Objective:

• Evaluate personal values and paradigms around body decoration and physical beauty.
• Investigate how physical appearance affects definitions of identity and belonging
• Analyze values and belief systems of physical appearance across cultures, sub-cultures and generations

Since I have 3 midterm during that week, I spent all my time in library during the weekend and this Monday and Tuesday. There are only few week left for the summer term, and everyone on campus seems extremely busy. Here is what I found by observing people around me.The first person I observed in library was a female student sitting in front of computer and kept stretching her arms and body. Since it is almost the end of the summer term, I assume that she might feel really exhausted because there are so many tests and assignment needs to be due. Besides that, she was carrying a huge bag with lots of paper and textbooks thus I believe she might be really busy and had lots of review work to do.The second person I observed was a Asian male student in a Korean food restaurant. He was wearing a hat, with little carrying staff (probably only a wallet and his cell phone) and dressed in a casual style shirts. Since I was really stressful during that time, I assume that he may not take any classes during the summer term or maybe just finished one or more exams, which allows himself to take a break from any tense schedules. Additionally, he looked pretty relaxed when he was talking to the owner of the restaurant in their native language.The last person I observed was a old man in library. He was standing in from of the computer and check the Bb site for a long time. He was also carrying a huge school bag which looked huge and heavy for me. He was wearing a shirt which has lots of check patterns, but in dark and cold color. I assume that he might be a college student as well even though he looked old because he was checking the website and reading the books in front of the computer; sometimes he did take notes and his facial expression seemed really stressful and serious.

Reflection

My philosophy of fashion (maybe adornment) is that clothe or clothing is made the the purpose of keeping people warm. Personally I don’t have many strong sense of belief of fashion or adornment like other girls do; what I wear is just a simple T-shirt or jeans in spring and summer, and a sweater or coat in fall and winter. But I do concern about the color. I am a superstitious person, and I believe luck is one the most important component of success. Thus when I have to take any exams, I usually will wear yellow or white clothe because these two colors usually give me good luck. Some people may say that this is just a psychological effort which make you feel calm and bring you confidence. I will not deny that, but I think this is the why how “superstition”  works.

Learning Goal in the future

I mentioned several times that the choice of color has strong relationship with human emotion. I am not a psychology major student, but I’d like to study more on this topic. Besides color, I believe that the sense of fashion and adornment will be easily affect my community and the environment you are living. Once it is linked to human psychology, everything has different meaning but without a correct answer.

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