Reflective Blog post

Link to video: https://youtu.be/hC_5XFtp-Xs

One easy thing for my group is to create the movements, as each of our topics is clear, so that we can all think of at least several movements for each topic. One of my members' emotions is love, and the simplest movement for this is to make a heart shape. The other member's one is shyness, and immediately we could think about sitting down with our faces down to the ground. Mine is power, and I could express this term by raising my hands up high. The movements are simple and easy to think of, but for me the most difficult thing is to connect them together into a performance: Love, shyness and power. These three topics are very different and it was challenging to add all of the emotions into one short play. 

Previously, I tended to work alone, in which I could have control over all the things I work on, but now that I am not the only one responsible for the performance, it feels new and exciting. One very interesting thing is that this is my first time working with movements and music for a due project. This project is not about writing papers or essays, and I am glad that I could work with nature, music, tone, and movements. 

One thing that changes the most is our ideas on the performance. During the very first days, we create a story to follow and with that story we create movements. However, we then change into a totally different story, with a different tone, and emotions. I think that this big change is very essential as with the first story we could not link our ideas together. 

Originally the members and I did not work too well together due to the differences in ideas, opinions and attitude towards the project. After a while, we acknowledge that we need to overcome these differences to together finish the project for each of our own benefits and also to fulfill our responsibility as a group as well. We together share our ideas and connect them together, we ask questions and each of us try not to monopolize the conversation. 

Specifically, I contribute to the group by giving ideas about the second draft or the second story, which worked much better compared to the first story that we thought about. It includes all the 3 topics, connects them well, and is also easy for us to visualize. 

In overall, I believe we did an amazing job creating the performance despite our differences in opinions. If I could have a chance to do this project again, I would love that my group could meet each other more, work more productively to make the performance a bit more abstract and complicated.