The collage activity has to be one of my most favorite activities that we’ve done in class. It allowed me to express myself in a way that isn’t just “Josiah Balbi”, I was able to show my interests. It also let me show off some of my humor, although I didn’t know what was funny but also ok for me to include in my collages. For example, I made a thought bubble with a GIF (which unfortunately did not play) of a guy holding up stacks of money. The GIF is used often in the sneaker resell community, which connects to me and this english class because alot of the time during english class I am on my phone, not scrolling through social media, instead making money moves, whether thats securing a purchase of something to resell or confirming a sale, or middle manning something. I also included some gaming related things such as mario and a skeleton on a gaming setup because as a kid I was obsessed with mario games, and at one point my gaming setup looked like the one the skeleton is using. Finally, I included some music notes. Its always been difficult for me to tell people what type of music I listen to, and I don’t understand why thats the case. Alot of the time, the artists I listen to are big and trending so I can admit those, but sometimes I don’t like to claim that I listen to an underground artists music, such as Ken Carson and Destroy Lonely before they were well known, thanks to tiktok.