![]() This is the logo of a startup incubator where I launched my first company, Threading Twine. As a $42K donor to the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, a hair donor to the Little Princess Trust, and promoter of LGBTQ+ equality, he has motivated me to be a more public activist instead of internalizing my beliefs. Despite conveying my fangirl-y infatuation with Harry Styles’ boyband, One Direction, for me Styles embodies an artist-activist who uses his privilege for the betterment of society. Bought in seventh grade and transferred from my old laptop, this sticker is torn but persevering with layers of tape. “ Lol ur not Harry Styles,” upper left corner. We don’t have the typical “I hate you, don’t talk to me” siblinghood (although occasionally it would be nice to get away from him) we’re each other’s best friends. He brings out my goofy side, but also helps me think rationally when I am overwhelmed. My 13-year-old brother often sends his messages with the poop emoji ‘echo effect,’ so whenever I open a new message from him, hundreds of poops elegantly cascade across my screen. TED gives me the opportunity to help other youth understand new perspectives, by exposing them to the diversity of Austin where culture is created, not just consumed. As a result, I’ve become more open-minded and appreciative of unconventional lifestyles. For years I’ve been interested in the street artists and musicians in downtown Austin who are so unapologetically themselves. A rectangular black and red sticker displaying the theme of the 2017 event. Design means more to me than just branding and marketing it gives me the opportunity to experiment with texture, perspective, and contrast, helping me refine my professional style. I’ve spent entire weekends designing websites and social media graphics for my companies. Today my primary engagement with art is through design. Art has been a constant for me for as long as I can remember. These stickers make for an untraditional first impression at a meeting or presentation, but it’s one I’m proud of. Each sticker is a stamp, representing a place I’ve been, a passion I’ve pursued, or community I’ve belonged to. It is plastered with stickers all over the outside, inside, and bottom. But for now, here’s that “Laptop Stickers” essay, so you can more clearly see what I mean by a montage and thread. A place? An art form? A hobby? We’ll explore an exercise in a bit that can help you do so. There are virtually infinite things that could work as a thematic thread to tie your montage together. Each sticker connected to different values and experiences. The sample essay below (“Laptop Stickers”) was written by a student who collected stickers on her laptop. So I need to have something that threads the pieces together. Think of it this way: if I just had a paragraph on growing up in Latin America, speaking of which religion, speaking of which literature is important to me, speaking of which… you’re going to feel understandably confused. If you’re going to build a montage, you need to find a way to make the different experiences you’ll use feel connected. ![]() And you can use this technique for your essay to tell a larger story about you. You get the idea.Ī few images work together to tell a larger story. Instead, we see: one surprises the other at work, probably with flowers they walk through the park they dance in the rain they pass an engagement ring store. Take the classic “falling in love” montage, commonly used in romantic comedies. In filmmaking, the montage effect is used to condense space and time so that information can be delivered in a more efficient way. It’s a technique that involves using separate elements (pictures, words, music, etc.) to create a new whole. Montage is something you’ve likely all encountered before, but some may not be familiar with the word itself.
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