Humanities Portfolio
What is religion?
“… the believing in something greater than oneself.” 9.23.10
This year I began with religion and realized more than I ever have with eight years of catholic school. With an unbiased opinion, my eyes were widened to what religion really meant and how an atheists , or undecided, person like myself fits into that category and study. Reflecting on this course I acknowledge that my views have changed since then and there is still I have yet to explore with religion in different cultures and what spirituality really means. An interesting project for this topic was my Keynote on the different views religions had on sex, in this case Pagans vs. Catholics. Through out my research I not only convinced others there has been too many speculations about Paganism but also learned this myself.
"...Shakespeare knows not about the loving lies and for arguments sake neither do I." 3.6.11
Hands down my favorite and creative project has to be the poetry portfolio I became more than indulged in this assignment. When I was younger I wrote a lot of poetry and I'm the type of person to dabble in different types of activities rather than excel in just one. When I lost interest I moved to something else. The course made me see poetry so much more broad and open, very similar to the religion project. I found a calling in poetry and I enjoyed it so much more than I did when I dabbled when I was younger. I not developed a new found respect for poetry but also an admiration for it. Because of this assignment I discovered my talent for the art form and still continue to write frequently on a personal level if only for the fun of it.
"...I mean maybe it's something out of the ordinary for you people to believe in, but there is such thing as mercy and rehabilitation." 2010-2011
My monologue project commanded all of my effort and I willingly put hours into writing this story. In the beginning, writing became difficult because I hadn't fully developed each character or even the entire story plot. For the past few years, I've been working on a book and even with that project I've been running into writers block. This assignment helped me conquer my writers block. My inspirations came floating back over the course of the project. I know that working with a professional such as Kate is a rare opportunity and I am so appreciative that we had her assistance with this project because all the feedback really showed dedication. That dedication must've rubbed off on me because I pushed through it all still not knowing the final outcome until I had published it. There are many things I would do differently with this project but failing is not one of them. Failing gave me the chance to pick myself back up and eventually succeed to produce something am really proud of. It's one of my best, so far.
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