Unit 05

Personally, I like simple adornments and colors, such as black and white. In my closet, basically all are black and white colors clothes and pants. To be specific, I always like wearing black jeans and white or black coat or T-shirt. I think I like the simplicity of the adornment is because of my value. I am a very straightforward and simple person, and I believe in that I directly express my true views shows my respect. Of course, sometimes I will keep some words when I think it may hurt others. Also, photograph is one of my important values, and it influences me a lot, especially for my taste of adornments. I like photographing very much in my spare life. I spent almost all the time on taking pictures, because I learned a lot from taking pictures. I was beginning to learn to take pictures in order to save some small details of my life of, and then I gradually found that I fell in love with the camera because I gain a sense of accomplishment from looking pictures I shot. Whenever I aftertaste my old photos, I will be very deeply felt own growth mood by comparing different mood of taking picture and admiring picture. As a non-art major student, I think art is a way of discovering and understanding of self. Gradually, I found myself from my pictures, and I realize that I love the way directly express my self and the way talking black and white photo. I like the way I express my self, and I am becoming more and more confident.

Recently, I love the fitness because I feel that a muscle man who represents the power and strength, so I basically wear very athletic. I think this is one of the biggest changes after I came to the US. In China, even though many people have begun to have a health conscious, but there are still a lot of people do not have the consciousness of working out. Before I came to the US, I thought that fitness is just running. I see lots of American students go to the gym every day, so I started to imitate them and I was surprised to find that I fall in love this way of life. I used to be slim, and always in black jeans and a white T-shirt. However, comparing to the past, I become stronger, and often wearing sporty clothes and pants. Of course, the also choose to wear jeans and T-shirt on the days I don’t work out. I like the change, because I think I have become more and more healthier and my attitude is very positive.

For now, my core belief is that actively choose to live with way making me to become stronger. I would like to say that living in the United States gives me a lot of differences, and I choose to love life and believe in myself. My family is the most important value in my life, because my family always provides me the greatest support. My parents are very amazing people, I think that I like the simple adornment is derived from them. My mother liked fashion, so she likes to wear a variety of beautiful clothes, but she basically dominated by black styles. This is because my mom’s personality is very low-key and pragmatic. My father is a businessman, so he basically wears a suit every day. My father always told me that he was wearing a suit every day in order to maintain his professional attitude as a businessman. I agree with the words of my father very much, and my father’s attitude has been affected me during my life.

For my peer community, I think the Chinese students and American students’ values of adornment are greatly different. For example, lots Chinese students like fashionable and fancy, they like to wear very expensive clothes and bags. American students’ value of adornment is diverse, and basically American students are more creative. For example, lots of American students have Tattoo and piercing, and they like using bright color to express themselves such purple or green hair color. However, lots Chinese students like fancy and fashionable stuff, such as Chanel and louis vuitton and so on. For me, I am deeply influenced by American working out person, because I like to dress like some athletic American students. Adornment is the reflection of the values of a person, so I believe in that it is the most beautiful as long as being yourself no matter what you are wearing.

Person one:

I chose a Chinese female student, and she was sating in Lillis Atrium and watching her iPhone. I think she may be waiting for her friend from class. She was carrying a blue bag pack, and the bag looks very heavy because full of stuff. At first glance, I think her style is athletic, because her adornment is simple and athletic. She was wearing a black T-shirt, black fitness pants and a pair of Nike shoes. Her outfit is common, but the Nike shoes look very fashionable and expensive. She was also wearing an eye-catching watch, and it looks very nice and stylish. According to her decorations, first, I think she likes sports and she is very healthy, because I think that she probably goes to the gym every day if a girl usually dressed as athlete. Secondly, I think she is interested in fashion. Although her outfits do not look very expensive, there are some details showing that she likes fashion, such as her fancy shoes and watch.

Person Two:

The second person I observed was a Chinese girl sitting next to the person one, and she is totally different with the person one. Her hair is black and straight, and it seems too she care very much about her hair. She wore a white sweater as a top, and it looks both stylish and expensive. Also, she was wearing a white dress and black high heels. I think that the girls should be like clean very much, because her clothes look very white. She looks very calm, and it seems she was thinking about something. I deliberately watched her bag, because her bag is the limited edition from Chanel. Therefore, I think that she is very concerned with their appearance. First, I think that people who like to wear white clothes normally have strong sense of self. Secondly, her outfits and decoration are expensive and fashionable, so I think she is a relatively care about other people’s opinion about her.

Person Three:

The third person I chose is an American guy. He and his friends were siting on the chairs and discussing problems. They are dressed in suit, and he looks very nervous. It seems that he would have a speech later. He dressed in black suit and red tie. His suit looked very clean and very trim. I feel that he seems have been well kept his suit. His shoes are very bright and well kept. He looks like a very professional businessman. I think he is a very detail-oriented person. First, his decorations are carefully prepared, so I think he care about her appearance. Secondly, from his red tie, and I think he might want to attract the eyes of others from his speech. Overall, I think he has professional and great attitude, whether from the outside or look inside, because he was very seriously prepare for the upcoming presentation.