Since I consider my family a community, I gathered photos that relate to the most important concepts my family and I surround ourselves with and involved in. My family is based on traditions, so most of the time if one person in my family participates in an activity the whole family participates in the activity too. My first photo is a picture of our sign at our church. This picture is significant to how my family is a community because all of my family’s interests and values formed from Godly beliefs. In addition to the fact that generations of my family has attended this small town Baptist church for generations and generations. A family is held together by these beliefs and values formed over time and without them we would be separate …show more content…
This is one of the times that my family all gets together as a group and just enjoys family bonding time. Every July, my family hosts a family reunion for two days involving a golf tournament, pool party, catered dinner for pool party, and then finally the most important event of it all, the Sunday lunch. This Sunday lunch is no little thing. This requires three full length tables with dishes after dishes of delicious home cooked recipes that have been passed down through the years. This is my absolute favorite, not just eating the delicious plates; but cooking them. Cooking in my family has always been something that everyone did. We all started out following Great-grandmother around the kitchen and learning the basics and hoping she would let us have a …show more content…
Along with being on the school board and involved in that part of the community, almost all of my family is involved with volunteer firefighting in our hometown, and countless other community oriented aspects. What at once started off as a hobby for my uncle turned into a hobby that countless amount of my family serves now. Being a part of a community is something that every member of my family takes seriously especially involving important aspects of political aspects. In addition to the fact that once one family member is involved in an activity by the end the whole family will be a part of. The sixth picture I included is a picture of my cousin and me from our recent trip to the mountains. Three or four times a year, the women in my family go up to Blue Ridge, Georgia and evoke in some quality girl time. Our trip includes spa retreats, tubing down the river, and of course the gorgeous mountain house that is literally at the top of the mountain. These times are more than just relaxation though, it is another occasion where we as a family get together and just
Why I picked this picture? Simply because I appreciate Prevalence of Ritual: Tidings by: Romare Bearden. Just from knowing about his work from previous art classes he based his art work on real life situations. In most times it was things he actually went through in his own life as young boy. His art work just isn’t any piece of work it has value. To me every inch of this picture has its own
Guillermo - (Memo): Enrique Castiliio he was very studious, he was always studying and you get the feeling that he knew it was his only way out.
I help out my family and community in several ways. I have volunteered to help coach cheerleading at Jefferson Elementary School everyday after school. I work at Mattoon Academy of Gymnastics and coach several classes and their gymnastics team. I also work in my church's nursery on Sundays. Being a role model for all of the kids I coach and take care of means a lot to me because they look up to me and want to follow in my footsteps. Despite my busy schedule, I try to help out in the community and with my family as much as
I glance amusedly at the photo placed before me. The bright and smiling faces of my family stare back me, their expressions depicting complete happiness. My mind drifted back to the events of the day that the photo was taken. It was Memorial Day and so, in the spirit of tradition my large extended family had gathered at the grave of my great grandparents. The day was hot and I had begged my mother to let me join my friends at the pool. However, my mother had refused. Inconsolable, I spent most of the day moping about sulkily. The time came for a group picture and so my grandmother arranged us all just so and then turned to me saying, "You'd better smile Emma or you'll look back at this and never forgive yourself." Eager to please and knowing she would never let it go if I didn't, I plastered on a dazzling smile. One might say a picture is worth a thousand words. However, who is to say they are the accurate or right words? During the 1930s, photographers were hired by the FSA to photograph the events of the Great Depression. These photographers used their images, posed or accurate, to sway public opinion concerning the era. Their work displayed an attempt to fulfill the need to document what was taking place and the desire to influence what needed to be done.
Photography allows us to maintain memories and relish them whenever we desire. Although some advocates might argue that people are no longer enjoying experiences instead taking more pictures, in the essay, “Why We Take Pictures”, by Susan Sontag, she conflates that photography can be used as a defense against anxiety and a tool of empowerment. I agree with Sontag on the significance of photographs and how it allows us to store a part of our extended relatives so we are able to hold on the memories of family. Therefore, we must appreciate how photography allows us to manage anxiety, express feelings and remember our loved ones.
...ing love, hope, peace and the end of World War II. The photograph told the story proudly.
The therapist would work to sense the triangles that are currently formed between family members. Also find understanding of the family by use of role reversals along with challenging the family with putting universal principles at odds with the family’s beliefs. By creating unbalance with warmth and support, the therapist looks to increase family cohesion and harmony. The therapist will also investigate the family dynamic by allowing them to express and name the symbolic interactions that are shared so that can be uncovered and understood. Once the family’s symbolic and real curative factors are addressed, the therapist can push for growth and maturity in the family. Because the family is seen as individuals in a family unit for example established
From time to time, I like to look at picture from the past to remember and to learn about my childhood past. Some are even taking before color pictures existed,
As this century fades into the past it is worth remembering that its course--in contrast to earlier times--has been chronicled by a visual narrative that relies on the attraction of photographs as means of storing and disseminating information. Photographs emerge as documents of a lived experience, and their presence in the cultural milieu of technologically enhanced contemporary communication practices remains virtually unchallenged at the threshold to the twenty-first century.
Family structure can greatly impact the day-to-day activities of a family. A family with one parent may have a very different dynamic than one with two parents, or possibly even more parents. It is no surprise that these differences exist and families and that one’s family impacts their way of life. However, does it make a significant difference? Or is it simply a difference in how people react to their situations. That is what I wanted to learn from this assignment.
How can a simple six letter word be so complicated to define? Family is a single word that is open to many interpretations depending on the individual. If you try to condense this ideal to a single clinical definition you end up excluding numerous members of society. What comes to mind when you think of the word family? While in the most broken down and literal sense, family means a relative with a blood or legal bond, the word family can encompass blood relations, adoptions, and even intentional relationships such as friendships. Economies, cultures, and backgrounds can further differentiate what one’s perception of a family is. For many people, including me, a family is so much more. It is the amount of commitment, cohesiveness, and importance
Each photo represents how much I have stayed the same, internally, and how much I have changed, externally. I have always felt comfortable around my friends and family, but what doesn't show in the pictures is how I have changed as others perceive me. I used to be very outgoing and I was pretty comfortable in doing whatever. Now I'm always uncomfortable when I am alone in a public situation, be it literally or figuratively, I don't like physically being in public alone, I don't like presenting my personal work for others to judge, and I don't being asked something where I don't know the answer. I can't think on the spot, I need time to think about it or my body breaks down as I feel the judgement pour off of the people around me. What has stayed the same, as you can see through the pictures, is my ability to make someone smile. If I can make someone smile through bad puns, overrated memes, spongebob quotes, and other various references then that's good enough for
There are so many different types of family relationships. Whatever form a family takes; it is an important part of everyone’s life. My family has played an important role in my life. Good family relationships serve as a foundation to interactions with others. Supportive families will help children to thrive. The quality of the family relationship is more important than the size of the family. Making the relationships priority, communication, and providing support for one another is key to developing relationships. Family relationships are what make up our world today; they shape the ways that we see things and the ways that we do things.
After writing about my history and the themes I selected, I have learned a lot about who I am in society. I have realized that I am an average girl that has not experienced much of life. During this analysis I have come to realize I have not had much contact with other family types or other cultures.
"The great gift of family life is to be intimately acquainted with people you might never even introduce yourself to, had life not done it for you." -Kendall Hailey. Many people among us think that a family reunion is boring. It is an unpleasant social affair where our parents drive us to go and stay there for a considerable length of time. There are odd individuals who come to us and kiss or embrace us while we are still considering "do I know him/her?”. It is because we believe that enjoying the holiday out with friends is much better than investing hours with the people, we “unfortunately” belong to. They have no other subject for discussion aside from our studies and grades. On the other hand, family gathering is always a new experience for someone who lives far away from his blood relations.