Bruce's+social+issue



I chose censorship as my social issue for this project. I chose this because I believe censorship in America needs to ease up a bit. Videos on the Internet and shows on TV are all works of art created by people who have something to say. Certain things such as curse words are censored on these shows and videos to “protect” the youth of America. This takes away from the creators First Amendment as a U.S. citizen. As a person who enjoys using their creative skills to write and produce videos, I am personally connected to this subject. One problem I had with this project was that my clay figure kept getting broken. Whether it was from the kiln or just from accidentally dropping it, it was always broken. The first time my figure broke I simply glued it back together. The second time was more difficult because it was broken into several smaller pieces that couldn’t be glued back together. So I decided to play it off as though my figure is dismembered and is being censored. I don’t think that my project is successful in persuading the audience to my point of view. I think this because my project is lacking some things that show my standing point on the topic. One thing about my project that isn’t working is my figure. My figure is dismembered and doesn’t make very much sense when it comes to the subject of censorship. If I had a chance to do this project again I think that I would pick a different social issue.