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Hi! My name is Taylor,
I have chosen this image to best represent me for a few reasons but the main focus is that I try to always be positive. I think it's very easy to get in to bad habits and to talk negative in this ever moving busy world that we all live in. But I think it is extremely important to always spread kindness and try to influence others to be positive. I am in my third year at uni and I work full time at a school, this has taught me a lot about displaying kindness as you never know what the person next to you is dealing with. Like all of us I too know what it's like to try to juggle all of the important parts of our lives like education, work, family, fitness, social life and maintain a good wellbeing so I understand at times we all can get quite overwhelmed and down in the dumps. But these are the times where I like to reflect and show gratitude for all of our blessings.
I am looking forward to seeing what the future holds and I am excited for what is to come for me on my journey.

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The soundscape I have created was in response to Van Gogh's Starry Night. The audio that I have created uses a range of beats and sounds to compress what I hear when I see that image. The soundscape is busy with various noises evident. It reminds me of a loud night, where there is lots of noise but not a lot of people around. I tried to use various sounds and instruments to replicate that within the sound scape. Some of the ways I tried to achieve this was through using the drums to represent movement, the sweep sound to represent the wind, and the swish to create that eerie feeling. Overall I really enjoyed this activity, I loved viewing everyone else's creative ideas and I can see how this would be an awesome arts activity to use in the classroom. At first this activity seemed a little daunting to me however after playing with various aspects on the sound trap website, I quickly got the hang of it and have since created multiple playlists.

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This is my response to the carnival of the animal music. My pencil glided across the page as the beat and rhythm of the music changed my movements became larger and smaller. The music was quite fast and therefore that reflected in my movement of the pencil. The pitch ranged from high to low which was also depicted in my drawing as the difference line strokes appeared. When listening to the music I envisioned swirls as the melody and dynamics changed. I found this activity to be really interesting and like the circle and line drawing there were specific guidelines however each student produced a very different response to the music which was so fascinating.

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This is my circle and line drawing, I absolutely loved this activity as the guidelines were very clear and specific however each student produced a different piece of art work. I found this activity enjoyable as the simplicity of the task motivated me to be more creative, I liked how there was no planning for how the picture would turn out. Instead we were asked to just follow the steps. I found that it was through the colouring in phase that I found more of an artistic flow of my drawing. I can see how this activity would be an effective learning experience in the classroom as there is no need for artistic ability and it is a very enjoyable task. I think that students would produce awesome and creative artworks if given a similar task.

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The story behind my stop motion video is around littering and putting rubbish in the bin. I found this activity to be quite challenging for a few reasons, the first one being that I had already emptied all of the bins so I did not have access to many items. The second reason was because I found while holding my phone it was very difficult to keep the camera still which affected the overall flow of the movie. I did think this was a really great activity and I can recognise how this would be an awesome activity to use in the classroom as I know students would be able to come up with really creative ideas. I did really like the idea of using rubbish to send a powerful message especially that being around littering. I think that this is a great way to create art and to utilise the resources we already have and being able to recycle them. This activity has really shed light on how to create art in a simple form with almost no resources required at all.

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This arrangement was created using a range of plants from my garden. This activity was enjoyable as I do not usually spend a lot of time in the garden, and through this activity I was able to explore the many treasures that are found outdoors. I found this activity to be really enjoyable as it opened my eyes to the simplicity of items used to create a beautiful picture. I was unsure of how the big picture would be brought together when selecting the items in the garden so I did not think about how the colours and shapes of each of the elements would fit. Looking back at the image I have realised how each of them actually do fit nicely and are actually quite aesthetically pleasing.