I am a performer. This by nature, means I am a giver. I give even when I shouldn’t. I give my time, my money, and my energy to others. There is nothing unique in the act of giving. However, there is a uniqueness in the way I give. I give without expecting. I reveal my personality to others without demanding that they do the same. When I am on stage performing, I give emotion and vulnerability without expecting applause. I am very good at applying this concept to my life. This brings me to the topic of humility and its relation to the act of giving. Humility can in some ways be a contradiction. It is an interesting thing finding a balance between being humble and acknowledging one’s greatness. I think that giving is the key to this. My confidence …show more content…
The sociologist in me understands that in order to be the best social scientist I can be, I must expose myself to other cultures and different ways of thinking. The artist in me sees studying abroad as an opportunity to grow artistically as well as find the inspiration that I am always seeking. Studying abroad in the UK in particular, is something that speaks to many different parts of me. Many aspects of my childhood entertainment were based in the UK. The Secret Garden is one of my favorite movies and has been for a while. It is set in England and to be able to experience a part of what inspired that movie and book would be amazing and eye-opening. The UK has always been one of those places that I read about in books and fantasized about, but to be able to truly experience the culture would further instill in me the love I have for literature and the nostalgia that comes from experiencing the UK in my childhood …show more content…
The words come spilling out, folding together to create the perfect similes and metaphors. It creates a melody. I am not the same person that I was at the beginning of the poem when I write the final line. I have grown in thought and challenged myself to address the topic of the poem in a way that has not been done before. This is how I imagine my Summer Institute experience would be. Traveling to another country for a program that will help me grow in my craft and as a person is something that only happens once in a lifetime. There is no way that I could attend and not change, and not come back with a clearer purpose and vision for impacting the world. This experience would help me to harness the transformative power of acting and use it in new ways as far as Social Justice and therapy goes. I have the vision, but this experience will help me put the action and knowledge behind it. I want to actively show that the arts, are worth