Blog 23

1. In what ways do you “construct” your identity? In what ways do you “perform” in your daily life?
    -You can construct your identity by doing multiple things. By showing what your good at, what you enjoy, and by what you wear. What you wear is one of the major ways your identity can be constructed. When people look at what you wear they automatically judge you and your attitude. If you're wearing bright, loud colors it shows you're welcoming and enjoyable to be around, If you're wearing dark colors, it may look like your upset or not wanting to talk to people.
   -Some ways in which you can perform in your daily life is how you walk and act in front of people. When talking to other people you're putting on an act. It may be the way you always are, but in general terms you are "performing."

2. Describe some ways in which your personal culture and social environments are “constructed”.
   -When speaking in terms of social environment like a get together or party, everything is definitely constructed. Setting up a party with food and places to sit and things to do is an example of how environments can be constructed.

3/4. Describe some ways in which your physical environment/space is “constructed”. In your daily life, what would you consider to be “real” and what would you consider to be “constructed/fabricated”?

   - Really in life I don't think anything is "real" in certain terms. Basically everything was placed and grown by humans. Trees were placed, grass was placed, homes and buildings were built, and most lakes were probably man mad hundreds of years ago. To me everything is constructed, there is nothing "real."

5. Describe a narrative tableaux that you might create to be captured by a photograph. A narrative tableaux can be defined as “Several human actors play out scenes from everyday life, history, myth or the fantasy of the direction artist” ( Constructed Realities: The Art of Staged Photography Edited by Michael Kohler , 34).
    -If I were to narrate a tableaux I would chose some kind of fairy tale. If I had the right costumes I would have extravagant dress's and crazy makeup that made all the women sparkle. My thought would be to have versions of the most popular princess and have then doing their own story. It would be in the woods very mystical looking

6. Describe an idea for a photograph that includes a miniature stage or still life. A description of such an image is “The tableaux reconstructs events as in the narrative tableaux, but in miniaturized format, using dolls and other toy objects” (Kohler, 34).
    -What always comes to my mind first when thinking about miniature stages is the circus. I would try to get little clowns and animals and set up a big top event.