For our first assignment, we were asked to make a self portrait that reflects what we've learned so far and what we expect to achieve in our life through this course. It's up to our creativity, we can just draw or make a small sculpture if we think that represents us better.
While I was helping my boys out by cutting out pieces of masking tape, I accidentally cut my finger. I haven't started on my sculpture/self-portrait yet, but that cut gave me inspiration to talk about a recent turn-off events. My friend went for a health screening, and they found traces of HIV cells in his blood. If he's diagnosed with that particular disease, he might lose out on his chance to study overseas. However, that doesn't stop him from continuing with his life and now he's in Melbourne.
Compared to my current situation at hand (pun intended), it's very miniscule and I should not let this stop me from completing my tasks and assignments. So, I'm going for something that's red like blood and memorable so that it can be imprinted on my mind the next time I'm facing a problem like this.
So, I went with a dynamite because of it's explosive nature. That will hopefully make a great reminder to not lose my focus on what's important. Another reason why I chose the dynamite is because the size of the dynamite doesn't really tell how strong will the explosion be. It's the amount of gunpowder inside said dynamite that really determines it.
That part of a dynamite represents how we at times like to blow things out of proportion. We exaggerate most of our problems. It doesn't really deserve the blowout we think it deserves. So re-think that problem you're having, it might not be one at all. Which brings me to a proverb I just thought up, don't make a nuclear explosion out of a dynamite.
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