Is this what have I been working all semester to find?
Throughout my exististance in what I call my life, I have always had an identity. Sure, it’s underwent some change and yes, various situations may cause me to act in different ways, but I’m still unique, me, one of a kind. Right? That’s what I have been taught in school, through my family, in dance. After reading Ulmer, I am inclined to believe otherwise.
Choosing a wide emblem has not been easy, nor has this course. After much deliberation, I finally realized (or so I hope, seeing as I won't really know until my career is over. And that's just great.) that the stage has become my wide image. My identity has always been that of a dancer. Sure, there's the outgoing Brittany, the shy Brittany, the studious Brittany etc, but in those different personalities it has always been Brittany the Dancer. Now, I am not saying that Ulmer is correct in his whack (or so I think) belief that we have no true identity, but it does remove my "blinders" and make me open my eyes just a little wider.
I chose the stage for some obvious reasons, yes, but also for some reasons that would never had gotten my attention had I not ventured on in this class. The stage for me is a place of identity. Who I am as a person changes with the scenery, where I am on stage, the other actors around me.
Exercises
Term Extensions
Counter Dictionary
Illumination
Decisions
Memory
Cosmogram
Map
Vernacular Genres
Pidgin Signs
The Quest Schema
On the Premises
Lyric Evaluation
Being Singular
Patterning
Automatic Emblems
Ad Art
Personals
Noticing Default Moods
Corporate States of Mind
Assignments
Career Discourse
Family Discourse Revised
Family Discourse
Entertainment Discourse
Community Discourse
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