I created my space video in my home, in my living room. My living room has been the place, over the past 16 months, where I have learned the most as a teacher, as well as a student. As a father to my son William, whose laughter you hear throughout the video, I have learned more than can be described in a blog post. He has taught me more about patience, creativity and love of life than I knew I could experience. I chose to use my living room as the physical space for my video, as it has been the most amazing classroom I've set foot in.
The character you see moving around is William's favorite toy. He's making his journey through our living room, going from toy to toy as William does each day. I enjoy how quick the video moves as this really does replicate William coming into the living room each morning and going from item to item, being so happy to see each one as he finds it.
It's hard to describe the joy that comes to this room each day. As we discussed on our hike last week when it comes to experiencing an environment, you can take a picture of a beautiful piece of scenery, but how can you describe how the wind felt? Same goes for my video...you can hear the laughter, but you can't truly appreciate it until you've seen the face that goes along with it.
I think this project is relevant to my class as it shows that creative spark can be found in the simplest, everyday objects.
As frustrating as I found this project to be, the end result made me happy.
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