Lisalyn Dresser

Friends of Dorothy- Andrew Norris Sadly, I could not attend the talk but lucky my friend was able to record it. From what I listen,  Andrew Norris  when speaking he does not mask the truths. He say what he needed to say and answer the questions with full honesty. I like how through recording, not only I hear that he has sincerity to the arts his arts but also to his audience. I love how when people asked him regarding "body struggles" he did not sugar coat it and instead he delivered a truthful answers in which everyone in the room could related to. In his arts, though he masks the backgrounds unrealistic backgrounds which can be seen throughout his artworks, I love that the focus of his artworks are filled with realness. I also like that he used different characters from different generations such as Lil nas x who is a well-known queer of this generation. I think this way, it allows different generations to access and understand his work. 

  Alfred Hitchcock  is a famous director and filmmaker. In most of his films, he uses psychological suspense which produce a distinct viewer experience. Due to this technique, he was nicknamed as the "master of suspense". Growing up, Hitchcock did not have a good experience with the people who surrounded him that's including his strict catholic parents. As an obese kid, he did not have a lot of friends and was bullied because of it. In fact, he described his childhood as lonely and sheltered because of his obesity. When he does a bad things, his parents would have tie himself or go to the local police station and be locked up as a punishment. He did not let these things stop him from being successful. He made more than 50 films and contributed to World War II by making a film propaganda against the nazis. He has a talent on what angle to hold the camera to make sure the viewers would work their mind off while watching his films but at the same have the best experience. Pe

  Alexandra Bell  convacation talk was very interesting and impactful. I like how she manage to use newspaper and the content that's in it and transfer it to something more valuable. Her art using newspaper reminded me of the "realness" we talked about in class. Bell, work on what's already in the news paper and probably manipulate it a little bit. Therefore, this relates to the topic of "realness". The thing I was most pleased in her work are the content in the newspaper she used. I love how through her simple work, she's able to inform her audience about the some of the biggest problem our society currently have which are politics, racism, and culture discriminations. Overall, her talk was informative and gave good lessons to her audience/listeners. 

 Jean Baudrillard stated “it is possible that very memory of the original caves will fade in the mind of future generations, but from now on there is no longer any difference” (p. 18). I personally disagree with this statement. I believe that this world is filled with differences. Fo instance, Lawrence university is filled with differences. The students and professors have their own opinions, beliefs, language and culture. Though, someone might argue that Lawrence might not recognize those difference by encouraging the students to speak in English and most classes are taught in English language. However, as seen in a lot of events in campus, Lawrence does a good job in recognizing and celebrating those differences. I don’t know about Baudrillard, but it think Lawrence community is work very well because of those difference that the people in it has.  Work Progress Update  Capture by me  Biggest Update Right Now I finally deciding on a concrete idea for my final project is the biggest u

                              For my project, I decided to combine three proposal I presented to you guys. My title would be called "Battling with anxiety". My biggest goal in this project is to show how Covid changed our environment which leads to how it affects me as a person who battles with anxiety to then showing how I continuously have discussion with myself on how to win the battle against the anxiety. The film as whole would look like as a "self-reflection". A lot of the things in this project I would have to do a representation. For instance, I hope to show my audience what anxiety looks like through movement, what anxiety sounds and feel like, and how in my mind, I encourage myself to win the battle. I thought the way I want to represent those things relates   to Baudrillard's statement that "representation tries to absorb simulation by interpreting it as a false representation" (p. 11). My project would have a representation of anxiety and I