Professional Practice




What is my Professional Practice?
The past few weeks I have been looking into how to describe what my practice actually is. I have been finding it hard to describe because there are so many factors to it. I have done this word cloud below to help me pin point my specific practice. By just using one or two words, rather than a sentence, it has helped me see what is important and given me some clarity.





As you can see in my word cloud, not all the words necessarily connect to dance or the performing arts. This is because as I was creating it, I found that there were words I really wanted to include as they are part of my identity and they felt important to me. It made me realise that my practice is unique to me because I am unique, and all these factors that may not seem relevant, are relevant because they have shaped me to be who I am today. Therefore, it affects how I approach my professional practice. The knowledge I have gained from all my experiences in different aspects of my life is transferable. To be the best version of myself I need to continue learning from these experiences. (John Dewey, 1934) 

Word Cloud made on: 
https://www.wordclouds.com/

 Image from:
https://laughlifelene.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/make-education-great-again/
(Accessed 03/02/2020)

 References:
Dewey. J. (1934) Art as Experience, New York: The Berkley Publishing Group 

Comments

  1. Brontes blooming blog5 March 2020 at 13:32

    Hi Alys,

    I enjoyed looking at your very pretty word cloud. I'm a visual learner, so this helped me to connect to your blog.

    You're absolutely right in saying all of your skills are transferable. That's the beauty of the creative arts. I struggled to write down my professional practice in a sentence as well...but my mind map gave me some clarity.

    I hope your essay writing and diagram are going well. Send me an email if you ever need some support or just a chat... bronte.cudd91@gmail.com

    Bronte :)

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    1. Alys May-James10 March 2020 at 09:54

      Hi Bronte,
      Thanks for reading! Realising all these transferable skills we have is rather refreshing. I too found the word cloud helped give me some clarity because I had to be concise.
      Thank you!
      Alys x

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