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In my bag I usually carry with me the necessities: my iPad for taking notes and annotating readings, notebook for planning out my daily schedule, headphone, student card, and water bottle. If I’m going to the library and planning to stay for a long time, I will also include my laptop and charger.
I do think that the “what is in your bag” challenge is to some extent reflective of an individual’s personality. A few years ago when I first entered the boarding school system, I enjoyed observing everybody’s desk: a family photo, a sticker with quotes or lyrics written on it, a decorative figure —- there must be some special meanings or a piece of memory associated with each object so that the owner decided to incorporate it into the most intimate corner of his/her life. Similarly, the “what’s in your bag” challenge offers a glimpse into one’s life.

Items:

• Laptop: Used to do work
• Folder: holds random paper and worksheets
• Calculator: math
• Tablet: good for taking notes and watching background shows
• Pen & Pencils: writing
• Hand wipes: cleaning hands/tables
• Hand Sanitizer: clean hands
• Chargers: used when battery is low

This is a list of items that I generally tend to use for every class that I am in. I pack my bag in the morning to carry more class specific books. I usually keep items like my AirPods, phone, and keychain on my body most of the time. I think that it was nice to look at the things that I carry because I do tend to forget that I have some of the smaller items, like pens. I think that it was a pretty simple task to set down items, based on size and shape, in my bag to take a photo. There wasn’t anything that I found challenging about this assignment. I do think that you could say that this is a representation of myself, but a very vague one. I would say that it is not a type of writing because it is more visual than literary. Only about five words are visible in the picture alone, maybe if it had more words in the things present in the picture would I consider it a type of writing.

Contents of my backpack:

• notebook- I take notes here for my microeconomics class and my social statistics class
• pencil case- I have pens, pencils, and markers
• planner- I try to write in this as much as possible in order to stay organized
• microeconomics textbook- I bring this in my backpack so that I can reference the material whenever and wherever I am
• two books for this class- I carry them with me to complete the assignments
• folder for my papers- I put all of my papers in this folder
• headphones- I have headphones that can plug into my computer and my phone
• calculator- this is for my microeconomics class and my social statistics class
• water bottle- I was washing my reusable water bottle so that is why the disposable one is pictured
• hand cream- I always like having this with me, especially during the winter
• computer- I do my work on my computer
• Not pictured but usually in my backpack: umbrella, AirPods, key to my dorm room, hand sanitizer, and snacks

I think that this assignment was interesting to see what I value as valuable and important in my day to day life. I believe what is important in my bag would differ in terms of where I am, who I am with, and what time of year it is (the school year or summer). I think that these things are relatively representative of me as a person because it demonstrates the different objects that are necessary for my success here at Emory. I don’t think that I made any specific decisions when trying to create the image, but I think that I should have made it more neat. There was nothing necessarily challenging about this assignment besides the fact that I felt like I did not have much to include in the picture. I think that representing oneself in a catalog of stuff in a bag can be considered a form of personal identity and description, but not necessarily a type of writing. This is because it is a visual representation that does not have any form of explanatory text. I think that it is important to note the different purposes for each object and how certain things may serve different purposes for different people.

• Notebook
• Physics Lab Notebook
• Folder
• Pencil Bag
• Eraser
• Chapstick
• Lucky Pennny
• Backpack

This Sunday Sketch was quite unique. Taking out and laying all my items on a table made me realize one thing, that I only had what I needed. I didn’t have miscellaneous planners, notebooks, stray pencils/pens; not even a half-crumpled paper I forgot to put in my folder. It reflected my personality to a tee in that it demonstrated my minimalism. My low-maintenance personality juxtaposed to my efficiency is perfectly encapsulated in this picture.

Making this Sunday sketch was very easy and enjoyable. Finding a large place to lay out all the items in my backpack was quite easy and everything seemed to fit in its own place.

• Dorm Keys
• Head phones
• Computer
• Clorox Wipes
• Contact Lens Container
• Contact Solution
• Umbrella
• Writing Utensils
• Notebooks
• Gloves

The creation of this assignment was fun to make. I found the black gloves I had used before when the weather was especially cold. I also discovered that I had Clorox wipes that I could have used on a variety of occasions but never actually used them. As for the arrangement of the things, I made it a point to keep everything square. You can see how much I desired a clean shape by my layout of the key chain.

When crafting my narrative, I decided to come up with something that I can depict in only three panels which lead me to think about the love stories that are corny and show a non-realistic way of how people fall in love. It was challenging to think of the details that I should include to make sure the reader was able to easily follow and understand. Crafting this comic was different from my other work because it required me to put different aspects together such as the flower show and the typical walking off in the sunset so my story made sense. Also it was different having to add text so the pictures didn’t just speak for themselves.

I choose this photo because at first I was going to use a lighthouse to make a different combination but then when I searched up light houses I saw this one and thought the design was similar to a candy cane so I decided to take this route instead. Challenges that I faced when making this photo was trying to get them to line up and while it still looks a mess to me, this was the best I could do lol. Hopefully, my vision is still clear though. My final image convey’s a candy cane lighthouse because while lighthouse are rarely acknowledged, candy canes are know as a Christmas necessity so together they create the perfect balance of purpose in society.

This triptych was very fun to create. Adding some dark humor made this activity enjoyable. The three panels are not so much in the traditional comic style, however, the three panels have a clear storyline and are in my opinion, relatively easy to follow. The story of two slices of bread from their acceptance of their fate, to their reminescence of their origins, ending with their death and union afterward is a comic well titled “From Cradle To Crave”.

When looking at the instructions of this week’s sketch, I immediately thought of the picture that I took back when I was in high school. My high school was located on Jeju, an island at the south end of South Korea with beautiful skies. I wanted to talk about the beautiful sunset view, which usually means that the day is ending, but I chose to question people if they think it’s a sunset or sunrise. The message that I wanted to send throughout this triptych was that whether the picture is a sunrise or sunset is not what is essential, it is about what people think of it. If some consider it as a sunset, it would mean that they are willing to take a break, while a sunrise would mean that they’re ready to start an afresh journey and step up.

Crafting this sort of comix strip was different from other writings I’ve done this semester in using images (or drawings) when delivering the message I want. Also, I needed to make the text short and precise because there wasn’t as much space for me to write down further explanations about what I intended to say, as I was used to doing for the writings I’ve done this semester. However, this activity had similarities with my previous works in trying to deliver the message that I wanted to say clearly. Overall, I enjoyed this activity and am looking forward to taking such an experiment when creating my comic.