The Artistry of Karson

      For our project, we had to put ourselves in the shoes of a time-traveler. Instantly, as I imagined what our far off world might look like, I knew the message I would give. Here it is: Hello, my friends from 2022. I have come to tell you that you have a job to do, and you must do it well, lest you wish the world to become the atrocity that we have seen it become. First, let me ask you a question: how many people do you know that believe in magic? If your answer is no, then let me tell you why you should change your opinion. In the year 2090, magic is nothing more than a myth, if anyone has even heard of it at all. This is because in the years prior to this travesty, people let go of the importance of believing in something. Humans no longer felt the need to imagine things when technology made everything available to them in the blink of an eye. Without the possibility that imagination brings, the world lost its vast color, the ocean lost its roaring impor...

           Before embarking on this unique project, I had no idea how much a game could bring a group of people together. I'm not quite a gamer, so I did a good amount of observing for parts of this project, but I had SO much fun participating. Sam and Abbie were so good at the Minecraft, and even when they would make a mistake in the game, or lose a match against @Jackblackk or @Gawkcombo, we would all laugh together over  FaceTime, and it Mae it all even more fun.     I'm choosing to write about this element of the project because I have never done an assignment for school that created a  comradery like this one. The girls and I bonded over a fun game, and we got to meet new people and make it into something academic at the same time. This unique project has made me question some other aspects of our education, and more than anything, it makes me realize that students should have more exposure to things like this. D...

  Memory: The Defining Factor of Mankind To be human, there are many moving elements involved. Humans are concerned with the world around them, the future before them, and their past. Memories—perhaps the most human element of all—allow humans to feel pain, happiness, fear, and more than anything, they can be a motivating force towards action. Then, the question must be asked, what can be said about cyborgs? They are part human, but does the machine in them cancel out their humanity? Does this mean that Asimov’s rules of how robots should act still apply? No, these rules cannot be applied to them, for they have the human capability to remember , and because of this, they can feel things that a normally programmed robot does not. First, the film Ghost in the Shell illustrates the idea that cyborgs are all-together different than robots during the scene in which Kusanagi is speaking to Batou after her diving experience. Batou is confused as to why Kusanagi chooses to dive when she m...

                                             Humanity is Subjective, and here's why: Humanity: an experience felt by those born to the earth. An experience that forces one to feel all the emotions of the world, whether one wants to or not; the good, the bad, the temptations, and the dozen things in between. Yet, does one need to actually be human to experience humanity? In the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, Steven Spielberg and Carlo Collodi explore this idea, however, they each use a unique medium to do so. First, let’s analyze the shared humanity among inhuman objects. In Pinocchio , Collodi starts the story strong with a dilemma. As he begins to carve a piece of seemingly normal wood, it starts to cry. This is evident when he says, “‘Where did that voice come from, when there is no one around? Might it b...

Link to her website: https://www.flowerpower444.com/?fbclid=PAAabdYk0dwz6k-GQY3vQ4VTfILOYepl1EV1stfpcikmcsRrcOraGPZmdj8-0 I knew Anna in highschool, and since then, her clothing brand has taken off! She goes to Parsons University in New York, and she studies fashion design there. All of her clothing is sustainable and up-cycled, and she strives to provide affordable pricing.