The Artistry of Karson

  Since this assignment is due before my group could finish our project, I would still like to discuss the general basis of what we will be doing. We will be looking at three things: a book series, a video game, and a movie! As a Creative Writing major, I am most excited to dive into the books series we will be covering titled The Illuminae Files by Jay Kristoff and Amy Kaufman. The main anti-hero in the series is AIDEN, an artificial intelligence robot that is strikingly similar to Hal from 2001: A Space Odyssey . AIDEN is known for being morally gray; he makes decisions that are impossible for any human to make, yet he ends up saving more lives doing so. However, his methods can be immoral, but he doesn't care; for his ship, AIDEN will do anything. AIDEN is an interesting character to look at because he pushes back against Asimov's Rules for robots. He kills humans, but he does so in order to save the ones that are most important to him. It poses some interesting philosophica...

 My group members and I had an amazing time working on this fashion show! After watching The 5th Element and LOTS of facetime calls, we came up with a theme that we all loved. We agree that overconsumption is taking over fashion, and that if we don't fix it, things could get really bad.      The first look: Sam wore clothes from brands that heavily contribute to overconsumption, and are known for their "fast fashion" trends. She wore futuristic makeup and hair to show if we don't change, overconsumption will forever be our future. The second look: Abbie wore all recycled clothes, and even used trash to create her outfit. She did this to show that if we don't alter our path as a society, overconsumption will take over and be so powerful that we will be forced  to wear trash for clothes. The final look: I wore the final look, a representation of nature, to show the viewer what our hope for society is. We should be helping the earth, and not destroying it with our ...