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Born April 2004, to two loving parents and 5 siblings, have taken a long journey. Although it may not have been easy it has been worth it. Having accomplished many things from the rank of Eagle Scout to Advanced Open Water S.C.U.B.A. Diver I proudest my accomplishments as a brother, son, and friend. Now on my third year of Apollo, my goals have exceeded just getting better, but achieving excellence.
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Project One - Contextualization - "In Pursuit Of Truth"
For this project I completed two pieces. Both "In Pursuit Of Truth" starting with an artistic abstract 3D piece and ending at a poem. I began this project with a thought experiment called "The Ship Of Theseus." The idea goes that the ship of Theseus is kept in port after a great war to show the people what a great battle ship looks likes. After 100's of years each piece of the ship rots away and is replaced. If every board is replaced is this still the ship of Theseus, and if not at what point is it no longer the same ship. If it is the true ship, then the question lies if you could remove the rot from the old wood and put it back together which is the true ship. Following along this path asking life questions and running into philosophies such as "deconstruction" I created my Apollo project.
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Project Two - Perspective - "The Balance"
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For this project I went on a bit of a roller coaster. Beginning with the thinking skill of perspective I wanted to analyze the political spectrum but instead of left and right, I wanted to look at libertarian and authoritarian. As time moved on though my art portion and LA portion moved away from this idea. For my art portion I ended up focusing on balance, creating my piece named "B.I.T.A" for balance in the abstract. On my English portion I ended up taking Avery different approach. While I planned on writing an essay last minutes the plan changed. I wrote a manifesto discussing different thoughts and issues and then "solved" said problems as a sort of extremest. The point of which was to call out the foolishness that is our current political polarity and called people to action to unite as a people.
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