Class Take Away 2

Yesterday in class I felt a really strong emotional connection with the student who had the painted her egg. I didn't talk to her, but when she explained her project I was stunned. Her egg, painted with dark shades of green and gold, had gaping holes carved out of the shell. She explained how she had recently lost a family member and she felt like the shell resembled her, and the holes resembled her loss. This was at first extremely sad, but as we passed around the egg Beth asked her if she had looked inside the egg. Nobody in the class had done this yet, and when it was my turn to hold the egg I decided to look inside as well. The holes looked as if they were burned into the shell because of the dark paint around the rim. It looked really really neat, and it made me think to myself "Even though we may feel like empty shells sometimes, our true colors will always shine. Not only around others, but also within ourselves."

The Egg and Eye

Sunny Side Up

Class Take Away 1

Wow, this class stands out in so many ways it's hard to pick one thing about the class that stood out more than any other. Though, after we were finished rolling around our desks in the hallway and pondering what we would do our eggs, all of us watched a TED talk featuring Barry Schwartz. Schwartz explained that people are paralyzed by an excess number of choices, and later become depressed or dissatisfied because of the potential regret of those choices. This really hit home with me, as a college student I find myself making hard decisions everyday that may or may not dictate my future. Schwartz's offered  that we "lower our standards" as a solution, but I think the real solution is for all of us to be happy with what we have/who we are.