Carpe See 'Em
When I began brainstorming, the first thing I thought of was people watching. And, yes, you read that correctly. I promise I'm not a person of questionable morality nor am I creep. I am, however, fascinated by the human species and the forces that compels a human being to do the things.
If I were to write about people watching, each week I would watch a person, or a group of people on campus, from afar. I would observe and analyze their every move. Who knows, I may see something profound, or I may just end up watching someone eat dinner. But, no matter the case, the great thing about humans is that you never know what they're going to do next.
After observing my subjects and analyzing their behavior, I plan to articulate my inquires and generate hypotheses about why they acted the way they did. If prudent, I may also add factual research data of human psychology. I believe this topic's unpredictability will add excitement with each blog.
One Out of 86,400
During my senior year of high school, I decided to take a one second video every day to capture memories with the friends I would soon be leaving behind. At the end of the year, my friends and I were able to recall countless memories through the mash-up of one second videos.
Upon arrival to Penn State, I decided I would do the same thing: highlight one second of my day, every day. In these videos, I film something special about that specific day. In my blog, I would post and discuss the one second video. I would also answer questions such as, "how did I end up there?" and "why is that pork roll sandwich so important to you?" Indeed, I have take many videos that were hard to explain in the moment, but the significance was later apparent. After all, we only have so many seconds to live and we should cherish every one of them.
While I am passionate about both of my ideas, I will be strongly influenced by peer feedback. However, I believe either topic offers infinite unpredictably and excitement.
When I began brainstorming, the first thing I thought of was people watching. And, yes, you read that correctly. I promise I'm not a person of questionable morality nor am I creep. I am, however, fascinated by the human species and the forces that compels a human being to do the things.
If I were to write about people watching, each week I would watch a person, or a group of people on campus, from afar. I would observe and analyze their every move. Who knows, I may see something profound, or I may just end up watching someone eat dinner. But, no matter the case, the great thing about humans is that you never know what they're going to do next.
After observing my subjects and analyzing their behavior, I plan to articulate my inquires and generate hypotheses about why they acted the way they did. If prudent, I may also add factual research data of human psychology. I believe this topic's unpredictability will add excitement with each blog.
One Out of 86,400
During my senior year of high school, I decided to take a one second video every day to capture memories with the friends I would soon be leaving behind. At the end of the year, my friends and I were able to recall countless memories through the mash-up of one second videos.
Upon arrival to Penn State, I decided I would do the same thing: highlight one second of my day, every day. In these videos, I film something special about that specific day. In my blog, I would post and discuss the one second video. I would also answer questions such as, "how did I end up there?" and "why is that pork roll sandwich so important to you?" Indeed, I have take many videos that were hard to explain in the moment, but the significance was later apparent. After all, we only have so many seconds to live and we should cherish every one of them.
While I am passionate about both of my ideas, I will be strongly influenced by peer feedback. However, I believe either topic offers infinite unpredictably and excitement.
While both of these topics already interest me, I think the video idea would be a great way for us to follow along and it would leave me wanting to come back again to see the next video!
ReplyDeleteI am particularly interested in your idea to post 1 second videos of your time here and depict their importance and signifigance in the overall grande scheme.
ReplyDeleteThe second idea seems super challenging and interesting- you could try to recount a week in your life by only showing a second of each day, and it'd definitely be interesting to feature people that appear in them. Also, I really like your style of writing- it's really clear and concise :)
ReplyDeleteI like your first idea because it's kind of like my first idea. Good thoughts! (Short comment because it's 8:52).
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