In Class Brainstorm: Rankine Imitation
Google definitions of "identity"

the fact of being who or what a person or thing is.

and

the characteristics determining who or what a person or thing is.

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For the brainstorm:

First list as many specific facets of your identity as you can-- keep it brief, but detailed.

Pick two.

Then for both, list as many specific experiences related to that identity as you can. Same thing: brief but detailed.

Then pick one of these (you can always change course later) and brainstorm the following:

What do I want to "teach" the reader about this facet of my identity and my experience?

What do I want to argue? What do I want them to understand?

What details might I use to do so?

Post the results of your brainstorm here ten minutes before the end of class (840, 940, or 1040).

My Answers

My identities:
Male, international student, once a digital artist, Asian, no beliefs(religions), a computer science major, single child. 

Two identities:

Digital artist: 
Ever since I find a “comic tutorial” at the age of 10,  I was charmed to start creating anime works on paper. When I attended middle school, I began creating my works on a drawing tablet and was capable to sell customized works as others requested. However, I was being picked and laughed at by my peers (since anime was a minor interest at that time). I also receive pressure from parents, since the artist is never a profitable nor a stable career. Therefore, I have to give it up due to such pressures.

International student:
When I first came to the US as a High School student. I was hit by the Cultural Shock: I was afraid that I might offend others unconsciously. As a result, I was exhausted to act like what others expected me to be, while I consider every whisper I could hear as gossips about me.

What I trying to teach from my identities is that we do not necessarily meet others' expectations (and for most of the time they might not have it). Only ignore those gossips and opinions from others, while insisting on our enthusiasm, can we finally succeed.

The details I want to use would be how regretful I was once I gives up what I was good at, also interested in. In addition, my joy and relief after I Finally choose to ignore others’ thoughts would also vivid my story.

Rough Rankine Imitation Vignettes

Tracing back to 10 years ago, an national art companionship has been held within your middle school. During that period, an art teacher you never knew came to you. I highly recommend you to join the companionship, since you might be the best among most of your classmates, she said, even though she might never see one single art of yours. Perhaps, she says those words to any student she met during the day, attempting to find more students to join the events. However, you decided to attend. Further, rather than drawing simple and childish panda bears, you decided to show your actual arts, using all techniques you ever learned—human figures, the depth of field, as well as other ones that you had practiced for ages.

In Class Visual Rhetoric Brainstorm: Rankine Imitation
First, find a partner.
Take 5ish minutes to summarize for your partner the following
The identity and perspective you're using for your Rankine imitation
The experiences you're exploring
What you'd like your reader to understand/feel through reading your piece
Then, in writing, summarize the following (10-15 minutes). When you're finished, post it here. 
What art object/rhetorical object/person/etc. will you focus on and analyze for your imitation of section II? Remember this thing should in some way be relevant to your identity and experience.
What would you like to say about this thing?
How is it relevant to your experience?
Finally, use the Internet to find at least one relevant piece of visual rhetoric for your piece. We'll talk about citations on Friday: this image can be anything you deem rhetorically useful for your piece. Post that image here, as well as a brief explanation for why you chose it. 

My Answers

I’m going to describe a friend that I met online. Dramatically, she had nearly the same experience as me: she started her career as an artist by reading the same anime art guide at a youth age. Likewise, during her college time, she was forced to learn to account since her parents consider any occupations associated with art as unstable and less profitable works. However, instead of giving up and becoming an accountant, she left her home and insisted on being an art major. Now she got a stable(Dream) job that creates illustrations for advertisements.