Final Reflection

1. So we have this photo assignment that we have finished where we have to take a photo a day for twenty one days, things that we are grateful for. And before the project even started, I was thinking about what I should take pictures of, and thus I was thinking about things that I'm grateful for. In turn I thought about how there are people out there who believe (with good reason) that my generation, and often, young adults tend not to be very grateful for anything. And then how my photography teacher heard that studies have shown that people who are more grateful for things are more creative. And that made me think, I mean really think, if teens are so ungrateful, then how are so many of us so creative? And as for me, well, I find that I am grateful for more things in one day then breaths I probably take in one year. And I know that one can easily say that that isn't true, but those who know me, and I mean really know me, then they know it's true as well as I do. The pictures I took were not of a specific thing, but of a general idea or concept. I am grateful for things but I find that the more you focus on the THINGS you have in your life instead of the PEOPLE, the IDEAS, the BEAUTY, then you really aren't truly grateful for what you have.

2. Living the way I've lived, I find/found it easy to appreciate every moment of my life, good or bad. And in doing that, I'm grateful for a lot of things, things that most teens, or even people in general aren't usually thankful for, and I seriously pride myself in that. I think that anyone who wants to try this, should.

 

3. Through this project and based on most of what I have said with my photos if I was to make a similar project it wouldn't be what you were grateful for. I would want people to go out and try notice the things that they never usually do.