After class I thought more critically about the process in which I created my superhero. When the professor asked us to think about what our superhero's powers would be, I had a really difficult time reaching into the imaginative side of me. So instead, I simply started working, having few ideas of what she might look like. I focused on the appearance; what colors she would be wearing, what skin color and hair color she would be. I guess this was the easy part of the activity, and once I started working on it, I recognized that I was very much into every intricate detail of my superhero. I wanted her to be perfect, and felt I had a knack for molding the clay and put all the parts together. I was so centered and focused on my work, that it felt like I had spent 10 minutes on it rather than an hour.
But again, once it became time to name her, figure out her superpowers and other details, I started to become frustrated because I felt like I could not come up with something clever or something that could relate to me. Perhaps my self-doubt got in the way, or I became overly-critical of myself. Even after others shared their superheroes, I found many others to be funny, meaningful, or creative compared to mine.
I can totally relate to your post. In the process of making my figure I was focused on the process- body, arms, legs, cape. Once I started to try to think of a story, I hit a wall. I felt like I couldn't come up with a cohesive story. In the end, I was also disappointed by my lack of charm and imagination with my character's story.
ReplyDeleteI realized that I hadn't put much emotion or thought into this character, especially compared to the animal that I had made last week. I found this project to be much more challenging to emotionally engage in, and I can't quite figure out why.