For my object I chose my diversity project from a recent human service course. The words painted were ones from a list that we had to choose from so I am not using them for this assignment. I selected this item truly because it is who I am. My family does not have traditions from our different ancestor nationality cultures. There are no special items from past relatives. My grandmother on my fathers side had a picture of her grandmother but it has since been lost. Her grandmother was Native American and wore the traditional braids, earrings, and poncho like cover attire. I chose the yin-yang symbol because I am biracial and used it to represent my parents and their nationalities.
Artifacts #2
For my top artifact was about the five happy episodes from our past. It made me look back and realize that I did not have many happy episodes in my opinion. Everything seemed bland and not the happiest; I had happy memories, but I did not feel as though it was important enough for the assignment. My happiest are not very old:
-In October 2017 I got my first kitten Budda when she was 3 months old. I had always wanted a pet since I was around seven years old, and it finally happened ten years later.
-I never liked the idea of vows at a wedding and I never planned to have them until earlier this year. I had dreamt my vows to my longtime boyfriend who was asleep next to me, and I woke up with streams of happy tears like 3am in the morning.
-In 2019 flew down to see my best friend who goes to college in Florida her first year attending and we went to a concert, and I got to meet her sorority sisters.
-When I was a junior in high school, I had my first tournament for the bowling league I was in. With it being my first tournament, I wasn’t as experienced as the other players, but I came in 4th out of 36 kids.
-I am only 5ft tall and 22years old but at the age of 17years old I was driving 16ft long moving uhaul trucks for our business, my dad was so proud with the amount of confidence I had and my abilities to learn so quickly.
I felt as though for my Socially disengaged emotions: When I flew down it was a happy memory to cover the sadness of missing her and coming home without her with me. Coming in 4th place for my tournament was awesome but I was actually sad and upset with myself that I did not get at least 3rd because I am competitive. Regardless both memories were fun, and I did enjoy them. With my Socially engaged emotions I was overjoyed over my new baby kitten who I cannot remember life without her. I was truly moved with my emotions towards my boyfriend, and I still get butterflies thinking about it. Being able to surpass so many other works and drive these trucks truly pushed myself to be a better me and to be a harder worker.
I cannot remember life without my baby girl, she keeps my calm and helps with my anxiety instantly. She is one of the most important things in my life, I would fall into a deep hole when I lose her. It brings me to tears thinking about it and she keeps our family complete and whole. She has helped me through mentally tough times and getting her was my best memory ever and that’s why she was typed first.
Artifact #3
Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Violet, White, Yellow
Category 1: Purple, Red, Orange, Violet
Rationale: Dark in thought
Category 2: Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink
Rationale: Bright in thought
Category 3: Black, Brown, Gray, White
Rationale: Shades
Write emotion words which you will associate with each of the following colors.
1. Black: Depress 7. Pink: Cheerful
2. Blue: Peace 8. Purple: Powerful
3. Brown: Sick 9. Red: Anger
4. Gray: Gloomy 10. Violet: Expensive
5. Green: Disgust 11. White: Free
6. Orange: Fiery/Feist 12. Yellow: Happy
Did you find any association between your categorization in (1) and the results of (2)?
Category 3: Black=Depress Brown=Sick Gray=Gloomy White=Free
Three out of the four of my colors represent sadness in a sense except white. Maybe while being sick you feel gloomy and depressed with sadness you just need to clean the germs away. Cleaning the germs will make you feel more free from sadness. While picking outfits that are dark in contrast you add in some white to brighten the mood. These are important for shading when being an artist.
Category 2: Blue=Peace Green=Disgust Yellow=Happy Pink=Cheerful
Three out of the four of my colors represent happy and relaxed feelings. With green I love the color but through socialization we see green as gross and blue as sad. Green I do agree can be feeling gross but for blue that is my favorite color can I think of bright blues, not the dark ones that portray sadness. These four are bright and colorful which draw the eyes to artwork.
Category 1: Purple=Powerful Red=Anger Orange=Fierce or Fiesty Violet=Expensive
All three of my color remind me of war and power. Purple and Violet are royal in color through some cultures, while Red is portrayed as anger or love or even pain for blood. Orange to me if feisty or fierce like tigers in the hunt. All portray the royal hierarchy, war, and violence which is in our history.
