1. Looking back at the “bones of summer” how have you engaged or created art? If you haven’t engaged or created art, please describe why.

Think of creating art, I immediately think about plating a dish when I finished cooking. This is a sort of daily art that I have. I always cook Chinese food which is always missing the element of plating. So I try to perfect that, try to add some lemon slices to bring more fresh color, or take some cilantro leaves to create that contract. Instead of throwing everything in the plate randomly, I put some food just on one side of the plate and brush the sauce at the bottom to make a wave shape. Maybe some more sauce on the food to make them glisten. Plating is really where I could be creative, so I’ll describe it to a moment of creating art.

2. What things, if any, surround you that you consider powerful?

Love is always powerful to me. My family and I are apart mostly during these years. We could only use facetime to see each other and chat a bit. But my parents’ love makes me remember that I have support, always, wherever I am. I could confidently go straight on my way because of their love. Music is powerful. Whenever I am upset or cranky, playing the cello is the way that makes all the things gone. It’s nearly a magical power since the negative emotions just disappear even before I notice when I am into music. I think music is really powerful that it could always make me drown to it and concentrate on it.

3. Over the next couple of days, take note of the dominant sounds in areas that you consistently walk. What are the sounds you notice most of all? Be specific.

I always noticed the sound when cars broke through the air fast with the sound of engines working. Another sound would catch me when the wind came by, those leaves started to sing. I also usually walk my dog when I go out, so the sound of her walking on the grass sniffing everywhere. The sound always allows me to feel the energy of different forms of life.

4. How do you relate to the phrase “free time only works if you steal it?”

I think free time would not exist if you do not work. My daily life usually is contributed by fragmentary time, so using those time wisely would be how I relate to this phrase. Most of the time I’m working on school stuff and practicing cello, or basic needs like cooking and having meals. Stealing my free time from those is when I finish my prompt for MUS 116 by using the time between lunch and afternoon lectures. I could have used the time to take a nap, or watch Youtube. But if I do so, I won’t concentrate on my other hobbies because of lack of time.

5. Do you have any other takeaways from the film?

From this film, I learned that art is everywhere if you care about what is surrounding you. You could find uncountable colors on the way to somewhere. You could find that shadows of some random metal pieces are so mysteries. Art is from our life, but it is ignored easily. Sometimes we could just “take” some ideas from life instead of creating one by yourself.

This blog site is the primary way you can submit work for MUS 116. In particular, the 20 Blog Prompts you will be given through the course website. You’re also able to take this site with you forever as a portfolio/website.

Before proceeding, I expect you to consider your privacy preferences carefully and that you have considered the following options:

1. Do you want to be online vs. offline?
2. Do you want to use your name (or part thereof) vs. a pseudonym (e.g., West Coast Teacher)?
3. Do you want to have your blog public vs. private? (Note, you can set individual blog posts private or password protected or have an entire blog set to private)
4. Have you considered whether you are posting within or outside of Canada? This blog on opened.ca is hosted within Canada. That said, any public blog posts can have its content aggregated/curated onto social networks outside of Canada.

First tasks you might explore with your new blog:

• Go into its admin panel found by adding /wp-admin at the end of your blog’s URL
• Add new category or tags to organize your blog posts – found under “Posts” (but do not remove the pre-existing “Prompt” category or sub-categories, like Free Inquiry).
• See if your blog posts are appearing on the course website (you must have the course categories assigned to a post first and have provided your instructor with your blog URL)
• Feel free to add pages
• Embed images or set featured images and embed video in blog posts and pages (can be your own media or that found on the internet, but consider free or creative commons licensed works)
• Under Appearance,
  • Select your preferred website theme and customize to your preferences (New title, etc.)
  • Customize menus & navigation
  • Use widgets to customize blog content and features
• Delete this starter post (or switch it to draft status if you want to keep for reference)

Do consider creating categories for each course that you take should you wish to document your learning (or from professional learning activities outside of formal courses). Keep note, however, that you may wish to use the course topic as the category.

Lastly, as always, be aware of the FIPPA as it relates to privacy and share only those names/images that you have consent to use or are otherwise public figures. When in doubt, ask me.