In listening to “Bar Car Pophecy” I learned a lot about writer Rosie Schaap and her coming of age story. She was always much more mature than people her age, and she always felt comfortable taking the train from Westport, Connecticut into Manhattan. She was learning a lot about herself when she would come to the city, and she would meet with her physiatrist.

She went into a lot of descriptive detail when listening to her speak, she talked about the Metro North train being “dingy” and “dark”, and talking about men in a very masculine tone. Saying that they would come to and from work “buzzed”, when she was speaking I could really visualize what she was saying. After learning about her experience with the train, we learn about how she went to see someone, a fortune teller. In listening to the teller, she hears about her future and how she feels connected to the universe, and how she ponders about the future. She learned about other people’s futures as well.

After listening to the whole podcast it makes you think about the future, and how cards might help you find your future, I think the connection I can find to this is that being in school in New York is a mystery and every day is a new day, this city is never stopping and you will learn about something new. Also, at this age the future is exciting and scary. We all see, hear, and learn new things every day and that is what I am taking away from listening to this.

For my image I wanted to show a variety of dresses, instead of focusing on just one. The main dress I choose is the one in the middle to the left. It is black, and has this very cool and interesting pattern. The designer of the gown is Laquan Smith. He is a self-taught designer who learned to make patterns from his grandmother. His brand sore when Kim Kardashian wore that black dress. I believe that Laquan was chosen to be in this exhibit because when doing research on him, he came from nothing and made his way up. I feel like we hear stories about people in fashion because they have some sort of connection, and this guy started from the bottom and built his way to the top which I think is super amazing. The fashion industry is extremely competitive and I it is amazing when someone can do it on their own. I believe this whole exhibit was extremely inspiring. I believe that everyone has changed history when contributing their pieces to the exhibit. All of the pieces that I saw all interviewed together, which was super cool. They were all different but they had the same theme. There weren’t just pieces that were from two or three years ago, the exhibit was all the way from the 1950s. This exhibit was also a good way for African American designers to be acknowledged. I believe that sometimes they are not, and underrepresented. Overall though, the exhibit was amazing and I am super happy I had the opportunity to go.