it's okay, keep watching :)

 

I felt like the process of making this is very exemplary of what I was going for, it turned into a more and more distorted image the more I had a solid grasp on what I was going for. I started with the warning signs in the back, then wanted to add the little notification bells so there's what is actually being warned about. Then came the idea of Carl Jung's persona where I overlayed that with a bit of an opacity to signify the idea that you have this different online persona that's created every time you engage with social media. That was a big theme in Tweet Cute but also something I really wanted to touch on, because when you go on social media, you're putting on this performative version of yourself that's not the best version of yourself. It changed what I was thinking about that book a bit, because it became this accidental representation of that stupid concept. Everything became distorted as time went on, and that was the most satisfying part, watching it all come together.

All in all, I think this was a fun playtime, I really just stretched some photoshop muscles and it felt refreshing! I think that's definitely something that can be used in my future teaching, just a creative breather that doesn't hold a whole lot of stakes, just something to let happen naturally. Students have total freedom with this kind of thing, it's all transformative, becoming something entirely new and their own, so I'd like them to run wild with all the possibilities that can come from that.