Do I dare
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Disturb the universe?
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In a minute there is time
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For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
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For I have known them all already, known them all:
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Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
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I know the voices dying with a dying fall
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Beneath the music from a farther room.
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So how should I presume?
-Excerpt from T.S. Elliot, Prufrock
The choices we make are the legacy of the people we know.
The ones that we love really put on our show.
We're made of threads from the fabric of life.
We would be so bland if it wasn't for strife.
We're just tiny pinballs in a game of chance,
An empty cauldron filling someone else's pants.
What would we be, if no one was around?
I don't think a personality could even be found.
-Excerpt from J.B. LeBuert The Choices
We Make
I chose these excerpts to go along with the project because of their thematic relationship to the text. Once I collected the results I immediately noticed that there were many more people who chose to go to the out of the comfort zone side. It seemed to me almost that people were choosing it because they thought it was the right answer, or that they thought there was something more virtuous to choosing it. But really I think people thought they were going to get some sort of moral pat on the back for it, and that's why I chose the Lebuert poem. As for the Elliot piece, I think the line "Do I dare / Disturb the universe?" is pretty indicative of the project as a whole. Similarly, the rest of the poem is partially about a man who struggles to move himself to action, and is frustrated with his own and other people's unwillingness to change. I thought this was a fitting companion to the project.Below are the results copied as submitted:
Went outside the comfort zone
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Stayed in the Comfort Zone:
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A. Need for food & Shelter
B. Safety or new experiences
C. I wanted some candy
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A. I always try to go out of it but I think it’s hard to get out of it fully-people move slightly
outwards but dont fully leave it so i feel like I actually dont leave it.
B. I feel doubt where I am even comfortable or not what my comfort zone is
C. People don’t know themselves and very rarely actually learn their comfort zone. I am
one of those
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AC Test
Outside:
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A. Sometimes I want to challenge myself.
Sometimes I know I need to grow.
Sometimes you don’t have a choice but to
Branch out - you aren’t given an option.
But other times I want to be safe.
Other times I want to be cozy + comfortable.
Other times I know I can’t handle it.
Other times the costs aren’t worth any gain
B. Usually I feel doubt. that I made the wrong choice, that I would’ve been better in the other option. Rarely am I confident I did the right thing.
C. I’m not totally sure. The other side looked like it was trying too hard tbh. I didn’t feel particularly strongly about this one though. just… chose it?
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Inside:
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Results and Themes
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