Thoughts on Reflections
After the prompt was announced, I took this picture. It is reflections in the broken lens of an old car’s headlight. It called to me. What to do with it. I decided to get it printed onto cotton (by Fabric on Demand), and then figure it out. I woke
Reflecting on the past, ahead of time
Foreseeing writing this post about the prompt ‘Reflection’, I took some photos while floating and reflecting in our swimming pool last week. Friedrich Nietzsche once said that, “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.” But as hot as it’s been in Florida recently, I prefer to get
Reflection of What?
It’s my turn to blog about the reflection prompt. The last prompt was identity, and I created a self-portrait. I did a lot of reflecting when I created that piece. If I were back in college, I would have reworked the project for this class. But that’s not the
Bending back
How do I feel when I hear or read the word REFLECTION? How does it relate to our overall theme “community” – and where do I see a connection? First of all, at least in the German language, I have to consider how to spell it correctly. In
Oops, mea culpa ….
I definitely need some self-reflection regarding my agenda. Although there was in it that I needed to produce a blog yesterday, it didn’t happen. It sure is better to look in your agenda every now and then. Recently I had an exhibition in a local art centre. Because of that
Faith and more
When I started thinking about Lisa’s prompt of Reflection and community I immediately had lots of ideas: mirror reflection; thinking about past, present and future; thinking about people or events; thinking about what person am I: how do I belong?; then how they would relate to different communities. This led me to
Reflection
Serious scientific definition – Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves. Or you can be reflective in your
Inner circle
One’s identity is formed by who you are and what you are. Everyone is the product of their upbringing. Every persons identity is formed by the circles they belong to: friends, family, sports, school, hobbies, etc. But also your own ‘inner circle’: your character and the way you behave and
DNA
DNA I have always been fascinated by the ongoing discussion of nature vs nurture. Basically the question is—are our identities formed by our genetics or by the circumstances of our lives? Over time, scientists have concluded that BOTH genetics and circumstances shape us. Still, which is the stronger component?
Unique Identities
My final piece for the theme “Identity” is somewhat different from what I envisioned initially, and what I wrote in my last blog post. Instead of focussing on the multiple identities that one person might have I ended up with a piece that speaks (at least to me) about