Going into this project, I was inspired mainly by two sources – Tame Impala, and then a synth company called Make Noise. The Tame Impala influence was because he’s an[…]

Dominic DiGesu  5/22/20 Critical Reflection #6: Final Reflection  Over the last 6 weeks, I have been focused on making music. The goal was to tell a compelling narrative/story through music[…]

After reaching the end of my senior project experience six weeks after it began, things look different on the other side than I might have expected. For starters, I think[…]

Now that I’m three weeks into the senior project experience, some things I’ve noticed are: Scheduling my time is TOUGH I’ve been writing music a bit different than usual …Singing[…]

Artist’s Statements: We agreed to take on the challenge of collaboration and cooperation, in order to bring our Senior Project idea to life. Throughout the duration of our project, Hanna[…]

Since the Covid-19 epidemic and Stay at Home orders has affected your original plan for your Senior Project Experience, please reflect on your current essential question. Some general helpful prompts[…]

Critical Reflection #6: Did you meet your goal(s) for Senior Project? Explain in detail. When I was in the planning phase for my senior project my goals were very different[…]

This is the second song I wrote and it’s supposed to be about going away to college and leaving friendships and high school behind without really saying goodbye. Leave Me[…]

I started out this project thinking I would write all my songs in english but having been quarantined in a house with only my french-speaking family, I wanted to include[…]

What is the process of writing a song like for a beginner? My essential question has changed a lot throughout the 6 weeks because I’ve realized the process of writing[…]

What is the process of writing a song like for a beginner? I have discovered that I start getting lazy and procrastinating as soon as I start to lose confidence[…]

What is the process of writing a song like for a beginner? I’ve been reading my book and listening to a few podcast episodes from a series called Song Exploder.[…]

What is the process of writing a song like for a beginner? I am 3 weeks into my senior project experience and feel like I’ve already learned so much more[…]

One main exercise I did with my guitar and music teacher was to deconstruct a song I already liked and putting it together to Geta. better idea of the format.[…]

Recording is something that made me very nervous because it meant no more editing the song, no more fixing up the lyrics or adding minor changes and learning to be[…]

–> Critical Reflection #4 Assignment: Connect to outside sources (article/book/podcast/ted talk/blog/website/etc) [CR4] This is a Text investigation. Consider your essential question in the context of the 2 outside sources you[…]

This week I have really cracked down on the Othello scene. It is probably the most fun scene that I am currently working on. There is so much to work[…]

Critical Reflection #5: Metacognition Throughout this process I haven’t learned much about myself because I feel like everyone’s process is completely different right now due to the strange circumstances. I[…]

I think I have finally reached the point in the senior project experience where I am able to enjoy the work I’m doing. For example, the scene Landline, which is[…]

Critical Reflection #4: Connect to Outside Sources I had spent a huge portion of my senior project reading plays, but I was still concerned about how the final product of[…]

CR #6   My original essential question was what stories do the people, plants, and animals of Ditmas Park have to tell? In the end however, it turned into something[…]

Dominic DiGesu  5/13/20 Critical Reflection #5: Metacognition    My senior project is about making music. Although I didn’t realize when I started, the process I followed is the cycle of[…]

Dominic DiGesu  5/6/20 Critical Reflection #4:Connect to outside sources (article/book/podcast/ted talk/blog/website/etc)   My senior project is about making music. My essential question is how can I tell a compelling narrative/tell[…]

Dominic DiGesu  4/29/20 Critical Reflection #3: Now that you’re three weeks (half way) into your senior project experience, are you answering your essential question?    My senior project is about[…]

Dominic DiGesu  4/22/20 Critical Reflection #2: Write about a single experience or moment, and ask: how does this moment, experience, or encounter relate to my essential question?   My senior[…]

As the Theatre club continues I am running into new challenges every class. Mostly I am missing the convenience of communication. Normally, during the first few weeks of the Spring[…]

Critical Reflection #3: Reflect on your Essential Question My question is “How can we engage in Theatre while social distancing”. Before we had to social distance my essential question was[…]

This week we finally started the Theatre club. It was a lot more nerve-wracking then I thought it was going to be. I have directed before and being in person[…]

Critical Reflection #3: Describe a moment and Analyze it When I started my project I was extremely nervous about working with Theatre over the computer and I am still nervous[…]

While working on the art portion of my senior project I realized that I had hit a wall in my work. I had run out of ideas for Love’s Labors[…]

My essential question was really just a starting point in the world of sustainable food and cooking. I think this was an important element of my senior project but the[…]

I culminated my senior project experience with the creation of my mother’s birthday cake. The cake captured many different aspects of my project in one dish. I used foraged lemongrass[…]

I have learned a lot about myself as a person and as a learner this week and in the last five weeks. The more time I spent working on my[…]

While I sought to avoid this topic as much as possible, unfortunately I must admit that my project was certainly somewhat affected by COVID-19. As Zack Quaintance, my last interview[…]

Initially, Nate and I had wanted to shoot two short films within the span of 6-weeks for our senior project, but due to the uncontrollable circumstances of COVID-19, we had[…]

For the last two weeks of my project, I decided to forego my paintings of the day and focus my attention on larger paintings. I spent the first of these[…]

EQ: What makes a successful advertisement?  SQ: What influence does advertising have on our culture? How does our culture influence advertising What have you discovered about your process, your habits?[…]

After coming up with the chords I liked to go with the melody, I realized playing it all perfectly in one recording was a bit more challenging than I thought.[…]

The combination of being quarantined and doing an in-depth painting project definitely illuminated a lot about my process. In the past few days, I have been thinking a lot about[…]

EQ: How can I express the last four years of my life through poetry?  Sometimes I think I chose the most neurotic passion. Or fell into, rather than chose. These[…]

5/14/2020 Alright, so, ink washing turned out to be a little more therapeutic than expected. After a month or so of drawing with an infuriatingly minuscule pen, a large, broad[…]

Today I thought that I would take the time to re-cap on what I have learned from the Coursera classes I have taken so far. My course is affiliated with[…]

Today was the last day of the senior project experience, and I feel very fulfilled, to be honest. Working on this podcast was one of the most fun self-guided experiences[…]