Wednesday, September 17, 2008

meaningful video

this is a video of the people i think are meaningful in my life
life is very meaningful - kate e.d.

1) What have you included in this video?
This video has everything that is most important and meaningful to me in my life. The most meaningful people in my life are my friends and family. They are the people that will be with me through the rough and good times.
2) Which parts of the video related to relatively meaningful aspects of your life? Which parts related to relatively meaningless aspects of your life?
When I made this slideshow I decided that I would only put the meaningful stuff in my life in it. All the people and pets in the slideshow are meaningful and important in my life.
3) What would you have liked to have included but weren't able?
I would have liked to add more things in my life that are meaningful. I would have added nature and stuff that I like to do like read and draw. Its not so much as I wasn't able to include it but that I had not thought of all of that while I was putting it together. 
4)  What seems to be some of the main criteria you use (emotionally/ mentally) to assess how meaningful an aspect of your life is?
While I was thinking of what to do for this project I first decided to do only things that were meaningful. I then started thinking about the things in life i cared about and gave me some purpose to live. The first two things that come to mind were my family and friends because they are a big part of my life. 
5) Is there a pattern in what you find meaningful or meaningless? What are some of the elements in that pattern?
The meaningful things in my life have to bring me happiness and have to have a good purpose. The meaningless things in my life are things that wont help me in the future and hurt me. Though most of the time our lives are filled with both the meaningful and non-meaningful things. And we accept the meaningless things cause with out having some meaningless stuff we couldn't appreciate all the meaningful things in life.
6) Looking at the video as a whole- is it fairly honest/accurate depiction of your life? Does it make you seem interesting/special/exciting?
For me the video is accurate. Most of my life I am either surrounded by my friends and family. And the pictures captured exactly how things go on to a day to day basis. Except for the fact that i am mostly participating instead of being behind the camera documenting everyone else. I don't think the video makes me seem anymore interesting or
special then I have been.
7) Does your life seem meaningful from an outside perspective? Is it from an inside perspective? Why?
I think it could seem meaningful from an outside perspective. Though on the outside my life might seem a little out of sorts. I may not have tons of friends but the ones that I do have are the best and they care about me. I also grew up as an only child and with one parent so it might seem to people that I missed out on a "real family" but I think that's stupid cause with just the two of us, me and my mom are even closer then most kids are with their parents. From an inside perspective it defiantly seems meaningful. There are so many things in my life that are meaningful if you just take the time to see them.
8) What questions do you have about living a meaningful life at this point?
A question I have is there such a thing as a totally meaningful Life? How can someone tell if what they do is meaningful? Can you ever really know, or is it always going to be an assumption since no two people will have the same meaningful things in their life.




14 comments:

mAggIE said...

It's an okay song... the music video's better xD I like "I think I love you" or "Kiss" better

isporkish said...

neber this song is te best >:D u lying

isporkish said...

i shouldn't have helped you make your site T.T i want my name back
gimmi plz and i like you cat can i have him ^^please

mAggIE said...

O_o cat?

mAggIE said...

lol, it's not the best.

RACHEL said...

I LOVE IT!!
AND I LOVE THE SONGG LOLS

Y.L. said...

i really like the picture of the cat and the mom with the little boy.

It was very cute and the song is pretty good too.

john li said...
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Sandy said...

I liked it
but i was curious about your song choice, you make it sound like your life is a "Dirty Little Secret"
which I can see being true..you and your secrets...but please dont stop the music seemed kind of random lol

mAggIE said...

rofl, "you and your secrets" xD

RACHEL said...

hey kate!
i love the song you have playing in the backround, its one of my favorite songs by the all american rejects. and i also love your video, you have a nice variation of family and friends, which i think is really important. and of course your cat is adorable.
-Rachel

J0hn Galt said...

I really liked the tone of the video, like the song is very upbeat sounding, but I also agree with Sandy in which it makes it seem like you have some dirty little secrets about your life.

john li said...

the video was good but the sudden change in the song was bad, it was sudden and the tone of the video just changed completely.

Reiko said...

Hey Kate
thanks for the comment. I liked your video/slideshow as well. I especially like that you included pictures of your family. Looking back at my video, I wish I had used more photos of my family since I think family is a very meaningful aspect of my life. I believe it was question 3, where you mentioned you would have liked to include your drawings since it is also meaningful to you. I agree it would have been great to see some of your work from your design journal. I also had the same problem, there where several aspects of my life that I did not have the time to include. I also liked your question at the end ( I paraphrased it) does a completely meaningful life exist? It is an interesting question to ask.