While explaining the impact of the work, I think the hardest time I had was trying to put the art
into words. For example, trying to explain how something sounds like a season, or how a piece of
art makes you feel, you cannot just say “it makes me feel at home.” You must find a way to
explain exactly what “home” feels like. The main challenge for me was trying to not over-explain
things, when I am writing sometimes, I forget that I already said the same thing earlier in the
paragraph. Based on my audience, I realized I had to be clearer about my words in my analysis
and stick to the main key points and not just venture off with “word-fluff” in my paper. A time
when I had to explain the impact of a show would be when I was telling my coworkers about a
recent episode, I had seen from the show Rick and Morty. All most all my coworkers are not
familiar with this show, or any type of shows like it. Explaining the impact of work was a struggle.
There is a huge age gap between most of my coworkers and I, at least 25 years if not more.
Therefore, the language and jokes they use in this show does not resonate with people of that age
group very well. Once I realized I needed to change my explanation based on the audience I was
addressing, things went a lot smoother. I used less "slang" terms to describe the show and they all
understood much easier. There was a time when I tried to explain this tv commercial that I had
seen that made me have an emotional response. I laughed at myself for crying at this commercial,
especially since I was unaware of what was being advertised but stayed more focused on the
message relayed. I started to talk with a coworker about my "tv commercial breakdown" and
began to recreate what I remembered. At first, when I began explaining the commercial, it
seemed to be going well, as I described the opening scene of an animated father teaching his son
how to ride a bike. However, some challenges arose when I attempted singing the song that
played in the background as the commercial continued. I remember some of the words that
touched me the most, but not all of them. I had the wrong pitch, even though I could hear it in my
head, but overall, it was not the same without the song and images playing together. So, I
resorted to Google and found the tv commercial based on some simple lyrics I remembered. To
my surprise, it was an "Uncle Ben's- Original Rice TV Commercial called "Life Lesson." As we
watched the commercial, she began to nod her head in agreement with what I assumed was what
I had attempted earlier. After it played, she began to express her thoughts, which aligned with
some of my similar thoughts. We agreed that the parent or even a trusted adult in a child's life
has an enormous responsibility to set positive examples and help guide them. We also shared that
this promoted positive masculinity healthily as the father was emotionally intelligent to realize his
behaviours directly impacted his son. That was a great moment as that commercial created a
space for connection and seeing similarities in each other, despite our cultural backgrounds and
lifestyles.
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