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I choose this blog because I also interesting about this lecture-the culture sustainability lecture by John Lau. And I am Japanese, so I want to look up how non-Japanese think about this Japanese culture. And I want to know about what and how original picture (seen from the Western perspective) and picture flipped sideways (seen from the Japanese perspective) are seem and think differently. The key point is from Japanese picture The Great Wave Off Kanagawa by Hokusai Katsushika from original picture and pictures from the Japanese perspective, those have a different meaning, and also in the lecture, John Lau pointed out one simple thing could be to do differ depending on the culture and person. And I like the quotation from Lau said: “challenging yourself,.. weather you are seeing is a true representation of what it is intended form.”  From this quote, I quite understand the Western perspective and Japan (Asian) perspective but I am not sure because of Western perspective, the waves are coming from left to right, so it seems like the fisherman are riding the waves because I’ve only seen the original image before and I already have strong image and meaning. I want to say my opinion, original picture and picture seen from a Japanese perspective are all same feelings, those 23 fishermen are riding a boat and the waves are almost crashing into the fisherman even Japanese culture is read from right to left and Western culture is read from left to right. Because the waves are too powerful and the way to use colours are showing distance and the size of waves, boats, human, and mount Fuji are different. And advice is next time when you say some opinion, try to make two more opinions or examples because there is more point to talk about and show out. In conclusion, the key point from this blog is John Lau pointed out interpreted differently on Western culture and Japanese culture.

My better lives theme, collaboration has influenced my project outcome because even I am a student, I can learn skills from my partner such as my family in this project and I think I had great communication with my partner. When I do my project, my family never interfered but in this case tole me an idea and support me, argue with me and feedback to me, have a conversation is a better way to understand each other and make a good project together. I do not want to have a human problem during collaboration, and I wish we improve together, we discuss together and consent all work. So now, I cannot collaborate with another different course student, but I can collaborate with family so make sure we are having fun and make a zine for my Fashion Spread class. And for me, my personal development has to be agreeableness, openness, and neuroticism, and I think those skills will become improve during make project. For example, during work with partner or making project, we always improve and learn from other’s work and find out what sources I can use in the future, and also in a lecture said to look for combinations of previous ideas and improve on them. So, this is a part of the thing that I influenced from Better Lives lecture. And openness. I think openness means transparency from collaboration lecture. If I want to debate with a partner, it has to be open and discuss, and sometimes tell feedback to each other. Last one, neuroticism. I am not sure this is a correct word, but I want to say remember why do not miss our goal. Taking note and get a structure to help myself. And If I can choose the partner, I will choose who work hard and who is good to communicate with. So now, I have to learn and improve this skill so in the future, I can be a great collaboration partner.

As a Fashion Styling and Production student, we have to do research, concept, development, and styling for the project, or and collaboration with other people, that is the responsibility of fashion stylist and I found a strong connection from Better Lives lecture. I like the words from Walter Lippman said in collaboration slide, “When all think alike, then no one is thinking” Because this is the hardest thing to solve during collaboration, but independence and transparency can solve this quote. Independence is important because I think people have to think individual first to make ideas and speak out when we start doing collaboration so people cannot think alike and work like a robot, and another word transparency, this means feedback and discussion and debate should be open, so everyone has the responsibility of joining in the group. And now, let’s talk about how collaboration can change the styling. First of all, why collaboration is important because collaboration can support each other, such as collaboration with photographer, famous model, singer, brands, designer, hair makeup, makeup and more and more and also sharing ideas. But it is hard to collaborate with people because all people have different thinking and all people do not agree one thing or people doubt other people’s work, so how can we solve that situation? It is transparency, trust. So, the main question, why collaboration is important for fashion styling? I think it is because collaboration can use other skills from other professional and it can make personal connections to the future, and this Better Lives lecture taught me to trust people who will go to work with and discussion if I want to debate. To be open mind, do not be scared to speak out and trying my best to work together, think together, always remembering Why and do some meaningful and life-changing experiences in the collaboration project in the future.

Collaboration is most influenced by my thinking than other lectures because as a fashion media student, collaboration is the most important skill to learn and use it during group work. But first of all, I want to talk about collaboration and teamwork. Collaboration is thinking together and respects the opinions of others. Teamwork is everyone coming together for one outcome. Those two vocabularies are looks the same, but we have to understand meaning clearly and work with people. I learn 6 skills in collaboration such as participation, collective, transparency, independence, persistence, and emergence. Those kills are useful, but transparency, emergence and persistence are most influenced by lecture. Easy way to explain transparency is trust, during the collaboration we have to trust each other and each other’s work too, the main thing of collaboration is working together to solve a problem or to achieve a goal, so no matter what I have to or everyone has to trust and support each other in the group work. And second, emergence means remembering why, why is always reminding goal. Last one persistence is the more the better and look for combinations of previous ideas and improve on them. The more the better mean for me is do not be satisfied, never enough, never. Think more other ways to improve our works. But the hardest thing is people look like thinking but no one is thinking. This happened in class and I had experienced that situation before. When I first time works with other students I was asking students to think project and proposal to the group but everyone was quiet even I suggested plan, so not only learn those skills, we have to get used it and be a great collaboration with people. In the lecture said a great collaboration can be a meaningful and life-changing experience. Therefore, those 6 skills are influenced by my thinking.