Alaine- WOW. I loved you poem. I have always enjoyed spoken word poetry and, coincidentally, we were studying it in my poetry class the week you presented. In your poem I thought you were referencing two other slam poems. The first is this poem, Growing In when you said "Because of my past I didn't grow up, I grew in." The second, Pretty, I thought of when you said "Bars where girls constantly ask, 'Am I pretty?'" Both I really enjoyed but I think yours topped both of them. I truly hope you find somewhere to practice because it would be a shame if we were the only ones who ever heard you preform it.
Brooke- Man is strongest in his most vulnerable state. When you first mentioned that this was going to be your topic for your final presentation I was not convinced. I don't enjoy vulnerability. There is something in me that first fears others judgments which generally translates in to vulnerability. But this class overall has made me look deeper not only in to the world, but myself. In your presentation you said the "change is the lens though which we see the world" and in a world that changes as quickly as this one does I think this is the only possible way to see it and stay sane. I've seen, in myself and those close to me, what avoiding change does to humanity and it isn't pretty. Much like change, we have to embrace vulnerability. This is when we can actually connect with others. Thanks Brooke for helping me see this.
Spencer- Thank you for being a science major who can see the other side. You related thermodynamics to our class and the arts brilliantly in your presentation. It is a pet peeve of mine when STEM majors are unable to see the value of the arts and you clearly are not one of those people. The ideas we discussed in class have obviously impacted you and I loved the quote that "All good science is art. All good art is science." If you ever hear of a class on quantum mechanics and poetry count me in.
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