I found the article Social Animal by David Brooks really interesting. It addressed alot of topics I found predominate in this generation as well as past generations. David really analyzed the struggle human beings go through on a daily bases such as finding the balance between our Rational and emotional selves. He showed how our upbringing as well as our social interactions in society molds us into who we are. David hit a lot of interesting facts in his article such as; Language is not the only form of communication. Individuals can communicate amongst one another by the use of gestures, facial expressions, and other visual images, which can be classified as non-verbal communication. One particular example he used to support this thesis explains how friends who engage in conversations begin to utilize each other’s vocal patterns. Also when individuals converse they tend to mimic the body language of the other person. Mimicking body language helps to give both individuals a better perception of the other person’s emotions. Another fact I found interesting and true is as human beings we make judgments about a person’s trustworthiness, competence, aggressiveness, and likability within the first tenth of a second. These judgments become consequential regarding how we will feel about this particular individual months later. Another interesting fact is, people who loose their sense of smell eventually suffer greater emotional lost than people who loose their vision. This disability is known as anosmia and a vast amount of people who suffer from it dwell in anxiety and depression. There have been cases where anosmia sufferers possess a low libido due to their lack of smell. I also read that men who suffer from Ansonia have fewer partners than women who suffer with this disorder. Ilona Croy, a psychologist at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden stated that most of social signals are transported through smell. Which also brings me to the next interesting fact that pheromones can determine a person’s emotional state. This was tested in the movie experiment; scary verses comedy.

Genetics, culture, education, and family are all factors that contribute to our self-existence. Society and our interactions can be misleading in determining what true happiness is. It was shown in this article true happiness lies with social interactions and not by rewards by materialistic objects. Our unconscious mind, which influences our emotional side seems to always be in a struggle with or conscious mind and this seems to explain why most human beings are not happy. Due to the progression of Globalization; improvement in technologies seem to keep us away from really socializing within a face-to-face interaction but rather a “online” world.

The article Creation Myth by Malcolm Gladwell didn’t really hold my attention. However, I did find certain things both interesting and humorous as I drifted through the paragraphs. I will forever find the invention of the first computer to be pretty interesting. I could not imagine using such a huge contraption with a mouse the size of a alarm clock. I can only imagine how time consuming it must have been to type in every action into the computer in order for the system to preform, what my generation considers, a simple task. It’s also pretty interesting how the Xerox mouse cost $300 to make but broke down within two weeks. It was funny to me how Dean Hovey tried to make a a more affordable mouse using a butter dish, and the balls found within several underarm deodorant. The little history mention within this article was interesting as well- The soviet union were the first to think of how digital technology would aid in warfare, while Americans were the first to create the high technological systems, and Israel was the first to use them during the 1982 battle of Bekaa valley Turkey shoot. It showed that the Soviet union had a strong grasp on theoretical analysis, while America posses a drive towards forming technological solutions. The optical engineer Gary Starkweather was a pretty interesting character as well. I like how his goal was to create a printer that simplified the printing process by getting rid of the process of scanning a photo by replacing this action with directing the file from a document straight into a photocopier all within the computer. I adore his persistence for his creations. I also adore his determination and strength to understand his self worth which enabled him to pursue his gratifying invention.

Last class I took down some information regarding possible Internships.  I was still waiting for Zola to contact me until I received an email on Thursday from the creative director of the Lip bar. I had applied for the Lip bar since September 20^th.  As you can recall they emailed me back but told me they had to cancel the interview because they were going out of state. I thought they were never going to get back to me until I received the email. The Lip bar contacted me on October fourth, which was a Thursday. Rosco, which is the creative director, asked me if I was going to be available for an interview for Friday, which was the following day. I had work but accepted the date. I went to the interview, which was scheduled for twelve o clock. It was held at the rooftop of the establishment. I was extremely nervous especially since both the creative director and Melissa, who is the founder of the company, interviewed me. I showed them my portfolio during the process and they were very impressed. After a few questions and small talk I was hired on the spot. So in the middle of the semester I was blessed to find a internship! The job tasks are the same as what was posted on the listing, which was updating social media pages, assisting on photoshoots, and dealing with customer purchases. I am also going to be designing graphics, formulating marketing strategies, and assisting them with their events. I am so excited for this especially since this is true to my interest. I cannot wait to start!

Since the last class meeting the staff at Zola contacted me on Facebook. They asked me to send them a copy of my resume. I was really happy to hear from them. I haven’t heard back from Nova arts. As a result I decided to apply for some more internships. I applied to The Dumbo arts center, and Allure magazine.  Dumbo arts center is located in Dumbo. They currently own a gallery, in which they use to feature a lot of different artist ranging from fine arts to digital work and so on. They also hold art festivals as well as other events. Allure is a female-based magazine that features topics such as, fashion, beauty, salon & spa, hair care, and celebrity style. I wanted to intern for a magazine company but haven’t had any luck sadly. I really pray and hope that Allure will contact me back. I wrote a cover letter for the opportunity as well and applied for the Beauty section, which is all about the cosmetology world of makeup, hair, skin care products, and etc. I really would like to participate in something such as this. This internship search has been going really bad so far but I am just trying to keep my hope and faith up. I am still waiting back from Zola as well. In the meantime I am just going to research more internships that focus in my field. I recently saw a small design studio in my neighbor hood called Coop design. I went of the webpage and checked them out. I may walk in and ask them if they are taking internships at the moment. The search goes on.