WOA Project Blog

After completing the work of art project, I am starting to make connections between taking an ordinary experience and making it more interesting by adding just a few adjustments. For example, I chose to focus on the experience of cleaning my apartment. Although seemingly mundane, when spiced up it can be quite the experience. It's a time to let go of all the stress from the work day and transform into "Susie Homemaker" as I like to call it. Putting on an old shirt, shorts and bandana, playing some music and letting loose all make cleaning house more than a chore. In the same token, small details can be taken into consideration in the classroom as well. The other day I had a lesson in my class, and later I thought if I had just changed the seating chart around it could have created a little more opportunity for collaboration, and ultimately the lesson would have been a bit more lively. I was never able to see the importance of the small details; I thought that something so little probably doesn't matter. I'm starting to see now that the little details make all the difference.