{"id":286,"date":"2019-05-15T08:15:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T13:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/?p=286"},"modified":"2021-10-20T08:48:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T13:48:43","slug":"positive-thinking-dont-fake-it-til-you-make-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/admissions\/positive-thinking-dont-fake-it-til-you-make-it\/","title":{"rendered":"You don’t have to fake it \u2018til you make it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There\u2019s truth (and science!) behind people saying that positive thinking makes you feel better when you\u2019re stressed out or in a slump. But sometimes the advice that \u201cyou should be more positive\u201d doesn\u2019t help when you\u2019re already stuck in your head and feeling alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These feelings are what graphic design students, Sundilynn, Cathy, Ivanna, Alecia and Emily, tackled this spring semester in an interactive art piece. Their mission? Shining a light on students\u2019 emotional health. They wanted their classmates to know that they didn\u2019t have to fake being happy because they weren\u2019t the only ones with negative feelings, and that they wouldn\u2019t (and shouldn\u2019t) be alone in working through them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supportive and\npositive thinking is the heart of UML\u2019s culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It all started with an assignment for the class, Form and Content (ARTS.2010) with Prof. Jennifer Houle. The students were tasked with creating a public art piece, and they decided to install the art in the gazebo on South Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They wanted to draw attention to everything<\/em> college students go through on a daily basis and to help spread positivity around campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The gazebo on South Campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It starts with a\nsingle thought<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The center of this art project is a piece of plexiglass\nshaped like a brain. Sundilynn, Cathy, Ivanna, Alecia and Emily then carved\nwords into the plexiglass brain. Some of the phrases they cut into the\nplexiglass were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n