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Sunday Sketches~Sketch 5: Triptych

September 19, 2023 Ainsley Student Posts

The triptych used as an example hit me hard emotionally–I wanted to do something similar with mine. I was looking around my dorm room for inspiration (like I usually do), when my eyes landed on my favorite stuffed animal (I’m not ashamed to say I brought it with me to college!). It has received a lot of love over the past 18+ years, which caused it to need a bit of “doctoring” from my mom. To show my impact on this stuffed animal, I tried to find a picture from early in my childhood where I hadn’t made any holes in my stuffed animal. I found one that my grandma has framed on her wall and laughed at how little I was in the picture. As I was writing the words to go along with this triptych, I stopped after writing the third and final panel: these words apply to me, too. Life has been full of obstacles for me, and definitely has scarred me in many ways, be it physically or mentally. Like she was there to fix my stuffed animal, my mom was also there to fix me. She is still my biggest supporter to this day, and she always encourages me to love myself just as much (if not more!) than I love my favorite stuffed animal.

*I apologize if this is really cheesy, but it’s how I feel about this!!

Sunday Sketches~Sketch 4: Statue of Liber-team

September 14, 2023 Ainsley Student Posts

When I first opened up the Pixlr website to start photoshopping my images for this assignment, the search bar had already been autofilled with “New York,” which featured pictures of downtown, roads, and the Statue of Liberty (guess which one I chose?). I’ve always loved visiting Lady Liberty during my trips to New York, and I am fascinated by the torch she holds. I’ve never been inside the statue, but I’ve seen a life-sized model of the torch, which was an incredible experience. In the spirit of sports season, I decided to give America’s famous landmark her very own foam finger so she can root for her favorite team! I think this image conveys our country’s love for liberty, and for sports. Freedom and justice is what many think of when seeing the Statue of Liberty, and a sense of freedom can be felt whenever one watches and/or participates in a form of a sport. For me, theatre is my sport, and I have met so many people and become part of such a tight-knit community, all of whom give me the freedom to be who I want to be!

*sorry for the image quality, I hope it manages to convey the message!

Sunday Sketches~Sketch 3: Visual Note Taking

September 5, 2023 Ainsley Student Posts

I took my visual notes from my HEBR 101 course. I often use pictures as a learning aid when learning a new language, so I was excited to do this again. The biggest thing this process taught me is that writing does help you remember information. I reviewed the day’s content while planning what my notes would look like before utilizing the concepts I placed in the final product. I enjoyed this assignment because I could put my creative spin on a topic that would otherwise have boring notes. I became excited about the content I was learning and showed said learning through a visual interpretation. This week’s sketch has inspired me to take more creative liberties throughout my note-taking and studying methods.

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Sunday Sketches~Sketch 2: An Ap-“peel”-ing Beach Day

August 30, 2023 Ainsley Student Posts

To find inspiration for this week’s sketch, I looked around my dorm room for objects I could use. The long weekend was in the back of my mind, and I thought about taking my hammock out to the quad to sit in and take a break. My desk is next to the micro-fridge, which also inspired me. My roommate happened to have left a banana on top of the fridge from breakfast. It then clicked: Why not take the banana and make it into a hammock?
I set my sketch’s setting at the beach, as I always think of it as the perfect location to set up a hammock. I then marked the ends of the banana so it could be “attached” to the trees, just as my hammock needs to be before it can be sat in. I made sure to draw the person a little arched so it looked like it was lying on the banana. The banana worked really well as a hammock, and I’m curious to see how other foods can be transformed similarly.

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Literacy Narrative Reflection

August 27, 2023 Ainsley Student Posts

Writing my literacy narrative allowed me to examine the experiences that made me the reader and writer I am today.(Photo Credit: Flickr)

While writing this literacy narrative, I reflected on experiences that made me a better reader and writer and how my emotions play into it.

As I wrote the X-Pages Exercise, I noticed how writing about an experience I was not fond of resulted in the writing having a negative tone. When writing about experiences that positively impacted my writing, I noticed an underlying positive connotation that made reading more enjoyable. I incorporated this trend into my essay, where I could touch on my observation in multiple instances. Other people could relate to this, as many people write their works based on their emotions; the covers of some of the comics we will cover this semester show this concept, including Zoe Thurgood’s It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth.

This narrative allowed me to reexamine the methods I use while reading and writing and look for patterns to predict how my ways of reading and writing may develop in the future. I am excited to see the impact this class will have on me and the reader and writer that I am!

literacy narrative reflection

Sunday Sketches~Sketch 1: Avatar

August 23, 2023 Ainsley Student Posts

I drew this image because I feel it best represents my personality. The explosion of colors represents how my personality is vibrant and diverse. For example, there are some days when I’m full of energy and others when I prefer to rest in bed all day.

The small star in the center of my avatar represents the start of my journey here at Emory, where I am just one person among thousands of students. However, I know I have much to offer, including the personality that I described in the previous paragraph.

Lastly, I chose to emphasize the “Free” in my last name, signifying how much freedom I have while at Emory and that there are multiple opportunities for me to grow as a student and as a person while I’m here.

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