As a global Studies student I have traveled to places to learn more about our unknown world and what we have to bring it. I have been to Bethel woods to learn about Woodstock and how we as a people came to each other to create peace within ourselves. Even before I was in the program I would visit museums to understand my culture and my people. My abuelo was from Puerto Rico and i didn't really know and history or anything about it's people. I thought that if I didn't know about my people and who I am, how would I be able to be a global citizen in America. I visited a place in Downtown Hartford to learn about my culture and the Taíno Indians.
Reflections:
MASS MoCA & Williams College This trip is my favorite of the year so far. From the bus ride to seeing the museum, it felt like an adventure. When we went to Mass MoCA the amount of artwork amazed me. Each piece of artwork had its meaning and then others were just physically appealing. One of my favorites was the one in the hallway that was just full of mini cups with coins inside of them. When I first looked at this all could think of was why is this a piece of artwork? It's just coins, I could do that. Once the guide told us how this represented student debt, the art piece seemed more prominent than before. I was so confused about why it had seemed bigger. Did I miss something? Was I looking at the wrong thing? As I looked at it again and thought about student debt, I felt like I could see my debt building up. This gave me the urge to really look at the artwork and not just pass by it and shew it off as nothing.
There was also this wall of graffiti that had a certain quote that took my attention away from the others. It wrote, "It is man's fate to outsmart himself". I was so mesmerized by this quote because I didn't understand it. I first thought of the quote saying how we as humans are going to have a bright and re-innovated future but yet are scared to push forward. “The students of the Garden felt a deep responsibility to one another but the responsibility to everyone else was left out of the question. They had forsaken the world." This quote by Jenny Odell makes me feel like it corresponds. She talks about how we have and now have the responsibility of doing better and making this world smarter but have yet to do. Almost as if we have forsaken it. When going to Williams College I got nothing from it. Don't get me wrong it was still a good place, but I just feel like I learned so much from Mass MoCA that the differences in the art changed. It also felt dry because the Mass MoCA Museum had so many options of art that it felt like it could not compete.
Bruce Becker
The talk with Bruce Becker was very informative for me, on where the US is in the state of dealing with fossil fuels and using natural energy. After this conversation, I realized how behind we were and that our own sustainability is dependent on our people. I also learned that other countries' sustainability is affected by how we take care of the world. Though I will say the idea of everything being solar-powered isn't bad but seems out of reach, for the US at least. A country like Europe is already developed enough where they don't have to worry about prices and stuff. I like the idea of Bruce Becker taking a break and just talking about what he did because it gives inspiration to others, so it doesn't seem to Bruce that he has to do all of this by himself.
MASS MoCA & Williams College This trip is my favorite of the year so far. From the bus ride to seeing the museum, it felt like an adventure. When we went to Mass MoCA the amount of artwork amazed me. Each piece of artwork had its meaning and then others were just physically appealing. One of my favorites was the one in the hallway that was just full of mini cups with coins inside of them. When I first looked at this all could think of was why is this a piece of artwork? It's just coins, I could do that. Once the guide told us how this represented student debt, the art piece seemed more prominent than before. I was so confused about why it had seemed bigger. Did I miss something? Was I looking at the wrong thing? As I looked at it again and thought about student debt, I felt like I could see my debt building up. This gave me the urge to really look at the artwork and not just pass by it and shew it off as nothing.
There was also this wall of graffiti that had a certain quote that took my attention away from the others. It wrote, "It is man's fate to outsmart himself". I was so mesmerized by this quote because I didn't understand it. I first thought of the quote saying how we as humans are going to have a bright and re-innovated future but yet are scared to push forward. “The students of the Garden felt a deep responsibility to one another but the responsibility to everyone else was left out of the question. They had forsaken the world." This quote by Jenny Odell makes me feel like it corresponds. She talks about how we have and now have the responsibility of doing better and making this world smarter but have yet to do. Almost as if we have forsaken it. When going to Williams College I got nothing from it. Don't get me wrong it was still a good place, but I just feel like I learned so much from Mass MoCA that the differences in the art changed. It also felt dry because the Mass MoCA Museum had so many options of art that it felt like it could not compete.
Bruce Becker
The talk with Bruce Becker was very informative for me, on where the US is in the state of dealing with fossil fuels and using natural energy. After this conversation, I realized how behind we were and that our own sustainability is dependent on our people. I also learned that other countries' sustainability is affected by how we take care of the world. Though I will say the idea of everything being solar-powered isn't bad but seems out of reach, for the US at least. A country like Europe is already developed enough where they don't have to worry about prices and stuff. I like the idea of Bruce Becker taking a break and just talking about what he did because it gives inspiration to others, so it doesn't seem to Bruce that he has to do all of this by himself.