4 Effective strategies

1) When explaining something to a group of people it does not help if you are not loud enough. If you're not talking loud enough people will only catch bits of what you are saying-it will sound even more confusing for the audience. Do not be afraid to talk loudly and clearly.

2) When explaining something for the first time go through the basic stuff with the group and then help the audience fully understand it by using visual images or get some people from the group to perform it as a "trial run."

3) It is difficult to get up in front of people to explain something, so rehearse what you would say at home or in front of a few friends. This will get you thinking about what you could say in advance and your friends can give you some advice about what you could change to make it easier to understand. And not having to think about it on the spot.

4) Make sure that when explaining something that you sound interested in sharing it with everyone else. People can tell if you seem bored or not very excited about what you are explaining. They will then become bored and will lose interest.

Transformational VERBS

Choose an image and use FIVE transformation verbs: I chose ADD, TRANSPOSE, BY-PASS, DESTROY and SUPERIMPOSE.

The original image was the picture of the beach. The Eiffel Tower was SUPERIMPOSED and it is BY-PASSED by the slide. The message "Bon Voyage," was ADDED to the image, the Starbucks coffee cup DESTROYS the beach and the oil covered duck was TRANSPOSED.

Card Games

In the creative process class we had to create a card game of chance. We had to design the cards and could have as many cards as we want and have them as big as we want. The card game also had to involve getting people to move and not sitting down on the ground.
These are Clover's cards, she drew them herself. Her game was like charades: one person picks out a card and has to act out the movie within a time limit that is written on the card.
This project got us to think about how to get people moving, having fun with ourselves and others, and also being creative with making cards.

Overall thought on Creative Process

This class not only helps us see what is important to us but what is important to other people in the class and fortunately we get to share it. The beautiful and ugly objects didn't necessarily represent what is important to each of us but we got to express our opinion about what we thought was beautiful or ugly. The best part is there are no wrong or right answers to what is beautiful or ugly.

Unfortunately I missed most of the multiple objects performances but I did read up on some of the blogs that talked about them. Each group interpreted the project differently and had different outcomes. The best part about this project was that each performance was made from scratch because there weren't a lot of guidelines to follow or to obey, all of the ideas were our own and not assigned to us in class.

39 Steps

39 Steps is play based off of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film of the same name. This play is showing at the Stanley Park theatre on West 12th. I believe that the play has the same story line as the film but the play definitely makes fun of it more. This story is known as a thriller but the play is shown more as a comedy. The story is about Richard Hannay who travels from England to Scotland to unravel the secret of the 39 Steps.
I wasn't very excited to see it at first because I thought it was going to be a thriller and I don't like thrillers. Anyways my Dad told me it wasn't a thriller and that it was a comedy. This play is done very well with only a cast of four people. They had one man play the main character, Richard Hannay; they had two other men who played numerous characters that either aided Hannay's quest or were the antagonists; and there was one women who played numerous love interests to Richard Hannay. It was usually the two men who made things more comical most often by teasing Hannay. I would definitely recommend that everyone see this play, it is really well done and very funny!!

Museum of Anthropology

Over the weekend I went to the Museum of Anthropology on UBC campus. There was a huge display of totem poles that led to windows over-looking the mountains in the distance and a small body of water right in front. The totem poles were about 20 to 30 feet high with lots of light streaming in from the windows brightening up the room and the totem poles.
In the next exhibit there was a sculpture carved by Bill Reid of a clam with people inside it and Raven. It's based on a legend of how the Raven discovered people. The carving is set in the middle of the room with boards explaining its history and meaning on a wall behind it. There is a nice seating area all around the carving so you can enjoy every angle of the carving and the natural light shining above it. Bill Reid's carving is parallel to another person's interpretation of his carving. The other carving is much smaller and carved in a different material.
It was nice to have a seating area that covered every part of the carving. I could sit in different parts of the circle and enjoy one side at a time.
One thing that I enjoyed about the Museum of Anthropology was that there weren't too many exhibitions.