My essential question: What is the connection between painting and photography? Initially I thought the only connection between a photo and a painting was how you can paint a photo.[…]
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Onaje CR #1
There are fundamentals to art that trump any stylistic or technical choices, and create the visual language through which one communicates their ideas. Figurative art hones in on a few[…]
Peter Mamaev Critical Reflection #1
I have loved comics since I was a kid. Growing up in a fairly religious environment, western comics always represented not only a wonderful escapist opportunity, but a bout of[…]
Hanna Provost — Blog Post #2
Something I wanted my character to be interested in was photography, since I originally wanted to do photography as my senior project but had to change it because of the[…]
Sophie Kielian CR #1
The essential question that is guiding my senior project is “how are the limitations on exercise and physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic impacting mental health?” This topic has been[…]
Nissim – CR#1
Twice a week my company does something called “Class of 300” Class of 300 is an opportunity for the interns of the company to have as long as hour long[…]
Freud’s Theory of the Unconscious (Skyler)
In my CR I mentioned Freud’s theory and how it changed my thinking about my senior project. Since including the theory in my CR would make it too long, decided[…]
Foster CR 1
Essential Question: How can I express the last four years of my life through poetry? I know the mechanics of the poem. When I am in the thick of[…]
Skyler CR#1
My essential question is: What are the most effective methods of conflict resolution for young kids. As a part of my project on early childhood development I am taking a[…]
Anna Mueller – CR #1
Hanna and I have made significant progress in the development of our characters and their journals. We will begin working on the communicative portion of the project once we have[…]
CR #1 – Layne
How can theater be used to share the words and stories of real people? When I wrote this question a little more than a month ago I knew I wanted[…]
Sophie R – CR#1
My essential question is, how can learning about food sustainability inform the sustainable practices I use in my own life? I wanted to explore this question because I’m really interested[…]
Nellie- Week 1, Post 2: Theatre Studies in Quarantine
Before starting my y-block I wanted to find my ground as a leader so I could be prepared and not let any students down. I figured there were most likely[…]
Jaquie’s CR #1
For my senior project, my essential question is focused on the healthcare system and how COVID-19 is taking a toll; my goal is to come up with a solution to[…]
Nellie- Week 1, Post 1: Theatre Studies in Quarantine
After hearing that school would be shut down I had an instinct to panic because my initial senior project was completely reliant on having access to the LREI community. In[…]
CR #1 – Bay
This week I spent a lot of time reading Dead Man Walking (1992) by Sister Helen Prejean. As I wrote about in an earlier blog post, the book is sort[…]
Molly- Week 2, Post 1
Community in the Time of COVID-19 Since I last posted, I have continued to explore online community engagement. On Sunday evening, I led a workshop online for the jGirls magazine[…]
Work day 3-6
On day three of my project, I worked on making the volume knobs out of the same wood I was using for the neck of the bass. I started with[…]
Molly-CR #1
In trying to answer my essential question, “How can communities stay engaged during a global pandemic?,” I am constantly reminded of why this topic is important to me. Along with[…]
Max Zinman: Critical Reflection #1: What I Know vs. What I Don’t Know
Name: Max Zinman Essential Question: How does teaching while learning affect how one learns? Critical Reflection 1: What I Know vs. What I Don’t Know There are a couple things[…]
Peter Mamaev graphic novel update 4/13
4/13/2020 Beyond continuing work on the project itself, I have additionally reached out to my first contact, indie writer Jed McPherson, but have so far received crickets in return. I[…]
Poetry: April 13
April 13: It’s difficult to wade through old memories. I find myself often sitting at the typewriter with my eyes shut and my thumbs pushing into the sides of my[…]
Onaje #3: Testing Watercolor and Charcoal
After making four color studies that I’m satisfied with, I’ve been experimenting with a painting method I’ve come up with. To get a good range of values along with good[…]
Cr #1
It seems the deeper I delve into my senior project. The more I feel I don’t know. The book started with more basic and unadvanced ideas yet as I get[…]
Katie’s 1st Post
Last week was the first week of working on our senior projects. It took me a long time but I finally figured out a piano base and vocal melody. I[…]
Pierre’s Second Blog Entry
This week, my classes are teaching me about font formatting tools and how to draw borders to improve the look and readability of your tables. Learning how to present your[…]
Using What I Wear as Political Warfare: The Power in Secondhand Sourced Personal Style
Essential Question This should be the current, clearest version of your essential question. How can I explain the importance of personal style in an eco-friendly manner while simultaneously experimenting with[…]
Update #1
As of now we are continuing work on the forge structure. Specifically, we have dug and poured the concrete anchors that will hold the posts for our roof. We have[…]
4/12 – Bay
This week I intend to finish my first book for the project, Dead Man Walking (1992) by sister Helen Prejean. The book is sort of memoir/non-fiction with a lot of[…]
CR #1 Jonathan Z.
Critical Reflection #1 – Jonathan Ziebarth For my critical response I will be reflecting on a passage from the book I am currently reading, Zero To One, By Peter Thiel[…]
Nika’s Blog #2
The second part of my weekly assignment was to compare feedback from the 2019 survey and the 2020 survey. I spent this time going over each new employees onboarding process[…]
Senior Project – Friday, April 13th by Kamara
Today we started horror week in our podcast. We watched Eyes Without a Face for Monday. I’m excited for this week because as a genre, horror movies have always been much more[…]
Ruthie Week 2: Blog #2
After looking for inspiration, I came up with an idea on my own. I started writing it, and realized that it came fairly easily to me. I also came to[…]
Ruthie Week 1: Blog #1
My project focuses on how out of practice writers become active and disciplined writers. I started off my project by looking for writing prompts. An author that I am a[…]
Jane Olsen CR #1 – mindfulness
During this first week, I considered an underlying theme of mindfulness in relation to my essential question (What is wellness and how can I maximize the wellness of myself and[…]
Critical Reflection #1
River Magee 4/13/20 Critical Reflection #1 We live in a world surrounded by entertainment and storytelling. I come from a family with large roots in[…]
CR #1 – Nate
What Do I Know? Not much. But, as far as my essential question is concerned (and my essential question is: how can we talk about, and understand, film?) I know[…]
Jane Olsen Post #2 Wellness Exploration
This first week I also spent a lot of time planning for the coming weeks of my project. I developed weekly themes focused on different dimensions of wellness and explored[…]
Elisabeth Critical Reflection Week 1
My essential question is pretty vague, and so from the outset my research I feel like I definitely that the answer would be entirely dependent on myself and the direction[…]
Pandemic Painting and Pondering: Larger Painting #1 — Wriley Hodge
Towards the end of week 1, I began thinking about constructing a painting that was different than the open-air painting I had been doing. I was excited by the opportunity[…]
Sophie K. Blog Post #2
For the second half of my first week of senior project, I continued to do research and started conducting some interviews. For my research, I continued reading articles from data[…]
Mawena- Learning Twi (Week 1)
For my senior project I’ve been learning how to speak Twi. It’s a language that I’ve been familiar with for a long time. When I returned to America at age[…]
#1: Getting Started
For the first week of my project, I spent most of my time reading Beloved by Toni Morrison and researching artists to inform my art. I found many artists and[…]
Olivia Week One: Blog post #2
This week, I spent the majority of my time conducting research and getting comfortable with my topic. On the first day, I worked on writing interview questions for potential interviewees[…]
Pandemic Painting and Pondering: Week 1 — Wriley Hodge
This week I really got into the flow of my project. I began going out every day and making a sort of map of where different birds are when. Prospect[…]
Hanna Provost — Blog Post #1
I spent most of the first few days of Senior Project conducting character development exercises to figure out exactly who my character was. This was difficult for me largely because[…]
Julia Week 1: Blog #2
I feel like the first few days were just me getting everything together. These last couple of days have really picked up the pace. I figure this is gonna be[…]
Bay’s Senior Project 4/11
This week I started my online class on political philosophy and justice. In the first lecture, the professor introduced the difference between consequentialist vs. categorical moral reasoning by presenting multiple[…]