Briana Carter
9/4/14
Reflection and peer critiques

Reflection

     Today in class, everyone went around and either showed us their pieces of play or interacted with the class with their form of play. I thought that this was a real eye opener for a lot of people in the class because we were all very confused about what we were really supposed to be doing. It was a great project to start with. Also, even though we all had totally different ideas, we all did very well I thought. I saw a coule things that I could of done different, like I probably should not have showed them the people laying down making letters. Our professor even pointed out that it was like I was doing two projects instead of one. I now understand that I should just forget about the laying people and only think about the project with the beans. I really felt good about my project afterwards though because it actually had a meaning behind it and a lot of my peers liked my short essay assignment afterwards. They said they wish they had thought about that.

 

Critique

 

     Ryan Scott- I really liked your project and I thought it had a great meaning. It is something I done as a kid, but with a bit of a twist. The black ball of string represents not being able to communicate. Instead of all the string being attached to one another like a usual can phone, the black ball of string separates it all to where nobody will ever be able to really communicate. I think it is a very successful project and I can see clearly where play is represented. I would have liked to actually play with the can phone, so everyone could feel the way it felt to not be able to communicate and be cut off from the world around them.

     Jayne Dinh- I like the thought process that you took and I understand where you are going, but I did not understand anything other than maybe bored people play and interact with things.  I am sure you put a lot of work into it at home and you have a lot of pictures of your process, but it just was not that strong. What I think could make it better is if you made the class interact with the paint and splat in on a big canvas or something like that.