I mean something from my lies that surprised me at the end was how everything is materialistic , I feel like I’m chasing people thinking all my stuff is cool. Why didn’t I lie about things that matter? Not just a car. #hwa6 #partonereflection
I learned about truth is that it can be subjective, my truth won’t fit someone’s description of how I am. I feel like I do it with my friends if I tell em a truth they don’t believe it bc it’s me? Idk that’s what I learned. #hwa6 #partonereflection
One thing I found easy was how easily I can exaggerate parts of my life and make it seem like I actually like the things I don't like. #hwa6 #partonereflection
I learned that performance isn't just an act but how you do the act and distortion means like stretching the truth to make it seem more dramatic than it should be. It showed that truth isn't always clear and that it really depends on how you say it. #hwa6 #partonereflection
#hwa6 #partonereflection One lie that exposed that was my one about being smarter than the professor. But somewhere out there is a student who knows more than their prof.
#hwa6 #partonereflection I learned that its all about confidence. A confident lie is better than a highly crafted one. But also that lies are often rooted in truth. I thought there was no way anything I wrote would be nonfiction but thinking about it deeper I found otherwise.
#hwa6 #partonereflection I learned that performance doesn't inherently mean it's all an act or made up of lies, but rather it's just another way to spin a story, which I think makes sense since lies typically stem from a truth that's been twisted to play a character or role.
what surprised me most is how easily exaggeration still felt believable. it exposed that truth isn’t about being exact, it’s about what people accept as real in the moment. #hwa6 #partonereflection
i learned that “performance” (like schechner’s twice-behaved behavior) means even truth is something we repeat and stage, not just express. distortion isn’t separate from truth, it’s built into how we present it. #hwa6 #partonereflection
What surprised me the most was how I placed “best soccer player” closer to the middle. That made me realize I still see those as possible versions of myself not totally fake, I won't say it is doable but it definitely can happen if I focused more on it which was interesting. #hwa6 #partonereflection
For me when I exaggerated things about myself, it felt like it stopped being about "me" the truth. And became more like a different version of "me". I found out that it is easy to shift from reality into fiction without barely even noticing. #hwa6 #partonereflection
#hwa6 #partonereflection I learned that performance focuses more on how he relays the information, and distortion breaks apart the truth in a way that makes it more dramatic. I felt surprised when I was typing my dog playing basketball, which added a distortion factor and sense of drama.
#hwa6 #partonereflection I thinn im most surprised by how much i struggled to come up with lies when the prompt was so encouraging of absurdity. may of my lies were close to reality, playing it safe. even tho i didnt need to play it safe
#hwa6 #partonereflection My performance largely revolved around distorted facts. hwa6 describes how performances can largely be centered around some version of truth. this weeks lecture also emphasizes that the context which accompanies the performance is intertwined with the perception of truth.
Something unsettling about my lies was that I wasn't able to create anything entirely on my own. I had to warp reality in order to lie, though it took you explaining it fr me to see it, not that it is kinda unsettling. #hwa6 #partonereflection
I learned that distortion can be mistaken for truth. For example, the lies we created were often distortions of reality (truth). And in DJT's post, we learned that performance can often be seen as a declaration. #hwa6 #partonereflection
i learned about how there is really always some truth to every lie you may say. lies usually come from some prior knowledge about the world. lies can be seen as mini truths that represent different groups, but become lies when being say by those who it doesn't apply to #hwa6 #partonereflection
I learned about performance as being a presentation and distortion as still having some truth to it. Am I lie about my memory being bad, I am a survivor of a traumatic brain injury, my memory is absolutely horrible. #hwa6 #partonereflection
That despite lying and distorting something, there’s always a little bit of truth and honesty in everything. That translation is understood in different ways even if is a joke. The example I said about AI salt water is one as AI banks use fresh water instead of salt. #hwa6 #partonereflection
to be stronger than the average person. #hwa6 #partonereflection
When I wrote the lie about lifting the car to find my lip balm, it didn’t feel false. I think I’m kinda strong. But I obviously just exaggerated it based on “I WISH I WAS THAT STRONG”. this also made me think how we reveal something about ourselves even when we lie, weirdly. #hwa6 #partonereflection
#hwa6 #partonereflection in part one i started seeing lies less as fake and more like distorted truths. like they come from something real in you, just translated differently depending on who you’re talking to. that kind of made me realize we’re always editing ourselves a little.
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what i learned so far:
1) lies come from some semblance of truth
2)we translate ourselves depending on our audiences
i noticed that I was deliberately absurd with all my lies. It felt safer to be aburd.
It made me think of the Black Mirror episode “Nosedive” because people present perfect exaggerated versions of themselves that start to feel real. My lies were similar since they came from real parts of my life, but were pushed to extremes #hwa6 #partonereflection
I learned that performance shapes how truth is understood and that exaggeration can distort real experiences. Even if something is not true how it is presented can make it feel believable. What surprised me was how lies hold some truth. #hwa6 #partonereflection
tone,way of communication changes the message. being asked to lie in a manner of mimicking someone else distorts self and allows you to say unusual things. one of my lies is that my dog ran away to a millionaire, that they held him for ransom he actually did run to a mansion #hwa6 #partonereflection
#hwa6 #partonereflection this in particular did expose and unsettled me, as I was actively trying to lie and stay away yet something true still slipped
#hwa6 #partonereflection I mentioned this earlier but the whole aspect of universal healthcare and socially benefiting policies were real to me and my beliefs, even if the persona I was putting on was mean to be as comical and far away from who I actually am as a person
#hwa6 #partonereflection I found that one the idea of always translating for ourselves also stuck out, as even within my own threads of lies through this activity, there was moments of truth I didn’t realize would slip out
#hwa6 #partonereflection something I learned about performance, distortion, and truth would be that there’s a little bit of each involved with one another. For instance Ashley mentions how the platform is the content in part one, and I found myself truly realizing this in our activity
