https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84 Reflective Journal of the readings and the everyday art around me throughout the Monsoon semester en-us 2020-09-22 06:09:53 UTC 2024-10-15 03:12:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/691822607/32b7749678ff0915469fa65c4cfdc90f/WhatsApp_Image_2020_09_22_at_11_48_39_AM__1_.jpeg muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767108216 When i look at other people, on instagram or pinterest, post some amazing still life potraits and the first thought i have is - "I too wanna  TAKE pictures like this". The thought is never "I wanna be SHOT like this". It stems from the ingrained insecurities i have about my body. Those insecurities have been stuck in mind because of the body shaming i faced ever since i remember. This has led to me not show my video in the online classes. There are days when i feel confident to open my camera and show my face then my internet wouldn't support. this i assume has led my classmates to not have a face to the name they know. This is why it is imperative that my classmates know how i look so they know my work and me for who i am. ]]> 2020-09-22 06:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767108216 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767470357 2020-09-22 09:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767470357 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767525122 Ashoka's atrium is a space cohabited by more than 2500 people. It is a space engineered for one purpose but a collector of innumerable stories. Each person modifies and re-appropriates this common space according to their experiences and usage. This picture in itself captures the story of the observer in a context only they can relate to. ]]> 2020-09-22 10:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767525122 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767580731 There are many reforms and policies that the government makes. Out of all, they make some which are against the basic norms and regulations of the society. Hence, students, institutions, organisations, individuals, among others show dissent. During the pandemic that dissent was through instagram, the widely used social media platform. ]]> 2020-09-22 10:58:15 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767580731 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767597576 Who hasn't imagined the worst of worst scenarios in their heads? We all do. Some do it more than what is required. I get into that space quite often. I seek questions to the only one word answer i received. That is when i find solace in the company of these daisies and other plants in our garden. It is the unspoken tales of their beauty that is so soothing. They never truly judge you and neither do they interrupt your flow of thoughts. They just lend their ears to your endless worries.]]> 2020-09-22 11:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767597576 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767618330 The "everyday" presents us with an uncooperative object unwilling to give its secrets out easily. It is a way of bringing to visibility the life of those who have been invisible.
 
If you could make one invisible story visible, Which one would you choose? Why does this particular hidden aspect of life concern you. (Please share only if you're comfortable!)]]> 2020-09-22 11:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/767618330 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/772821450 2020-09-23 16:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/772821450 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/772923348 In 1978, an artist, and openly gay man and a drag queen, Gilbert Baker saw flags as a symbol of pride.  Urged by Harvey Milk, he created the first symbol of LGBTQ community. He saw rainbow as the natural symbol and thus adopted the eight strips, each depicting a unique meaning. The first flag had hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for spirit.  When they started mass production, they removed hot pink and turquoise, save changed indigo to basic blue - the flag that we see nowadays. The different colours on the flag symbolise the diversity and the unity of the LGBTQ community. For me, a cis-het-female, it is a way of showing solidarity and an end to the inhumane torture that this community members are victims to. #lovehasnogender]]> 2020-09-23 16:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/772923348 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/772937550 2020-09-23 16:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/772937550 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/773093831 "I can't breathe". This tagline was flooded on all the social media platforms after the famous case of an African American civilian, George Floyd who was brutally murder by 4 white policemen. The policeman pressed his knee on Floyd's neck while he cried and begged for mercy. He was killed not for his crime but for the colour of his skin. Political, economic, or legal institutions and systems have long discriminated people on the basis of their race. These people have been privy to inequalities in wealth and income, education, health care, civil rights, and other areas. It is time we put an end to this. It is time we treat all as equal. ]]> 2020-09-23 17:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/773093831 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/773159039 While this has been a major issue in America more than anywhere yet we've seen this in India too. In subtle and yet not so subtle ways, the stigma attached to being a dark skinned person is immense. It in a way also stems from how the advertisement companies advertise their products for the common consumption of people. Take for example, fair and lovely. It has deep ingrained that being dark skinned is unacceptable. After the Floyd's case, the Hindustan Unilever changed its name from 'fair and lovely' to 'glow and lovely'. 
On a personal note, being a slightly dark skinned woman, I have myself been called a "kallu" or "Kali" on multiple occasions. Whatever may have been the context it leaves a mark on your self-esteem and self-confidence. And let me remind you this is just a tiny amount of what the African Americans have been experiencing on a daily basis.]]> 2020-09-23 17:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/773159039 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/776705810 2020-09-24 17:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/776705810 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781578956 I remember after puberty hit me I stopped wearing tank tops and short sleeves despite loving them so much. I would go to a store pick up a sleeveless dress, adore it on me ONLY in the changing room mirror and return it back to the aisle. I never got the courage to wear them because of the certain remarks that people made towards by body. The way teachers treated me if my bra color was too loud underneath by white shirt or the names some of my classmates used to call me with. I can never forget all the times i felt uncomfortable, humiliated, and ashamed of my own body. Now after so many years.... I WEAR TANK TOPS AND SLEEVELESS TOPS, AGAIN!]]> 2020-09-26 17:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781578956 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781597169 The pandemic has forced people all over the world to stay at home, near their dear ones. For some people it has provided them the time to talk and resolve all the misunderstandings while for many it has resurfaced past traumas and made living in a confined place difficult. Personally, there are days when i feel super confident and motivated to work and there are days when getting out of bed is also a task. But that is the case with everyone and on days like those, it is all the more important to feel positive and good. Refresh the overthinking thoughts and start your day fresh. ]]> 2020-09-26 18:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781597169 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781606873 While watching stories on whatsapp, facebook or instagram have you ever stumbled upon someone's story and felt deeply uncomfortable and distressed. Did you wish to forget it that very moment? Did you wish a little warning before putting up the story would have helped you a bit? That is what TW means. TW stands for Trigger warning and is now very often used as a warning sign before posting stuff that could trigger people. The reason i chose to put this component in my art work is primarily because i have faced situations where a warning would have saved me from that uncomfortable feeling. ]]> 2020-09-26 18:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781606873 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781618106 Why would i not include them when they have been my partner in crime? Their beauty is just underappreciated.]]> 2020-09-26 18:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781618106 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781626740 I don't remember clearly what i was thinking but i vividly recall what i was watching. 

A picture from my back yard during sunset. ]]> 2020-09-26 19:01:13 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781626740 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781643206 2020-09-26 19:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781643206 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781648229 2020-09-26 19:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781648229 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781656413 2020-09-26 19:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781656413 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781660318 2020-09-26 19:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781660318 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781661446 2020-09-26 19:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781661446 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781669904 2020-09-26 20:04:02 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/781669904 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/782238842 2020-09-27 10:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/782238842 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/782316266 It was an experience. It made me read about various issues and discuss at length about them with my friends, my family and my classmates too. I was very anxious before I started the process because it was my first time doing it on the cloth straight off. I was very worried if it would turn out as I was expecting it would. But once I started the process was so soothing. With each stroke I was able to get something off my mind and it made me focus more and forget all the worries I had. In all, it was an experience like no other. 

]]> 2020-09-27 12:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/782316266 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/782342706 2020-09-27 13:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/782342706 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/782355113 Over the course of the pandemic the media usage has drastically increased for everyone. The forms of media may vary depending on age, socioeconomic status, accessibility, etc etc. For young people, it is social media particularly. For every notification that I get I developed a tendency to check it. Sometimes I may or may not respond to it right away but the impulse to check it is immense. It is during this time, I've seen myself actively put up stories about various issues on social media or indulge in an intense discussion with someone with polar opposite views.  In doing so I have made some friends while have grown out of friendship with some. It has made me rethink and relearn a lot of concepts. It is, therefore, the reason I decided to put something out for people's interpretation for them to decipher a meaning that they seem right. For me it is the absolute freedom and ability to speak about things which I cannot otherwise behind the comfortable space of the phone screen. ]]> 2020-09-27 13:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/782355113 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/783549494 2020-09-28 06:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/783549494 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/800416641 2020-10-04 05:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/800416641 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/800424161 2020-10-04 06:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/800424161 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/800453329 2020-10-04 06:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/800453329 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/800538449 2020-10-04 07:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/800538449 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/836057115 the mid semester week has always been the time when I always took a trip to the mountains with my friends to destress and make new memories. I would always take this diary with me to write or doodle my experience. This break when i could not go, i decided to flip these pages. It has experiences and people with whom i am not in touch with. It has memories with my friends who have been there with me through thick and thin. 
I was not able to travel anywhere but reading this felt like a roller coaster ride. a ride which i would be willing to take a thousand times more. every time i read it again, it floods back a new memory, a new laugh, a new song, a new bond, a new disappointment, a new feeling of contempt. ]]> 2020-10-16 15:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/836057115 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/836089596 over the past few months i have felt so privileged and thankful to my parents. I may not have been expressing this out loud to them. This realization has been more vivid after i got tested negative for covid. When i was being taken to the center to get tested i was stressing out so much. It was my first time getting tested. I dreading to insert that long and thin stick several centimeters up my nose. Even more than that i was dreading being tested positive (thankfully i was not). It(the testing) isn't painful but the process of waiting(to get tested and for the result) is. ]]> 2020-10-16 16:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/836089596 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/836144413 I learnt to play chess from my father who was an expert in his college. it took me the entire pandemic to learn it and i still haven't been able to beat him. He is always one step ahead of me. I am a very sore loser. If this would have been any other person i was playing against I may have ended up playing but because he narrates a different story every time we play that i just never want to stop. had this been usual day or usual time, we wouldn't have gotten this much time.]]> 2020-10-16 16:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/836144413 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/844146692 one day i was going through my old stuff and cleaning and came across this dance ribbons. These were given to me by a friend from Germany. I have very fond memories with this and i thought of using it for my second assignment. It turned out that i had forgotten most of the things and dance sequences i knew. i tried to take a clip doing some random things with it and the image that i had in my mind was not replicated on the camera and it seemed quite absurd so i decided to drop the idea. ]]> 2020-10-20 09:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/844146692 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/844169095 After dropping idea one because of my inability to channelize it in a way i imagined, i decided to record a day in my life. A day where i do mundane things but in a beautified manner to record it. I am a huge YouTube buff and like to watch everything it offers me. that's how i got inspired by this idea. after discussion with professor i realized that it doesn't show any kind of repetition and so i thought of doing it for a week. When i began the process it became really difficult to decide what to include and exclude (after all, we do things in our day we tell no one just ourselves). I tried to shoot something or the other everyday and there was some aspect of it that i didn't want everyone to know yet. this gave growth to the idea 3.]]> 2020-10-20 09:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/844169095 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/844206656 i am a people pleaser, unknowingly. I like when people appreciate me and my work and get extremely disappointed when i put in hard work and am still not able to do things in a way that is required of me. This course has made me realize that. I have been putting in lot of efforts into the course but something or the other is not working out. It might be the way i am approaching it. so i decided run my ideas by my friend during the break and old her the fixated space i was in. She asked me "one thing about my day i love the most and wouldn't miss for anything?". without any thought my answer was looking at sunsets. "They tell me a new story everyday" i replied. and that's how i found my new idea. ]]> 2020-10-20 09:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/844206656 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/844222179 my present idea is under construction and this is something i have learnt over the time of the break and i want to be able to come up with something that i can present in class. I am super excited and nervous about it. ]]> 2020-10-20 10:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/844222179 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/870100638 2020-10-28 15:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/870100638 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/870124284 2020-10-28 15:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/870124284 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/870131055 2020-10-28 15:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/870131055 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/870342635 It is inevitable to start my day without the secondly dose of socials. The one constant that never changes. However mundane or exciting my day is, social media and the escape it provides me from the nerve wrecking thoughts remains the same. Here is my attempt to put together a regular day. ]]> 2020-10-28 16:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/870342635 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/911794565 when we consider the cultural influence of media, we are usually misled by the illusion of content. 
We focus on the content and overlook the medium—even though content doesn’t exist outside of the way it’s mediated. And we often isolate the medium we use to gain information, like the Instagram, YouTube, chrome, etc., and focus on the content. ]]> 2020-11-11 07:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/911794565 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916196526 2020-11-12 12:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916196526 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916210261 Is there a way to represent the last second that I lost in typing or thinking about what to type?

]]> 2020-11-12 12:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916210261 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916221241 2020-11-12 13:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916221241 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916234942 Journaling is the process through which we know what we know about the past and the history. It is the presentation of memories in one form or the other that makes our understanding of what had happened clear. It is only through good journaling (not just media journaling) that we can attach emotions to the facts and figures thrown at us every second. ]]> 2020-11-12 13:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916234942 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916242792 2020-11-12 13:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916242792 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916268489 2020-11-12 13:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916268489 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916278044 The best part about Diwali is diyas. They provide hope. the warmth from them provides familial feeling and collective belongingness. and, FINALLY, it's starting to feel like Diwali, a lot (hater's gonna say i copied the christmas song) because the celebrations have begun. ]]> 2020-11-12 13:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916278044 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916387340 "People want to believe what they want to believe and what they want to believe is whatever allows them to justify what they want to do." - this is a quote I found on the internet and don't know the source but it struck a chord. ]]> 2020-11-12 13:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916387340 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916421850 2020-11-12 13:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916421850 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916455793 Empty corridors? attractive building? What will it represent if the art work gets removed from them?]]> 2020-11-12 14:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916455793 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916501636 2020-11-12 14:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/916501636 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/931569917 2020-11-17 13:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/931569917 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/931589869 2020-11-17 13:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/931589869 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/931594397 I have never known a better way to express myself than through the language of music. The rhythmic notes that are generated when multiple instruments are played in unison or when the finger plucks the string of the guitar in a passionate manner. IT IS MAGIC. no wonder why it was created but it has been a gift to the mankind. 

this is one way of how i interpret music. It gives me hope on days when i have none and the only constant company. Music never fails to disappoint me (yes, that cringe Bollywood songs are also not a disappointment - they too are a piece of art but for a very selectively different audience and i am not one of them).  ]]> 2020-11-17 13:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/931594397 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/931698292 2020-11-17 14:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/931698292 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/931982261 2020-11-17 14:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/931982261 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933272515 every beat is unique in it's own way. and when one instrument's beat resonates with the other and forms inseparable bond, a tune is produced. For my second assignment i tried to put those two and two together. the work i was able to put together isn't too impressive but it is not bad at the same time (believe me, it is very rare i am satisfied with the art that i produce). because i am an amateur in this field i was only able to produce one set of chords so the duration of each piece is quite small. It takes lot of permutations and combinations to produce music that isn't anywhere close to resembling the already existing music (because if it is the application with pop a message saying it is copied and freeze your account for sometime if this happens more than 5 times). ]]> 2020-11-17 18:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933272515 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933328465 Is this a way of universe yelling back at me saying "i was born to love these two things". ]]> 2020-11-17 18:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933328465 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933341758 2020-11-17 18:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933341758 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933353074 2020-11-17 18:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933353074 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933372301 2020-11-17 18:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933372301 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933385927 i realized, 4 out of 5 classes do not have cis-gender heterosexual males in them. Just so that it becomes a little more clear, i have 3 visual art courses (mostly hands on work and need creative understanding of the subject), a psychology course (Gender and Mental Health) and a media studies course (Communication theory and Behaviour change). The latter is the only course in which there are cis-het-males but the ratio is quite low. What does can this possible speak about the nature of the courses or the stereotypical gender roles attached by the society? 

According to the Social Role Theory, men are the provider for the family and so their gender roles are ascribed to fulfil the said role, and similarly for females - the role of a homemaker. Can this be a possible reason to validy the presence of low males ratio in social sciences and low female ratio in STEM fields?]]> 2020-11-17 18:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933385927 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933456059 Living each day so that i can wake up to another sunset.]]> 2020-11-17 19:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933456059 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933476532 when i recorded the video of this clip, it was post-rainy-chilly and windy type of summer evening. The sun was setting behind the clouded sky and i was sipping on my brewed coffee. I was at peace with myself, i had work - no doubt but regardless i felt content. A feeling impossible to represent but happy beyond words to experience (especially when it's once-in-a-blue-moon type of feeling). So when i started to make music for this video, i had the near-same experience and it became imperative to match the mood. 

I hope you enjoyed watching it!

 (oh btw, it's named as "final_attempt1-peace" on drive under assignment 2 tab)]]> 2020-11-17 19:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933476532 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933558590 2020-11-17 19:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933558590 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933575974 Even while making music for this clip i felt inspired to do work. It took me three hours (or more) just to create this piece of music. but throughout the process i didn't encounter doubtfulness or lack of motivation or even out of ideas. This is till date my go to music on days when i am feeling unproductive and low. it fills me up with hope and inspiration. 

(its called "final_attempt2-inspiration" on drive)]]> 2020-11-17 19:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933575974 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933612663 2020-11-17 19:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/933612663 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/937931334 2020-11-18 17:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/937931334 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/937941983 A random thought - is there a way to freeze the page? If we are able to does that mean we have changed the state, the background, the color, or what exactly changes after we are able to freeze it?]]> 2020-11-18 17:43:59 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/937941983 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/937965669 2020-11-18 17:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/937965669 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/937969899 2020-11-18 17:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/937969899 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/937988123 2020-11-18 17:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/937988123 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948016729 every word we read, every image we see, every sound we hear, just everything leaves an impact on us. we may not realize it in the moment but whenever a memory is invoked it is the combination of various stimulus that determine the quality of the memory.]]> 2020-11-21 12:50:31 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948016729 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948017033 "Everything starts from subjectivity, but nothing stays there. Today less than ever"]]> 2020-11-21 12:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948017033 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948018348 1. After reading the text, i believe more than ever that when you are forced to work with less than zero will, nothing creative will come out of it. Last minute work and all the deadlines that we work on just push to create has led to the murder of creativity.

2. we are so deep in water to ensure a good future for ourselves and the next generation that we have forgotten to live life. we have become so interested in producing work rather than creating work that nothing good is coming out of it.]]> 2020-11-21 12:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948018348 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948022187 Raoul Vaneigem says - "Statistics published in 1938 indicated that the use of the most modern technology would reduce necessary working time to three hours a day."

can coronavirus be counted as one? i mean people are at home but do work worth three hours only! Most of the time they are attending multiple meetings and seminars, or classes to learn how to do work. and there is little time spent on actual working in a day. Whatever rest is available is spent on their sanity (if not, i hope they start). ]]> 2020-11-21 12:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948022187 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948027296 I still know, there is HOPE. There is hope when people will work and create art (in whatever field they invest their passion in and not just creative art). There is hope when we will LIVE our lives (to it's truest essence). There is hope when we will sleep peacefully at night without worries. There will be a time, I HAVE HOPE!]]> 2020-11-21 13:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948027296 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948055064 The repetitive strokes of the rolling pin (belan - yeah i di google what it's called in English) on the dough releasing anxiety and yet getting anxious about making the perfect circle. With every stroke there is another thought. Like the strokes on the dough, my mind also makes to and fro from one thought to the other. I didn't used to cook so much before as i have started now and it is so therapeutic. It is the time for me interact with my daadi and mom about their life. It is the time when i really learn some of the "nuskas" ( tips-as my mother calls them) that have been in the family and passed on from my mother to me and her mother to her and so one. It is a way to ensure that the tradition doesn't gets lost in the modern world we are heading into. I can now say that after a lot of practice, i can manage to roll somewhat of a circle and not a distorted "bharat ka naksha" as my grandmother says (and this picture can attest to that, or i HOPE).]]> 2020-11-21 13:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/948055064 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953357415 2020-11-23 17:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953357415 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953358342 I'm in a toxic relationship with the fridge. Every time i walk up to him to talk and ask for help all i get is disappointment. He never responds back when i ask him to give me food, or a glass of wine, or chilled soda, or literally anything. But when my mother goes, he always does. She is happy every time she meets him except for when i forget to offer him full bottle of water. How is this even fair?]]> 2020-11-23 17:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953358342 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953376046 2020-11-23 17:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953376046 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953380113 2020-11-23 17:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953380113 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953425528 2020-11-23 18:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953425528 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953439731 How often do you get to teach your mother a new recipe? in my case, it seems like never. we both are such YouTube buffs that we are constantly looking for exotic content. She primarily looks out for new dishes she can try and i binge on ASMR videos of Korean people eating chunks of food. But in a way it is FOOD that we both binge on. This Sunday, i taught her the recipe for mac & cheese and she finds it distasteful because there are no peppers or onions. She says "it's unhealthy" because you don't put veggies in it. i am disappointed at her disappointment because this is one staple food item at Ashoka when bch decides to disappoint you, yet again (which is everyday every meal).  ]]> 2020-11-23 18:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953439731 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953488608 2020-11-23 18:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/953488608 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/970985120 2020-11-30 12:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/970985120 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/970986812 2020-11-30 12:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/970986812 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/997773609 In 1978, an artist, and openly gay man and a drag queen, Gilbert
Baker saw 􀁹ags as a symbol of pride. Urged by Harvey Milk, he
created the 􀁸rst symbol of LGBTQ community. He saw rainbow
as the natural symbol and thus adopted the eight strips, each
depicting a unique meaning. The 􀁸rst 􀁹ag had hot pink for sex,
red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for
nature, turquoise for art, indigo for harmony, and violet for
spirit. When they started mass production, they removed hot
pink and turquoise, save changed indigo to basic blue - the 􀁹ag
that we see nowadays. The different colours on the 􀁹ag
symbolise the diversity and the unity of the LGBTQ community.
For me, a cis-het-female, it is a way of showing solidarity and an
end to the inhumane torture that this community members are
victims to. #lovehasnogender]]> 2020-12-08 12:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/997773609 muskan_asp21 https://padlet.com/muskan_asp21/scv79wd4tbpllh84/wish/997858021 It all started when i was in 10th standard in 2015 summer. I was coming back home from the tuition classes late in the evening. I was walking with a dear friend and she was sharing some anecdote from her perfect day (or i like to imagine that). I was listening to her but not hearing what she was saying. i was lost in my thoughts. that is when the cycle began. zooning out of conversation and entering my world. my world which was dark and despair filled with self pity and low esteem, hopelessness and helplessness, scared and whatever adjective you may seem fit to use. the same year in winter i was diagnosed with mental illness. first in my family. the amount of shame it bought for some of my immediate family members that they never liked having me around which became the center of my sufferings. fast forward to the pandemic, many a times, i lay on my bed wondering. entering and exiting the same chain of thoughts that doesn't make sense. i want to break free from it and this feeling of nothingness. the emptiness. Today, after so many years, i have summoned the courage to openly share this. my audience might be small but the strength i am getting is nevertheless same. 

Through this assignment i wished to represent if that feeling could be captured. it is not the same as what i feel but it is an attempt that is worth cherishing, at least for me.


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