Hello.
When writing my Mashup (A compilation of multiple sources and medias used to convey a single message) we were given several ( I love that word) choices from Mr. Allen. Immediately my eyes were drawn to the topic "Challenging the Status Quo." As soon as my brain processed the words, the High school music song "Stick to the Status Quo" assaulted my mind. This song then continued to play on repeat for the remainder of class.
After being forced by my internal mp3 player to think about the status quo for a solid class, I realized it would be a fun topic to do this project on.
While searching for my sources, I initially went into the task looking for examples of Jane simply challenging the status quo, but my mind began to deviate a bit. I soon began seeing patterns about how the more society tries to push the norm on you, the more likely you are to rebel and try and deviate from that set norm.
I found this very interesting because you wouldn't expect that something that is made to be a fairly reasonable standard for society, often ends up creating an "uproar" rather than normalcy. Status Quo also seemed to foster the idea of normal into other peoples head, while fostering the idea to defy the status quo in others.
While putting together my mashup, I feel like I could have been thinking more clearly than I was. By the final steps of the project, I'm thinking I might have been overly confident. I think I should have taken more care with organizing and thinking about the chronology of the elements.
I'm really happy and proud of how my Mashup turned out, but I feel like given a little more time, I could really think about my project and add to it for the better.
-jordan
