Category Archives: Reflective Response

Visit- Museum of Modern Art

On Tuesday, I went to the Museum of Modern Art because I was unable to attend any poetry readings this semester. I haven’t been to the MoMA since sophomore year of high school so making the trip out to 5th … Continue reading

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My MoMA Visit

I had the pleasure of visiting the Museum of Modern Art for the first time today. To say that I was astounded and invigorated is a major understatement. As I grow older, I realize that I am really interested in … Continue reading

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Reflective Blog

The process of creating my digital project of long, never ending, complex….and wonderful! I created an interesting video using my mac’s iMovie and it was fascinating to discover how to construct a ‘movie’. I never really thought about how much … Continue reading

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Digital Essay Alvin Kumaga

Wow it’s finally here: the end of the spring term. This term flew by and what a perfect way to culminate the experience than creating the digital essay. I had a great time finding and experimenting with different ways to … Continue reading

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Digital Essay

I can describe the process of creating a digital essay in one word “unexpected.” Until the last moment I did not have the strict plan and vision of what the project is going to look like. However, my poem choice … Continue reading

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Mirror – My Final Project

First of all, I’m very relieved that this project is over with finally. This video project was very difficult to carry out and my movie turned out to be very different from what I first imagined it to be. I … Continue reading

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“Eloquent Gestures”

The video editing and filming process was mostly tedious work (as anyone who has done video editing can tell you). I ended up going to Fort Hamilton military base to take pictures of cannons only to get approached by security … Continue reading

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Digital Essay: “Having a Coke With You”

So, it seems we’ve come to the end of the semester and this is our last hoo-rah. This is a video of a slideshow I put together since I am not too video savvy. I used two DSLR Cameras – … Continue reading

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Man and Nature In New York and Kansas interpreted by Elizabeth Melkumova

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjSir909GI Video Link ^ Wow, I had a ton of problems trying to upload that video to YouTube but it worked finally, thank God. As for reflective writing, I originally wanted to do a lot of nature scenes in my … Continue reading

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A Prophet’s Paradise

After reading The Prophet and doing extensive research on its writer, I realized that Pushkin wrote the poem to express his epiphany.  At the start of the poem, he describes himself as a “weary traveler” in a desert. As he … Continue reading

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