For this first finds assignment, I created a picture of myself as a nostalgic, home town girl, who is very much connected to school and academic work. My finds center around ways in which my memories connect to my academic work. Although there are not many images that make this connection explicit, the juxtaposition of personal images from the past and present show a focus both on history and on academic work.
my work station
I know, "work station" sounds like a star wars command center, but this desk is what I spend most of my time looking at. I write a lot, and I compose on the computer, I often get lost in thought, so I like to have a wall of inspiration to look at when I am thinking. Part of the wall is "functional" (bulleten board, calander, etc.) and other details are inspirational. Framing my monitor are fortunes that I have collected from fortune cookies.; the oldest of which is from my freshman year at LRC (1997). The fortune reads: "No need to worry! You will always have everything you need." Also on the monitor is a Peanuts cartoon Sr. Rita gave to me as a comment on my senior seminar paper. It depects Charlie Brown 's sister writing a report on Cardinal Rishhalleouoooo. As she has, of course, misspelled the Cardinal's name, she responds to her brother: "If you don't know how to spell it, fake it!" My motto in many ways :) . Other highlights from the wall are a picture of Wonder Woman Lauren gave me in honor of my 4Cs paper in March. I also have an ever-growing collection of quotes. My most recent addition is: "There is a clear, direct relationship between how we feel about death and how freely we live our lives" (Kenneth Cloke). Lauren found this gem, and it reminded me of one of my favorite books, The Unberable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera. Kundera, in this book, presents Nitchez's idea that god is dead, and then asks the question: if god is dead, do we live life seriously becasue we only have one shot (weight) or live more casually because we have to make the most of this chance (lightness).