Thursday, October 1, 2015

Creative Obsessive (Ted PLN)


This video is done by one of my personal heros, Adam Savage. In the video he discusses his obsession with items and the stories they tell.

He starts off with the story if the Dodo Skeleton. A Dodo is a bird that what extinct in the 1800's. He was having a craft day with his kids and decided to sculpt a Dodo skull out of Skulpie. Next he did some vertebrae and ended up with a complete skeleton.

After that he talked about the Maltese Falcon. The Maltese Falcon, which is a bird from a movie of the same name and it has an interesting history, the prop was sold at an auction house to a local department store. Then was stolen around the time a remake for the movie was coming out. Later it showed up again on the market and was sold to a bar and and a couple years later it was stolen from the bar.

First, I really connected to this talk because I am what is called a maker. A maker is someone who loves to make things of any nature. I like to build models of airplanes and combat vehicles. But I also like to collect things from TV shows or movies that I like. For instance I really like the movie Alien, so a have a model of the space suit that Kane wore in the movie. Another example is I have a wand from Harry Potter that is one of my favorite things in my “collection.”  I enjoy collecting is because of the stories and connection that these object that I have to the movies, time periods, and authors to these characters or creative people that I look up to. Another instance of this is the project I am planning to start soon. I am going to build a model of the Millennium Falcon and hope to give is a paint job to mimic a World War 2 fighter plane.

Another reason, I think that Adam Savage is  one of my heros is because of his accomplishments. He was a model builder for Industrial Light and Magic, this is the shop that did such films as Alien, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and, Starship Troopers
(a favorite of mine). This would be my dream job to work at this studio.

In conclusion I really connected to this video. When Adam was talking I felt like that would be what I would say in that situation. Mine would be over different projects of course, but I really connected to what he was saying.

25 comments:

  1. Ben,

    You need to hyperlink the source into the title of your topic sentence. Plus, you need to follow summary format. You didn't really tell me what messages and ideas Adam Savage conveyed throught he use of these objects-you need to tell me what the TED talk entails and what Adam Savage has to say objectively. Plus, I am not sure why you have so many paragraphs. I love how you connect to this man and you really show passion for your interests and ambition in the future, but I want to know more of how you connected to what he was saying because I do not know what he was saying. What does this have to do with the creative obsessive and the messages he wants to get across? I really appreciate getting to know you as an individual. You are writing well-you just need to adhere to the organizational structure. 14/20

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  2. UUUUUUUUU MA BOI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. I loved your PLN presentation because it was different and unique in a great creative way. Great job!

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  4. I really like how we got a lot of insight into your life and got to hear what you like to do and got to see your talents. Good job Ben!

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  5. Good Job! you are a really cool person, and I know you have always been very talented in instruments

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  6. That was an awesome presentation. I loved how you showed your true passions and told us such great stories. You had great speaking ability and really captured the audience. The trumpet and the pictures were amazing and it was really cool to see you doing what you love.

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  7. I loved how you had a powerpoint to go with your speech. It was a good visual as well as entertaining to watch.

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  8. Great presentation! I believe that you could inspire many people to do what they love!

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  9. Great job!! I can't wait to here the rest of that song. I can really relate to your speech because two of my biggest passions is my flute (and other instruments) and nature.

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  10. You did a nice job on your speech! I loved hearing your stories and enjoyed hearing you play your trumpet. I also really liked the random gifs at the end. Good job talking about what you love to do!

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  11. That was really good. I liked how you told the story in the canyon which I bet would have been cool. I remember last time I want camping I went out during the middle of the night and it was amazing.

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  12. Great presentation! I believe that you could inspire many people to do what they love!

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  13. This was a very cool presentation. I liked listening to you play that song. I used to play the recorder back in the 3rd grade for Mrs. Hata's music class.

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  14. Ben, you did a great job. I like your presentation, the slides were really cool and I really liked when you played trumpet. Great job!

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  15. You have a life!!!!! how much because I don't have one so how much is it at Walmart.
    But for real you have a great life and your very talented. great job

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  16. Great Job Ben!!!! The trumpet was amazing. The background slides really helped with the power of the presentation. The topic was good because you chose one that you can closely relate to, and made it so that we could all relate to it.

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  17. Ben,
    That was awesome. You really switched from point to point in the presentation. I liked how you showed us to great examples that i'm sure most people in the class didst really know. I didn't really know that you were in to canoeing.

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  18. Ben,
    That was awesome. You really switched from point to point in the presentation. I liked how you showed us to great examples that i'm sure most people in the class didst really know. I didn't really know that you were in to canoeing.

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  19. I really thought you did great in your speech. I learned a lot of knew things about you. I like how you showed us what you love. You point doing what you love is very true.

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  20. I found your topic very relatable, and your story was really interesting. I thought your story was very relatable, because I love the outdoors as well. You have a great speaking voice, and your trumpet song was KILLER. Nice job!

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  21. Ben - you did a really good job of keeping eye contact and projected well with your voice. It was cool to hear a little bit about you and what you love. You're really talented when you play the trumpet! Great job!

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  22. You were extremely prepared, slideshow and everything. Thanks for sharing your passions. They're cool

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  23. You are an amazing storyteller and I always wanted to hear more about your outdoor adventures. I Admire how you really Pursue the things that you love.
    -Annie Rudnick

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  24. Ben, you did a great job. I like your presentation, the slides were really cool and I really liked when you played trumpet. Great job!

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  25. Ben,
    Your speech was AMAZING you have a great speaking voice and I loved listening to you trumpet! Your really talented and after listening to your speech I learned things about you that I never knew. The camping story was great it was funny but showed us how much you care about the dessert! Amazing Job

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