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Experiential Journal

Extreme Emotions
I was going through some pictures of my baby niece and nephew, and noticed that at their age, they show the biggest emotions for absolutely anything and everything! My nephew is at the age where he can express what he wants through words and emotions.

Whereas for my baby niece, who can't speak yet, uses her expressions to show what she wants: cries when she is hungry, laughs and claps when she sees something she likes, just to name a few. She makes up for the fact she can't string a sentence to show what she wants with everything else she does!

Reflection: Exteme Emotions: Babies/toddlers are the best group of people to show that  words are not the one and only way to communicate. They use whatever they have at their age to their advantage to show what they want.

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1) What if

What if there was more meaning behind what toddlers do in their day to day life? From our point of view, they might not bring any meaning to what they convey but for them, through their actions and emotions they are communicating. Communication is not a one way idea of what we think it is. There is more than one way to communicate.

2) Conflict

People may not agree on this topic because they would think babies are babies and toddlers are just toddlers. The way they show their interests without words may not be interesting, or not even attention worthy to them as they don't take time to think about it.

3) Empathy

Emotional cues are developed when we are young. The art of expressing what we want is not just made when it is obvious.

But it's starts from the age where toddlers are still figuring out the world around them and trying to pin point their emotions.

4) Stakes

What if we have no idea what they are expressing?

5) Vicarious Effect

Instead of seeing babies/toddlers as kids who don't know what they are doing, maybe we can see what perspective they are seeing.

Because everyone, including babies, have their perspective.

Main Point: Look at yourself when you were at that age and compare yourself with your baby nieces or nephews and see if they are difference in the way you evoke emotions.

6) Cause and Effect

7)  Structural Place

Introduction:
The endless scenes of babies and toddlers show casing their ways of expressions to what they see and how they respond.

Climax:
In capturing their emotions, there might be places where we have absoloutely no idea what they want or need.

Denouement: Everybody has their own way of expressing what they want/need without words. Communicating with words isn't the only way.

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Post Assignment Reflection

1. What would you change if you had a chance to do this piece over again?

2. What's the one thing that you have seen in your classmates' work or process that you would like to try in your next piece?

3. What's one goal you would like to set for yourself for next time?

4. What things you might want more help with from the lecturer?