volunteer log

Project Three Volunteer Log
Eckerd College

Name of Organization:
Creative Clay

Location of Organization:
Central ave. st petersburg

Volunteer Opportunity:
Working with mentally disabled adults in the community with art classes as well as selling their work.

Review of Volunteering:
It’s a very new experience. The people who work there are very into the community they live in on all sides in all aspects. The men and women you work with there are also very into helping the community. They are proud people of not only who they are but the life they live.
What did you do?
I work in the classroom helping them with their art they are creating. I helped Lawrence with his stirring rod for his witch to stir her cauldron. I have also helped out with folk fest trying to get information for a grant, and selling merchandise.


When did you do it?
I have completed 20 hours, but the hours I describe are from multiple dates, 9/28 was folk fest, 10/10 is when I worked with Lawrence, and 11/7 is when I sold merchandise at a fundraising event here at eckerd.

What did you learn?
I learned that people are very dedicated in this field of work. Everyone is determined to better the community and better the company. This volunteering experience is my first with adults, and I learned that they are wonderful to talk to and work with. I even learned about the biggest plane called the airbus, that Lawrence and I looked up on the computer to learn more about the plans of the interior and future of this plane.

What are your future plans?
As it being my QFM volunteering place, I have 20 more hours there to complete, and then to voice the need of this organization for volunteers, and to show how they are carving their steps into the community. Just about every semester of my college career I have had the requirement to volunteer, and I have done the required hours at some, but also beyond that at some, including the boys and girls club. It’s a good feeling to volunteer within the community, and shows a whole other world that without these opportunities I would not have seen. My plan for future is to volunteer on the occasion, probably not for creative clay but for whatever at that point in my life I am interested in or concerned about.

reflection/action

1. i have done the volunteering, filled out the volunteer log, learned my 4 modes, accepted a interviewer, and started my poster.

2. my plan of actions are to re do my 1st paper, maybe also my research paper, get the four modes onto the poster board and get that finished by thanksgiving. i want to take pictures of tattoos, and surround my poster with them.

3. the presentation is based off of all that i have have accomplished on the first section. i have begun to set up what i need for my poster, but i would like to also ask for a picture of Prof. Robinson's Dante's tattoo, if that is appropiate.

4 modes paragraph

Song

The song "Tattoo'd Lady" by Rory Gallagher fits into the mode of song in showing problems with tattoos. The song is about the people who work at the carnival who only have each other as "freaks" so that they are not alone. People who are "freaks" will always find comfort in a circus with a tattoo'd lady.
This song gives a feeling that people can always find a place to belong. Freaks in society, women with tattoos, are not alone, and do not need to feel segregated because of the ink on their skin.

Image

The image of the tattooed lasy wearing a classy white dress shows the beauty of a pretty women. This image shows that tattoo's are beautiful and not something to be ashamed about. Tattoos can be apart of someones beauty. the women shows confidence and no regret in having a body covered in tattoos.

Film

In the movie, "Wedding Crashers," the men are looking for women to "hang out with" in the bedroom. At one point, one of the gentlemen points out a lady with a tattoo on her lower back. The man calls it a bullseye for the type of women they are looking for, easy.
This movie shows a point that women with tattoos are more sexual. I believe this not to be true, but has been seen in history as a symbol of sexual connotations.

Book

In the story, "Fa Mu Lan," the girl is tattooed for vengence of the village. She sacrifices herself with this tattoo. She also must cover up the rest of her body because if anyone knew she was a women, she would lose that tough guy wonder, and be killed.
The story says that women should be slaves to their men and by Fe Mu Lan going and training and carrying the villages pain as a tattoo on her back, she shows that sacrafice makes you stronger.

get out of jail free card

get out of jail free card

4 modes

picture/image
http://infmom.net/images/circus.gif
song- tattoo lady by rory Gallagher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eair8Ftmd9Q

Lyrics
Tattoo'd Lady,
Bearded baby,
They're my family.
When I was lonely,
Something told me, where,
I could always be.

Where I could,
Wish for pennies,
If we had any.
You'd meet me down,
At the shooting gallery.

Yes I'm a,
Fair ground baby.
Wonder what made me,
Fall for the pearly queen.

I spent my youth,
Under canvas roof,
As I roamed from town to town.

I'm not fooling,
When I say I got no schoolin',
Never like the class bell sound.

From the caravan,
I hear the fairground band,
Sounding good as they can be.

You know I can't be found,
But if you look around,
Tomorrow we'll be gone by dawn.
Alright...

Now hear it on the loud speaker say,
The fire eater is a real fine sight to see,
Yeah he's a death cheater,
Some kind of central heater,
Be sure to save a seat for me.

Let me tell you 'bout wicked Sadie,
She's no baby,
The law came,
And tried to close her sideshow down.
But soon she had the D.A. cheering,
The police chief wearing,
Her garter for a crown.

I spent my youth,
Under canvas roof,
As I roamed from town to town.

I'm not fooling,
When I say I got no schoolin',
Never like the school bell sound.

From the caravan,
I hear the fairground band,
Sounding good as they can be.

You know I can't be found,
But if you look around,
Tomorrow we'll be gone by dawn.
Yeahh...

Tattoo'd Lady,
Bearded baby,
They're my family.

When I was lonely,
Something told me, where,
I could always be.

Where I could,
Wish for pennies,
If we had any.
You'd meet me down,
At the shooting gallery.
Tattoo'd lady........

Film- wanted, Fox has lots of tattoos
or wedding crashers

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2008/04/25/wanted-jolie-poster.jpg

book

that mulan book after i read it.

Vogler, Christopher. The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure for Writers. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007. 215-228.

Summary

stage twelve is the return with the elixir. This is where heroes return to their starting place with a new life. Vogler goes on to say that true heroes return with the elixir from the special world (213). this elixir should change daily life to heal what ever was wrong. this is the part where the weaving of the the story comes to an end, tying together the loose strands. the end of the story can be circular in form where it returns to the starting point by seeing how far the hero went changed and how different the ordinary world is in the end. the other way of ending the story is the open ended approach where it ends with unanswered questions. this is for an author who prefers to leave a moral conclusions for the audience. some functions of the return can be like the reward. its the consequences of surviving death. this is also a good place to surprise the rease with an unexpected revelation. such would be that throughout the story you have the audience believing one thing, and at this point show a quite different outcome than expected. this may be the time when the hero gets what is coming to them, good or bad.
Vogler then goes on to talk about types of elixirs. not only is this the heroes final test but the elixir is not always physically an item. it could be the elixir of love, wisdom to change things around the hero, the ability for the hero to experience responsibility, etc.
he goes into to talk about epilogues and how some stories could put one in at this point to serve to complete the story. this stage is important one and may fall apart. make sure you resolve all subplots leaving no threads hanging. by making sure that the endings don't get ruined he recommends the KISS principle (Keep it simple stupid). as a final note he talks about ending the story the way you would end a sentence, with emotional punctuation mark. as we all already know, the journey of life is never ending, as is the stories we write.

Reaction

My reaction to these readings seem to get more and more similiar. i can not seem to watch a movie without seeing each of these stages and archtypes in them and remove myself from the audience and become a critic. the return of elixir part of Vogler's journey is well written. he explains the physical and well as possible metaphorical aspects of the elixir of every journey. my favorite part of this section is the punctuation section. i love that he compares the story like a sentence, which reminded me as to what we talked about in class the other day. this being the sentence is a short paragraph, a paragraph is a short story. it brings all the learning in the book and class discussions together and relates real life to fiction reading very clearly.

Questions

do all stories end entangled?

does open ended endings untangle the knot still?

does their have to be a sense if completion? if so even in life?

What was your last journey's elixir?