My time in room 170 has offered me so many things: friendship, community, expression, and entertainment. Its given me a venue to produce art outside the guidelines and restrictions of an assigned project. It has left me with bits and pieces of sincere wisdom from a man that has experienced so many places and human beings.
But the most important idea that this class has taught me is that to fully understand myself, I must understand from where I came and where I’ve been. Places shape the inhabitants within them whether it's their attitude, personality, or creativity. Every song and every era of music we’ve covered has taken us to a new destination where the society, geography, and way of life influences the artists and the music they create. Like the delta is to Muddy Waters or Oceanside is to Tony, I can fully understand how my home (Topanga) and experiences within it has molded me into the individual you all have encountered this semester.
As I am shaped by the places I've been I know I will forever be affected by my time in room 170, sitting around the campfire, singing songs of places far away, yet feeling close to home...
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