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?

annotation 4 reward and resurrection and the road back

Vogler, Christopher. The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure for Writers. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007. 175-212.

Summary

Stage nine is the reward section of this structured journey. This is the part where the hero must now deal with the consequences of surviving the ordeal, and claim their reward. This can be a time of celebration where the hero replenishes his energy. in many stories here is where there is a campfire scene for jokes and boasting about the winning of the ordeal. it allows the audience as well as the hero to "catch their breath" before moving on in the story. Vogler goes on to point out that this is where love scenes can occur. Seizing the sword or taking possession of whatever is sought is then talked about in this chapter. Elixir theft is also an idea that some authors may use, where the hero must steal the reward, having a usual consequence later. sometimes the hero must be initiated into the hero name to be recognized for winning the ordeal. he may even create new perceptions due to the experience of surviving death. on the other hand, it is also the time where others may start to see the hero under a different light. Epiphany is the word Vogler uses to describe an abrupt realization of divinity. The last part of this section is distortions where the hero may "suffer from and inflation of the ego"(182). its also a denial of what has happened after facing death because of a lack of justification for doing so.
Stage ten, the road back, is the heroes decision on whether to remain in the special world or head back to the ordinary world (which most heroes do). This is the starting point to a new destination. Many struggle with the idea of going home because of the fear of losing what they have achieved in the special world by going back to common day life. this stage usually happened at the end of act II or beginning of act III. This may act has motivation to close the story by using external forces. This motivation may be shown through retaliation. a crisis can rise up stronger than before during this stage. it usually has to be stronger to keep the audience interested. Expendable friends are great for this part, according to Vogler, so that they may die when the shadow returns again. This stage may cause setbacks, pursuit of an escaped villian or a chase scene of the hero being followed by an admirer.
Stage eleven, the resurrection, is on of the trickiest and most challenging for the author to write. they writer must show not tell that the hero has been through a resurrection. This is the climax part of the story meaning ladder, not the crisis. a new personality must be clearly seen by the audience to show change. also, many stories must have a cleansing, so not to bring the death on the heroes hands into the ordinary world. the hero must bring the knowledge obtained in the special world to the ordinary world and apply it in some way to show that he or she has learned. this resurrection may also just be a last time facing death, as long as the stakes are higher than they have been throughout the story. In westerns, the resurrection is the final showdown or shootout. If the hero dies, he must live on in the memory of the survivors. This is also the place for a great opportunity to show whether or not the hero really has learned something by giving him a right and wrong choice, romantic or dual. Vogler shows that a quiet climax is possible by being a "gentle cresting of a wave of emotion"(202). The character arc is the stages that the hero went through to show the true big change that has occurred within him. Proof is sometimes needed to show others not only that you were the one to slay the dragon but also to be believed that you did slay the dragon that needed to be killed. Also, something must be surrendered by the hero in some cases known as the sacrifice. basically, it must show an outward sign that the hero has truly changed.


Reaction
I thought that this reading really takes the biggest chunk of what your suppose to be writing. it seems as though he wants to imply that this is the most important part of your writing, and we should pay real close attention. i believe this because i feel like in these three sections, he repeats himself more than ever before. in the resurrection, i thought the section would never end. i feel as though he showed every possible scenario that any author could work into the story, leaving no rock unturned. im not sure if this is a good thing or not, but it definitely showed the importance of this section.

Questions

Does there always have to be a reward?

Why is it so hard to make a story feel complete?

Is there a western that doesn't fut the vogler mold perfectly?

annotation for october 7th

Vogler, Christopher. The Writer's Journey : Mythic Structure for Writers. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007. 107-125.

Summary
This part of the reading started with the refusal of the call, stage three. this stage is to signal the audience that the adventure is going to be risky. Vogler also says it "forces the hero to examine the quest carefully and perhaps redefine its objectives" (108). This stage give the possibility for the hero to dodge the adventure. there can be many reasons to refuse the call and the stiffer the better. vogler comments that the audience likes to see the hero be worn down until he accepts the call. there may also be conflicting calls, where the hero must make a choice between two or more calls to adventure. some refusals may be positive when it is a call to desire of evil or disaster. the refusal of the call could be as simple as the ordinary world knows it and begins to "cling" to you.
the refusal of the call may not always be the hero himself but faces of others that cause the refusal to these described willing heros. It may be the archetype of threshold guardians that are stopping the hero before he even begins. On a final note about refusal of call, it may be a single step in the beginning or at every step of the way.
The next stage, stage 4, is the meeting with the mentor. The mentor is the source of wisdom most of the time that the hero comes into contact with before his journey. Vogler then goes into the prototype of the Chiron: man and horse mix. Chiron was kind and peaceful. this is the way of showing that mentors are connected to nature somehow.
The word mentor comes from the Odyssey as the loyal friend of odysseus. he gets the story rolling. The hero is not always grateful for the mentor and may even harm him in some way unaware that he is trying to give wisdom and help. as final note, Vogler says, " [the mentor] archetype is present in almost every story, to get things rolling with gifts, encouragement, guidance, or wisdom" (123).


Reaction

My reaction to these readings was simple. it is Vogler re asserting what he has said before and really engraving it into our brains. i think this way of writing is helpful for someone who is really trying to learn from his book. he also gives a little more that what was previously read so that people can get an understanding of how this structure can fit any story or movie, etc. in the end of each chapter, he shows the stage going on in the wizard of Oz.. this really helps with putting the stages into context to get a full understanding of what he is trying to portray.

Questions

Can the Mentor be evil?

Is there always a secret door?

does the adventure always have to be risky?

kafka quiz

1. Connect the Ordinary World and the Call to Adventure to your reading of Book 1 of _The Metamorphosis_ Explain the connection.
The ordinary world is described by talking about how he must work every morning traveling on trains selling in this case fabric. he gets up at 4 everymorning and gets on a train and goes to work. he is in debt to his boss and must work for him until he pays that off. he lives with hismother father and his sister Grete who is only about 16. his call to adventure is waking up as a monstrous vermin. he is then forced to take the adventure of living as this creature which takes him to the special world. he can't try to go to work he learns by the reaction of his manager who runs out of the house, his mother who jumps up on the table, and his father who takes a cane and a newspaper and shoos him back into his bedroom. he must take this adventure of being this creature, normal ordinary life no longer exists.

2. Are there any social issues being critiqued in the story? How does "The Red Scare" relate to Kafka's work?
social issues are certain in this story. first one i would notice would be the taking care of parents and children giving their hard earned money to the parents. its an old tradition but some families still work this way. another social issue is change. the appearance of Gregor has changed a long with his voice which has caused him no longer okay in society, he can't even leave him room. this brings about the relation to the "Red Scare." America believed in McCarthy until they saw the images of the people that he was blaming, and they began to shun him out of society out of their beliefs in agreeing with him. Gregor once able to be seen not only once but twice freak people out into being scared of him.


3. What does Gregor turn into in the story?
Kafka never really says what he turns into. The most he describes is lots of legs, brown, no teeth, hard round back, labeled a "monstrous Vermin." i think that he turns into a stranger not only to his whole family but a stranger to himself.

3 steps

3 steps to revise my paper
1. read it thoroughly
2.look at my transitions between paragraphs as well as situations
3. give enough detail so that the reader feels for my fears of going to high school

3 steps to edit my paper
1. work on my they there and because's
2. check for grammar paying close attention to flag words
3. decided what i am trying to portray is being portrayed by the words i choose to use.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgTD0QS4dO0
Get up, Stand up, by Bob Marley show ethos by giving this to the people who are fighting human rights, it has logos as the title says stand up for your rights, be an equal to all, and it had pathos, because its showing Marley's love for the people, he refers to them as his people, his followers.


http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh273/w107cae/celtictrinityknot.jpg
the celtic trinity represents a "trust in your soul," "belief in your heart" and "faith in your mind." This trinity forms the basis of Celtic spiritual beliefs. this shows logos in the belief faith and trust of the three representations. it shoes ethos for all celtic religion follower, and it has pathos in the love of the body and how you should believe in the way it reacts to things and people

what disney character am i?

If i were to make a decision as to which disney character i am, i would have to say Bell from Beauty and The Beast. I chose her more because of who i strive to be more that who i am today. The story of beauty and the beast comes from a French childhood bedtime story about how being vein and acting better than everyone brings you pain and bad "karma". This story I think was made to teach you about carrying yourself tall, taking care of family, and don't judge a book by its cover.
As a Buddhist, I follow similar ideals that Bell has throughout the story. These characteristics include; family matters, ability to not judge people directly, enjoying nature, among others. I believe in the care of your elders in your family especially if they take ill. Buddhism is all about not judging others with what they are or do, that they will be judged at the end of their life when their soul becomes another being. I also really enjoy nature, the beauty of it , the taking care of it, etc. I think that these characteristics are enough to be believe that if i was to be a Disney character, I would be Bell.