Category: Student Posts

For my Sunday sketch, I was having trouble creating an idea that used a 3D object. I am at home for the weekend and searched my room for something I thought would fit.After being stumped on what to do, I decided to do something that represented my current state of mind. I found a sponge. I drew the arms and legs on the sponge to give it human-like features. The human-like features of the sponge represent what many other college freshmen and I are feeling right now: The constant need to absorb and adapt to the new experiences and challenges of college. More specifically, the thought bubbles help with representing trying to balance all of what college offers: academic rigor, social experiences, living on your own, and trying to make this place your home. 

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Puppy Cloud:

The idea for the sketch “Puppy Cloud” was born from my passion for capturing the beauty and whimsy of clouds through photography. I have always been fascinated by the ever-changing shapes and forms of clouds in the sky and enjoyed finding resemblances to various animals within them. One day, as I was reviewing my collection of cloud photographs, I noticed the striking resemblance between one particular fluffy, cumulus cloud formation and a playful puppy. What’s more, this puppy is shaped quite like my friend’s Teddy. This finding inspires me to blend the natural wonder of the sky with the heartwarming charm of puppies, resulting in a sketch that would celebrate the fantastic world of clouds and the innocence of our beloved canine companions.

Photo Credits: Bric on Flickr

I really enjoyed writing this essay because it helped me reflect on my unique journey and relationship with the english language. It helped me further understand when I started to truly care about my writing and reading skills. I had a slow start to the free writing. However, as my ideas started to form the free writing exercise helped me discover that my genuine passion for reading and writing stemmed from my junior-year english class. Before this, I never distinctly read anything significant that really made me want to sit in a chair and read something for “fun”. The writing process I felt for this was especially difficult because I had a very tough time associating memories or moments within my life with reading and writing because I did not find it interesting for the longest period of time. On top of this, writing about yourself with very little bits of memory of yourself makes it hard. One sentence I really am proud of within my essay I find the most interesting within my essay is “I started to recognize symbols, themes, motifs, and other rhetorical choices in the common shows I loved to watch, understanding, even more, why they were so highly rated.”

Image Credits: Photo by Huynh Dat from Pexel Photos

I discovered the power of personal connections and experiences influence my interests and identity as a reader. My passion for reading and writing reflects my upbringing and heritage, from bedtime stories that inspired my love for fantasy narratives to essays that celebrated my heritage. The writing process was very different because I have never written an essay or report analyzing my own behaviors or interests in reading and writing. It did feel strange to do the free-writing exercises at first because it was challenging to go into such depth on activities that happened ten years ago. Still, the free-writing process did help me a lot to construct my essay, as I included the bedtime anecdote, which played a massive role in my essay. What I found surprising is that I like to write about myself a lot, which was strange to me because whenever a person in a job interview asks, “Can you tell me about yourself?” I always struggle to respond. I believe that the most exciting sentence from my essay is: My reading interests in quarantine were similar to that of Goldilocks and the 3 Bears and Little Red Riding Hood, an action-packed story with a hero protagonist vanquishing evil.