Hello! Sorry, I know it's been a while since I last posted, so i'm just going to do a recap on all the things that have happened since.
First off, I'd like to talk a bit about Korean Culture Day and how much fun i had. I spent most of the day with Nell helping with hair ornament making. Although it was a hectic and crazy with the abundance of children, I enjoyed helping people make their pieces. It was a really nice surprise to see some young children make such beautiful ornaments, it kind of made me think about how they could potentially grow up to become great artists. We also helped the public make their own buttons, which they could either color in or create themselves. There was also lantern making which Cami and Natalie handled beautifully. I'm honestly the worst at making lanterns so naturally i'm in awe of their ability to help people with that activity. The final activity at Korean culture day was paper making. We took water-soaked tissue paper and pounded it together to create new paper with designs. Personally, I thought it was an extremely cathartic experience and should be prescribed as a stress reliever by doctors.
On Thursday, we had our third Mutiny Radio visit where we interviewed Leonidas aka the Balkan Vulcan. This was the first time that we got to do one on one interviews. At first, I was pretty nervous about messing up....and i was right to be for I had more blunders in my interview than anyone else. I stumbled across the very first sentence that I said, and I somehow managed to call Leonidas "old looking". Despite all of this, I think that the interview went pretty alright, and I feel that I will be more prepared for the next time. I think that I just need to accept that I am a goofy person that will make awkward mistakes without fail, but that's okay, it's charming (?) At the very least, I think that people found my interview humorous, and how bad can that be?
I did my art meditation on Sunday on the placenta jars, which are part of the In Grand Style exhibit. My assignment was to create an art activity surrounding them. My art activity was for visitors to create mini placenta jars out of modeling clay. They would then put a lock of hair inside with a wish written on a slip of paper and then bury the jar in their backyard or in the park. This parallels the Korean practice of burying the placenta full jars in tombs. The goal of this activity was to make the foreign, "strange", idea of placenta jars seem accessible and relatable to the public.
