☜♥☞ Final CAS Reflection ☜♥☞
So I finally got all the pictures to do this post~!
(On a side note, some of the things on this aren't my
scheduled creativity activity but it was still a
learning experience so I decided to put it in)
Alzheimer's Service:
As you can see, these are the photos from the beginning of the year right till our last service. I only just realised how much we've done and I think it's amazing that we really got to get down to level with this issue of global importance because it's a rare opportunity we have to do this.
These were really creative activities we did as part of the Alzheimer's group. We had every thing from baking cookies to painting cloth which in itself is a brand new thing to do, a new skill to learn.
And then we had dancing which wasn't really action but it was movement nonetheless.
With this we had to work collaboratively with each other in order to make the dance
a success and quite often we ended up having to practice a few times which showed
perseverance and commitment to the activity we chose to do.
To be honest, I wasn't here for the beginning of the year to write down proper goals for the service activity, however, I knew that I as a person tend not to be able to socialize as much as others and I had hoped in taking part in this activity, I would be able to reach out to others and connect with them. I like to think that I have fully achieved this because just from the monthly visits, I have made friends with some of the patients, two of whom that remember me after a few minutes of conversation. That in itself was a huge deal for me and made me feel so proud of all the work we've done.
The two top pictures show planning and initiating activities when we sat down every Thursday to discuss our previous Alzheimer's visit and plan for the next one. Below those is a picture of the entire group, the people that we had to again, work collaboratively in order to get the best out of our meetings.
Creativity:
For creativity I've been continuing with drawing club which is, as always, one of the best activities that I signed up for. Lately I've been moving away from my comfort zones and exploring areas for growth by working with poster paints and not only sticking to my usual pencil/charcoal combination. Here's the latest piece I've done (you can see my art supplies in the background~!) :
The previous piece I did was the best by way of developing new skills because the piece below is a mixed media piece using watercolour paint, masking tape, tracing paper, watercolour paper, liner pens, sharpie and even normal pencil. It was just a huge experiment in figure (human figure) and I think with this piece I truly managed to achieve my goals.
So yes, this picture was the most important for me not because I liked how it came out particularly, but rather because I achieved my goals of working with new media forms that truly tested my skills (try drawing on masking tape!) and explored perspective in human anatomy which is actually something that I'm freaking happy about :D
Action:
My final action post can be found in the link below but this an extract from it...
I am, forever grateful and so flipping thrilled that I had a chance
to play for the school team on such an international tournament. Through
badminton not only did I manage to increase awareness of my strengths and areas of growth, but I also got to show perseverance and commitment all whilst undertaking new challenges. I developed new skills and learnt to work collaboratively with others
which means not only my own team but all the other teams, coaches and
referees. I really had the time of my life. Through the wins and losses
and deafening cheering, through the ups and downs and laughs and tears, I
regret nothing. I made friends with some of the most amazing people
I've had the pleasure of meeting both on and off the court, learnt what
true sportsmanship is about, improved my game for the benefit of myself
as well as the team and even learnt to wake up on time to make our
practice schedule! So many things done and none of them do I regret.
Other:
So, this is the post that isn't strictly school approved creativity but I thought it was good creativity nonetheless... so I decided to put it up :)
Have you ever watched Star Wars? Perhaps you're a fanboy or fangirl. Either way, you must have heard of May the Fourth Be With You~! It's this one day (May 4th) where people dress up in Star Wars type costumes and just go out to Cosplay. There's not a big following for this in Sri Lanka but hey, it was worth a shot, so a couple of my friends and I decided to try it out. This is what we got.
The thing about Cosplaying in Sri Lanka is that getting merchandise is hard. It's near impossible to be honest and with the work we end up doing for school and extra-curriculars, it's hard to even get time to go merch hunting. So the only option for Cosplayers is to make their own gear. For me, this was a way to increase awareness of strengths and areas for growth because I know (from previous Cosplaying experience) that I can make weaponry, armour, whatnot but costume making is incredibly difficult for me.
In doing May the Fourth I had to undertake the challenge of making Anakin Skywalker's robes (before he turned to the Dark Side) which was undertaking a new challenge. The making of the light-saber however, was pretty easy because I do make swords, knives and other such equipment. The robes got to me though, it was a lot harder than I reckoned it would be...
(note; I'm not in full kit here as these pictures were taken after the actual event)
The best part, I thought, was the face make-up though. Anakin has this scar on his face and I really wanted to make it look like a fresh scar, like he was just cut up so I had to play around with face paint for that. I developed a new skill by doing this because never had I ever done face-paint before. I thought it came out pretty well though despite the several washing on a putting on sessions I had to endure. It was so worth it though~!
Till next time, rock on little dudes \m/
