial both for our local life and our global prosperity. Taking care of our surroundings not only allows us to feel better, but shows that each citizen has creational power in their city.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/663549337141428224/cas-project-cleaning-the-forest

2. Evidence of identification of strengths and areas for personal growth (LO1).

Two examples of CAS experiences with links to appropriate blog post that show fulfillment of demands of LO1.

I am very aware of my strengths and weaknesses in tricking. I know I am reaching the point were I have enough strengths to perform many tricks, but neither I have the coordination nor the flexibility to make many of them. I also have stronger tricking skills than the truly acrobatic ones.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/671765585960517632/tricking-activity

I also am very aware of my strengths on windsurfing. I do some tricks on normal stance, but still my hands are too slow for more complicated ones.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/663489594053017600/activity-windsurfing

3. Evidence of undertaking new challenges and developing new skills in the process (LO2).

Two examples of CAS experiences with links to appropriate blog post that show fulfillment of demands of LO2.

Learning to speak properly as I (for the first time) dubbed/lectured films and learning to draw (which I was always afraid of) and edit photos, as an extension of my graphics and photography interest.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/663490080601767936/creativity-painting

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/653427340315148288/creativity-piknik-naukowy-lecturing-films

4. Evidence of initiating and planning a CAS experience (LO3).

One of my greatest achievements of my CAS journey was organization of the graduation in our school in 2021. It demanded loads of planning and coordination of people.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/653427286291415040/creativity-and-service-graduation-host

The second example of planning my CAS experience was numerous bake sales that took place at our school. I was always encouraged to bake and thus prepare beforehand, but also sale the bakes during the day.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/663506310119227392/service-and-creativity

5. Evidence of commitment and perseverance in CAS experiences (LO4).

Two examples of LONG TERM (stretching for at last half a year) CAS experiences with links to appropriate blog posts.

Tricking definitely was my long term CAS experience. From middle school, I have been regularly training acrobatics/tricking and slowely but surely progressing along the way.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/672094236128264192/creativity-activity

The second thing is my computer graphics skills. Since I joined YFC and later TeenCrunch, I was always involved in creation of the graphical sides of the projects. Similarly I continued my passion for computer graphics and visual identification during all of my high school.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/672184845715357696/computer-graphics-creativity

6. Evidence of demonstrating the skills and recognizing the benefits of working collaboratively (LO5).

Two examples of CAS experiences that involved the collective action. If you don't have any other collective CAS experiences, give links to CAS project posts, that showing you working together with other students.

One of the times, I worked collaboratively was with my dear friend and my trainer during the filming of short tricking samplers. I or he will always bring a camera, and later film each other and edit the videos in order to show the progress we’ve been both doing during the year.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/672094236128264192/creativity-activity

The second case of my collaborative work was during the skitouring. In any ascent the most important thing is the ability to work as a team. You don’t divide and always support each other, while keeping an eye on each others safety. Hard weather conditions and exhaustion blurring one’s focus may destroy the whole climb and even cause danger to the team. Thus any kind of mountain climbing I pursued involves deep collaboration and earlier planning for proper safety of each of the team’s members.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/672094236128264192/creativity-activity

7. Evidence of engagement with issues of global significance (LO6).

Two examples of CAS experiences with links to relevant posts, that address global issues as described by LO6.

One of the problems of the XXI century is migration and related to it discrimination. Discrimination often comes out as a result of poor knowledge or upbringing in a given worldview. In order to spread the words and teach proper behaviours during the days of immigration our school sejm educated people about our own patron and immigration.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/663487621673222145/service-sejm-szkolny

My trip to Ethiopia taught me a lot about the threats of the western world and the globalization tied to it. Local cultures that have been developing for centuries are disappearing in less than a generation as a result of western globalization. Our world is in the moment of loosing what is the most valueable our cultures. I came with a mission to preserve it or at least preserve it on photographs, which will stand as an evidence of the greatness of the past and maybe will motivate people to try and preserve the cultures.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/663490708508901376/creativity-photography

8. Evidence of recognizing and considering the ethics of choices and actions (LO7).

Two examples of CAS experiences that involved ethical issues, preferably from service strand of CAS.

One of the most fearful moments in IB high school is the day of choosing the pathways. I experienced it and many to come will experience it. In order to soothe it out and enable future students to better choose their future pathways, I co-organized and co-hosted the meeting for MYP2, which helped students get a better glimpse of what they are getting themselves into.

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/671766434919170048/myp2-meeting-service

While our planet is dying, one needs to take action, and what is the most important, each of us can take action and help our planet. That is why I co-organized a CAS project, which purpose was to clean the forest of debris and trash and we managed to get nearly half a ton of trash out of the forrest

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/663549337141428224/cas-project-cleaning-the-forest

9. Evidence of reflection on significant CAS experiences.

Links to 3 posts with well developed reflection. Each post addressing different strand of CAS (one post with reflection on Activity, one post with reflection on Creativity, one post with reflection on Service).

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/671766434919170048/myp2-meeting-service

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/653465922661679104/continuing-my-journey-with-drawing-i-decided-to

https://jakub-bartler.tumblr.com/post/663487042891743232/activity-speluking

Include table with LO, as usual.

Additionally you have to write final reflection on CAS experience (~300 words)

CAS taught me a lot about myself. My strengths and my weaknesses. CAS allowed me to expand my possibilities. Through service I was able to help others and see the perspective of other people. The activity allowed me to train my perseverance, discipline and body in order to think better. The creativity allowed my head to rest and flourish in my expression.

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Creativity - Exhibition

As a part of my creative development I visited Sanok, a city of Zdzisław Beksiński. Although many are in awe of his paintings, sketches and drawings, I came there to see the photographs.

Zdzisław Beksiński actually started his artistic career with photographies, but as his age progressed he did more and more paintings at the cost of his photography. I am truly intrigued by it, as he was one of the first or even first surrealistic photographer. He, so to say, painted with photographs, which is rarely seen in the world of photography dominated by realism.

His works and techniques inspire me to try both surrealistic and impresionistic photography. Bold symbolic colours, oniric dream-like backgrounds, unrecognizable charachters ans truly strong emotions standing behind each of the artworks

I am willing to make a photo session in the future to try to take the best out of his own works.

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ACTIVITY - Skitouring

Last week I visited Bieszczady mountains to ski tour. I first tried skitouring last year, as an alternative to skiing. It involves more cardio and more persevreance than skiing.

I really liked the feeling of being able to climb up in any spot I can and then ski off the mountain. It feels so rewarding.

It also, serves as a great training for my legs and torso for tricking trainings.

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Computer Graphics - Creativity

I drew this simple mountainous panorama. I was experimenting with shapes and waves generator HAIKEI to make simple mountains. I made the trees by simply streching the mountain.

I would like to make more complicated panoramas, but one has to start somewhere.

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Photography - Creativity

Inspired by early photography of Zdzisław Beksiński, I try to make photos, which look like paintings. Portray something in a way that noone would portray, but yet still hold meaning

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Creativity - Photography

Lately I’ve been experimenting with contour photography. I already used it with setting sun or bright neons to richen up that contrast. I really love how contour photography allows to use nonfacial forms of emotions. Posture, composition, clothing and surroundings replace the standart emotions on the face of the person captured and fill the emotional void in the scenery.

In making of these photos I was inspired by Robert Longo’s „Men in the cities” - a collection of faceless paintings showing virtual emotions through strong contours.

I once heard that a good cartoon character can be recognized purely from its contures. I want to do the same with my photos. Use the contour and the surroundings to portray a person, an idea of a person without really showing them.

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Creativity+Activity

I have been working collaboratively with my trainer to make short samplers or edits showing his work and effects of what he is capable of teaching. These videos are later used at his instagram page, where lots of new clients met him through these very videos.

Here I’ve done a few websters (a swing frontflip from one leg) I can really see a progress I have with them. Both my legs have become stronger to withstand such forces, but most importantly I slowly corrected my mistake of leaving my torso really low. It may sound counter intuitive, but in order to make a good webster you need to move your chest in a way contrary to the rotation.

The move where I swing from one hand to make a 360 is really interesting. I think I could use it in some combo (maybe onehand360 to cartfull or gainer). I need to keep my body even more straight except for the hand which should slightly bend and push mysef into the air. I also should push my rotating hand further from the body similarly to the legs, which allows me to more chilly rotate. The legs are truly crucial as they should initiate the rotation and push the most of it.