GOOD BYE!
I remember my first blog post for my lit and perf is a photo of frog. I did not quite master the blogger yet, can't say I do now. So the title of that blog somehow became my blogger name. Posting blog gives many goods, I always find some nostalgias every time I open the edit page. Maybe it reminds me of my space, maybe it reminds me of my short-living vibe in English II class, or maybe it reminds me of horrifying moments when the server broke down and relieving moments when I clicked save. Now that I open my blog from last year, or the other account I had three years ago, I realized how lucky I had all these snapshots of my thoughts stored up. Looking back, I am amazed how I have turned to this me now. Better or worse, I don't know. What I know is: for the better I know I can evolve, and for the worse I can still adjust.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Ms. Guarino chose Blogger as a tool for the class. Thoughts are put up and shared for everyone because sharable interpretations of piece is important to literature. On the other hand, when we learn about the works of others, we know how to refine ours. Same for the video we upload, looking for better ways to improve our actings. After all, practice, discuss, and improve our thoughts and actings speak the essence of Literature and Performance. I once questioned the inconvenience and old fashion of blogger. But maybe it is because of these qualities, without distraction of high tech and all the fuss, we were able to sit down and to think what is worth to share.
I think one of my take aways that is worth sharing is that Lit and Perf really focus on making literature applicable. And this focus has endow this class many qualities that other English class cannot reach. First, it encourages us to make "interpretations" or a work. Once I heard so many different theatre adaptations just for one work of literature, I am amazed. But is it not just that, practices like this force us to think outside the box: how do we use information here and there to create a work with dramatic effect? I always find these practice interesting. And to entertain myself, I always try to find ways to make my idea interesting. (I guess why some arts are hard to understand by the public but echoed a long way in specific group.)
Looking back at my adaptations, I also found my ideas became more and more crazy. From a straight adaptation from fences to a gender inverse story of Desiree. I also brought in more and more elements in my ideas. I learned more about roles of technology in theatre, acting techniques, and even some aspects of musical.
I am proud that this class had gave me many new experience. I had one of a few experiences which I was doing something that feels right. Many times I think I was doing something that someone told me to do or something that I didn't want to do. However, when I constructed an idea and tried to make it real, I feel somehow more responsible to the task than I was doing other things. Once I finally see my effort turns
an idea into real production, I sense a rush of accomplishment. I seldom feel it, but our class provided me couples. I think thus doing things that I like is the only way to bring satisfaction. Even after a good bye to these two years, I will find out more about what I enjoy and commit to it.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Ms. Guarino chose Blogger as a tool for the class. Thoughts are put up and shared for everyone because sharable interpretations of piece is important to literature. On the other hand, when we learn about the works of others, we know how to refine ours. Same for the video we upload, looking for better ways to improve our actings. After all, practice, discuss, and improve our thoughts and actings speak the essence of Literature and Performance. I once questioned the inconvenience and old fashion of blogger. But maybe it is because of these qualities, without distraction of high tech and all the fuss, we were able to sit down and to think what is worth to share.
I think one of my take aways that is worth sharing is that Lit and Perf really focus on making literature applicable. And this focus has endow this class many qualities that other English class cannot reach. First, it encourages us to make "interpretations" or a work. Once I heard so many different theatre adaptations just for one work of literature, I am amazed. But is it not just that, practices like this force us to think outside the box: how do we use information here and there to create a work with dramatic effect? I always find these practice interesting. And to entertain myself, I always try to find ways to make my idea interesting. (I guess why some arts are hard to understand by the public but echoed a long way in specific group.)
Looking back at my adaptations, I also found my ideas became more and more crazy. From a straight adaptation from fences to a gender inverse story of Desiree. I also brought in more and more elements in my ideas. I learned more about roles of technology in theatre, acting techniques, and even some aspects of musical.
I am proud that this class had gave me many new experience. I had one of a few experiences which I was doing something that feels right. Many times I think I was doing something that someone told me to do or something that I didn't want to do. However, when I constructed an idea and tried to make it real, I feel somehow more responsible to the task than I was doing other things. Once I finally see my effort turns
an idea into real production, I sense a rush of accomplishment. I seldom feel it, but our class provided me couples. I think thus doing things that I like is the only way to bring satisfaction. Even after a good bye to these two years, I will find out more about what I enjoy and commit to it.
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