{"id":389,"date":"2013-09-07T20:54:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T20:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurelantur.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/07\/2013-9-7-authenticityconforming-exploring-identity\/"},"modified":"2013-09-07T20:54:39","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T20:54:39","slug":"2013-9-7-authenticityconforming-exploring-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysticalexpressivearts.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/07\/2013-9-7-authenticityconforming-exploring-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Authenticity\/Conforming: exploring identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m doing arts-based research. &nbsp;It was hard to start, lots of doubts. The first theme I am exploring is <em>Authenticity\/Conforming.&nbsp;<\/em>I did an active imagination writing, and then played with some of the symbols that stuck out: a tree, a white bird, a glass sphere.<\/p>\n<p>As I created the images, it was hard not to constantly, anxiously look for a nugget of meaning. &nbsp;I tried to stay relaxed and not over analyze. &nbsp;I noticed that the images were drifting towards patterns in nature, and I thought of <em>camouflage<\/em>. Some animals camouflage themselves, and some deliberately stand out to signal others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Is it more authentic for me to stand out? Or to blend in? I want to be seen, but not be endangered.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next week I explore the theme <em>Belonging\/Marginalization. <\/em>Below, the sketches I talked about above.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-gallery-wrapper\">\n<p>   <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5181e760e4b04f94760cb317\/51832db8e4b0046126d0409f\/522b9414e4b03f0bcd62f9f1\/1378587672534\/DSCN1572.JPG?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>   <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5181e760e4b04f94760cb317\/51832db8e4b0046126d0409f\/522b9414e4b04c838fac606e\/1378587673173\/DSCN1574.JPG?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<p>   <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5181e760e4b04f94760cb317\/51832db8e4b0046126d0409f\/522b9415e4b0d7cf73eb3a62\/1378587673392\/DSCN1575.JPG?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m doing arts-based research. &nbsp;It was hard to start, lots of doubts. The first theme I am exploring is Authenticity\/Conforming.&nbsp;I did an active imagination writing, and then played with some of the symbols that stuck out: a tree, a white bird, a glass sphere. As I created the images, it was hard not to constantly, anxiously look for a nugget [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticalexpressivearts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticalexpressivearts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticalexpressivearts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticalexpressivearts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticalexpressivearts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mysticalexpressivearts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mysticalexpressivearts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticalexpressivearts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mysticalexpressivearts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}