Ava Goodman

I am Ava Goodman, a DLab student. My passions and interests are always changing as I learn more about myself and the world around me. The one thing I have always had an interest in, and one of the only things that has constantly stayed on my t-popper is nature. Throughout my life, any free time I had was spent outside, whether that was just in my backyard or camping with my family. Over my past immersion, (human)nature, I explored ways one can do good for themselves by being in nature. I expressed this learning through the informative writing piece above that was later added to the field guide our immersion created. Despite all my time in nature, its effects on the brain and body were something I never truly thought about before. I knew it must have some effects due to the fact that I noticed a change in myself while outside, I tended to be able to focus more, calm down easier, and generally be in the moment easier while outside. Until this immerison I never truly paused to think about why this happened. In my research, I discovered environmental psychology, or the study of how people are affected by the physical environment around them, and instantly fell in love. Before I knew it It had been hours and I had compiled pages of notes on the effects of nature and our environments on the human body and mind. This project inspired me to dig deeper into things I never would have thought about before and help me learn new ways to do good by being in or around nature.

Avery Anderson

My name is Avery Anderson. I am a YLab student at One Stone’s Lab51. My why statement is “to live with my heart and experiment with life to help others do rad things.” Last spring I started rock climbing with the goal in mind to summit Devil’s tower. While training I fell in love with the rock climbing community. This past summer my climbing partner and I summited Devil’s Tower with 2 pioneers of crack climbing. It was an honor to hear about their stories and have the privilege to climb with them. This climb inspired my YLab project. My digital artifact is a picture of Devil’s Tower, which represents the work I have been focusing on for the past few months. I am now working with the Boise climbing community to use climbing to help cope with grief. I have conducted several interviews and am actively researching potential issues to design for that are related to climbing and well-being. I have felt closer to my community through this project and feel honored to be able to use a passion and love of mine for good in the Boise community.

Baylee Stockdale

Aloneness.

I am walking down my usual route, down the long gravel driveway, turning left onto the ditch bank, looking over the farmland. My grandparents’ land is very peaceful to be in, so much open space. So much room for thinking. A place to embody aloneness.

Others view aloneness as being lonely, in despair of human connection. I believe that aloneness is individuality, embracing the uncomfortability of independence. It’s hard to be alone with yourself, with your mind, your surroundings, your physical body. But it’s a gateway of awareness. If you allow yourself to just think. To just process every thought that comes into your mind --- you could get somewhere. Some clarity. But, it’s not that easy. You have to start somewhere. Nature is a great vessel for this practice. 

As I’m walking, listening to my feet touch the ground over and over again, I start to notice thoughts come up. Random thoughts, ideas for the day, questioning thoughts, thinking how cold it’s going to be out here. As I get to the barn, I watch the cows stand in front of me, staring. I submerge into their big black eyes. Wondering what they ponder. They live everyday the same, fed at the same hour, by the same person, in the same bucket, standing in the same fields, day after day. Till they are no longer living. --- Is that what my life is? I hope not.

Starting that practice of being alone begins with physically being by yourself. No distractions that will bring you back to regular reality. That means no phone, no people you know, nothing but you and your mind. Sounds scary, but trust me it’s worth your time. 

Find yourself somewhere in nature. That could be as easy as your backyard, your neighborhood park, your favorite walking trail, or go for a ten minute drive and see where it takes you. 

I keep walking down the ditch bank, passing the barn, the spot where I would catch tadpoles with my siblings. All these childhood memories are popping up. I can just sense the comfort I have here. Knowing that I once walked on this exact ditch bank thinking totally different thoughts, having different worries, dreaming different dreams. This is comforting, because I know that I have experienced enough to see this ditch bank differently.

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My name is Baylee and I’m a YLab student at One Stone. I have a strong passion for art, advocacy, leadership, creation, and empathy. I cultivate deeper connections to feel more human so that I can become my authentic self and bring together humanity. That is my WHY statement. It has shaped the experiences I’ve gone through. And represents my identity, and gives me room to grow and evolve. I value authenticity, vulnerability, independence, and growth through clarity. This artifact relates to my WHY in a special way. Over the past few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to go outside of my comfort zone. By going out in nature and reflecting. I have attained a deeper connection with myself and the ground I am standing on. This includes hiking in the foothills and reading short written pieces about the connection of the mind and nature, and different relationships people can have with the natural world. As a part of my experience I created a written piece focusing on the importance of aloneness. Using nature within this reflection practice, I wrote about how I have embodied my aloneness while in nature, by focusing on my childhood memories and my appreciation for my grandparents’ farm. I showed the connection I felt with a piece of land and how it’s helped me achieve self awareness. Asking myself what I notice about the landscape, and the beauty it holds, while inspiring others to do the same. Doing Good in the world is very important to me. You can do good for your community by simply doing small acts of kindness, supporting those around you, speaking up for someone, inspiring others, expressing your authentic self, and more! In this artifact I am being vulnerable through my writing and giving an example of how important it is to embrace your aloneness and how to appreciate nature. I have shown the connection I have with a piece of land through the memories of my childhood and have helped others find appreciation for nature in their own ways. I have thought back to my heart break map that I created this summer, and those issues have lived in my day to day. Just during my time in this immersion I have reflected on equality, discrimination, climate change, mental health, and more. Using writing to dissect and reflect on these issues to inspire others has been a goal of mine. I am passionate about challenging myself, understanding and exploring my creative mind, and being able to express myself through my artwork and writing. I hope that my written artifact from my (Human)Nature Immersion inspires and guides others to spend some time journaling alone in nature. Do it for you, embody your aloneness!

Beau Streeby

Hi, my name is Beau. I am a student at One Stone, and I have a voice! My vision statement is “Evolution Within Me.” Within the first year at One Stone my passions have evolved from dance, to art, to fashion, and finally to politics. Don't get me wrong, I'm still passionate about these, but the recent 2020 election has lit a fire within me. My artifact is a patriotic Santa ornament which is a reflection of my time spent in the immersion, Election 2020. During this immersion, I got to fully understand so many different aspects of politics. For so long I have been ashamed of the flag that flew in the air of our country. Understanding the purpose of politics and people's vote has allowed me to realize how important our democracy is. This ornament represents my passion for becoming a political figure, advocating for human rights. It means so much to me to make a difference in people's lives, and I feel I can really accomplish this through politics. I look at figures like Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, and I dream of making a difference like they all have. With this election it has made me understand the depth of world issues like LGBTQ+ rights, BLM, and gender equality. Just simply talking and bringing awareness to these topics affects people. It makes people think and talk. It can inspire others to do what they are passionate about, and what they think they should advocate for. Over these past 10 weeks, I have truly discovered what I am passionate about and what my purpose for the world is. I am so excited for what's to come. This time has shown me how vital I am to society and that I can truly make a great difference.

Benita Blue

My name is Benita Blue and I’m a Y Lab student. I’m passionate about art and music and I want to pursue a career in graphic design and I hope someday to work on magazines about art and music. This year has been one of the worst and best years I’ve experienced. I’ve grown as a person, but because of challenges I never thought I’d face, I remember moments of dread laying alone in my room just unable to picture a future where things are okay again. I’ve struggled through college applications and hundreds of video meetings that made me miss the closeness and warmth of human companionship without the fear of sickness. I’ve also witnessed the true strength of community in my in-person immersions. Through the effort put into developing those experiences and keeping each other safe, I felt supported and will forever value that time. For me, one of the constants in my life has always been music. I’ve played piano, guitar, and other instruments for almost my whole life and have always connected with it as a cathartic outlet. This year, especially, I’ve relied on music for support through things that I felt I couldn't quite articulate. Through the pain of an unhealthy relationship to the uncertainty of a loneliness that I couldn't shake, I felt seen through someone else’s poetry. Of course, in the happier times, I found myself listening to music a lot too, but it just seems to hit deeper when I’m experiencing hardship- lyrics feel deeper and the emotion feels more raw. Because of my connection to music, I decided to create a mixtape as my artifact. I’ve been making mixtapes a lot this year and it’s something I really enjoy so I decided to create a mix of songs that I feel have helped me the most this year. With the limited amount of time you have on a physical tape, it becomes a challenge to choose which songs I want on it. My vision for this mixtape is simply to make something tangible about my experience in 2020, like a time capsule. I plan on putting photos or drawings on the tape cover to also add to that idea of a time capsule.Here are some of the songs I added: The Queen of Hearts- Ezra Furman Where the Skies are Blue- The Lumineers Landside- Fleetwood Mac Here Comes the Sun Again- M. Ward Psych Ward- Okay Kaya Each of these songs are important because they are attached to memories that I really love and not specifically about the lyrics. I often find myself listening to these songs and remembering times with people or times where I felt at peace. Other songs I added because they simply just make me happy, which I think is just as important as some deep meaning or poetic interpretation because sometimes you just need to hear something that feels good.

Brady Harbison

During my Land+Scape+Water+Color immersion, I was struck by the inspiration to do something far out of my comfort zone. I have never enjoyed crafts, in fact, I hated them. I thought I might as well try again, and to my immense surprise, I enjoyed painting profusely. I was messing around with watercolors, and found a really interesting technique that created something I liked. Usually, I am very self conscious about my art, but for once, I looked at my creation with fondness. Throughout the course of my immersion I went in search of amazing colors outdoors, that I could try and paint. At this point, I wasn’t sure at all how I could make an artifact of learning. I was also wondering how I could use my newfound technique to do good in the community. Luckily for me, I came up with an idea that solves both problems.
I got the inspiration to film a tutorial from the GOAT himself, the late great Bob Ross. I have always loved to watch his painting tutorials, and thought that I should try and make a painting tutorial. I knew going into it, that it wouldn’t even compare to Bob Ross, but I still tried to make it as helpful as I could. You may be wondering, how is this going to help with good in the community? I know I am very bored during quarantine. I am always looking to do something even somewhat productive. I thought that if I sent my video out, people would be able to replicate my art, and find something to do. I find that this painting technique is a great way to kill time. It can take anywhere from 5 minutes to 2 hours, it all depends on how many you want to make. I highly recommend trying this at home when you are bored.

Bria Eaton

Hello, my name is Bria Eaton and I am a second year DLabber at Lab 51. Going into this project, I kept my vision statement: Embodying peaceful acceptance of all beings, as my leading point. My artifact reflects that in order to be there for others, I need to be there for myself. When I accept who I am and my intentions, it creates a chain of acceptance to the people around me. I’ve always been a person who often puts others before myself and while sometimes it is a good thing, these last few months I’ve experienced the downfall of this. I wasn’t giving myself anytime to check in with myself or focus on me. With my mental health worsening, this created huge challenges and barriers I had never experienced before. One day I realized this - I spend the most amount of time with myself. Not only that, but I was giving the person I’m around the most the least amount of effort. I decided to begin to start treating myself as my best friend, rather than my biggest enemy. This switch made me realize I need to implement a consistent daily act of good, to make sure I am prioritizing myself at some point of the day. It felt really good to start this and the very first day I noticed a difference in my overall energy and mood. Not only that, but being there for others became an easier and more fulfilling time for me. I had already tended to my needs so I could focus on the people around me. Doing for good ourselves can ultimately create even more good for those around us.

Brooklyn Waters

I am Brooklyn Waters and am an XLab student at One Stone. I am passionate about providing service to people in need, in any way possible. I’ve grown up volunteering in the community and have discovered that I often put myself in the shoes of others so that I can fully advocate for them. Some of my special interests include helping homeless teens and those who go to bed hungry. As my artifact, I’m sharing a picture of an experience I had volunteering. This specific experience was volunteering with a local nonprofit organization to help fill holiday food baskets for the families that could not afford to buy groceries for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.This experience was eye opening for me to say the least. I went into the center to volunteer with my family and we were given baskets with pictures of these little kids faces on them with instructions of how much of each grocery item to put in the basket, based on the size of their family. Being able to see the faces of these kids brought it into perspective that we were giving these kids a holiday dinner. A holiday dinner with family is something many of us take for granted. Many of us don’t realize the impact that we can have on someone else’s life, whether it is providing a holiday meal or saying hello to a stranger. I want to bring awareness to the things we take for granted; those who suffer from homelessness or families who struggle to get by often don’t have the funds or ability to make a warm meal for their families or provide that comfortable feeling of home that most of us have grown used to. Covid has disrupted the way I provide service. Pre-covid, I typically dress up and scare kids on Halloween, my family volunteers at Giraffe Laugh when opportunities open up, and we make food baskets for folks during Thanksgiving. This year, we haven’t done those things, out of caution and to keep people safe. However, I had the opportunity to help parents in the community by working on the Xlab Extravaganza. I prefer to serve the way I did pre-covid, but I’m grateful that we’re able to work to serve in covid-safe ways as part of my education at Lab51.

Cade Tofanelli

Hello, my name is Cade and I am in my second year at One Stone. I like fishing, spending time with my dogs, and watching movies with friends. My vision statement is “Live life to the fullest and go against the current.” I have dreams of being a fishing guide one day. For my Be the Good project I decided to do a collage. This is my first time ever doing an art piece for a school project, and I gotta say, I’d like to do a lot more. For my art project I wanted to show how I feel during COVID-19 restrictions, and how chaotic things can be. During chaotic times, I tend to live in my own head to protect myself from what happens around me. I still don't really know if this is a bad thing or a good thing, I guess it all depends on how you look at it. I feel like a lot of people do the same thing - they play video games and stuff to get away from reality. This image represents me daydreaming. The collaged images at the bottom are from a forest that was burned down. It represents some of the chaos I feel like is around me. To be the good means to do good things, like helping friends and people in general. I feel like I have done that these last few weeks. I check in with friends I have lost contact with, and I have been engaging in our Love of Learning both here at One Stone and at the Boys and Girls Club. When I am with kids, I can see myself in them and it reminds me of when things were simple. I hope this artifact gives people a sense of understanding of what it can be like with empty thoughts. I think I am trying to inspire a sense of understanding in others. That is OK to have empty thoughts, sometimes you don't have things to think about and that’s alright. I think it’s really important for people to reach out to old friends - a lot of people are going through a hard time. The most important thing right now is to have someone to lean on.

Caden Chorlog

My name is Caden Chorlog, I’m an entrepreneur, and I’m in my first year with Lab51. To me, doing good means making people happy. For my artifact, I’m choosing to share a photo of a Halloween event that we put together, which made people happy. During my first immersive learning experience at One Stone, our group chose to work on how to make a COVID-safe Halloween event for younger kids in the Treasure Valley. After a little bit of ideation, we decided to make a Halloween carnival. We organized ourselves into four groups, and each one designed their own activity booth. My group decided to make a skee-ball game, but without the ramp. We called it “Jack-O-Lantern Jackpot.” We even made a little funnel that would distribute the candy directly into the kid’s bag. After we finished designing the event, we had to get the word out. I designed a webpage on the One Stone website for rsvps. Our marketing strategy was a success! When kids started arriving on the day of the event, we all smiled. We had a great time playing with the kids and giving them loads of candy! What doing good means to me, is making people happy. Solving problems that make people smile and socialize with others is just a heartwarming experience. With the Halloween event, I saw dozens of happy kids chatting with their friends and just having and all around good time! That is what good means to me.

Calvin Udall

My name is Calvin, and I’m in YLab at Lab51. Much of my time at One Stone has been spent working with animals: surveying rattlesnakes, writing care guides, and studying the Chytrid frog fungus. One of the ways I enjoy doing good in the community is through improving our local environment, and I’m working with local biologists and natural scientists toward this goal. In my first year at One Stone, I met Lucian. Like me, he’s interested in animals and conservation, and he has a particular interest in birds. He’s been a birder for three years and is now on the board of the Golden Eagle Audubon Society. For my YLab project, I’m working with Lucian to make birding in Idaho more accessible for youth. In September, at the climax of the Badger Fires, we took a trip to the South Hills of Idaho to help with fire relief and population monitoring of the Cassia Crossbill (Loxia sinesciurius). Idaho is one of three inland states that has an endemic species of bird (a species that isn’t found anywhere else in the world). Cassia Crossbills are endemic to the South Hills and Albion Mountains of Idaho. The fires burning through that part of the state have been destroying the small amount of habitat the Crossbills have become accustomed to. They are suited to a diet consisting entirely of Lodgepole Pine seeds, which is why they are confined to their specific range (roughly 27 square miles of land), and that, along with wildfires and climate change, threatens the Cassia Crossbill with extinction. The climate crisis is such a behemoth of a problem that sometimes it’s hard to detect the smaller changes it has caused. I want to spend this year and my future academic career helping the environment, starting at a local level and hopefully expanding as soon as I have the necessary resources available to me.

Canyon Hatcher

A lot of people ask why I changed my name to Canyon. Number one everyone who ever knew me knew that I didn't look or act like a Hank and to be honest Henry wasn't much better. So a new name seemed to switch things around. Canyon symbolizes something old and new all at the same time. A shell of a river that still supports life and creation. The ability to grow and change and learn new ways of creation is the meaning behind my name. 

This artifact relates to me because it's my art, My creative output. My big neon signed hello to the world so that everyone can see. I put time and love into these pieces and for the first time in a long time I'm really proud of them. Creating from a point where the last thing I wanted was to create. Giving myself leeway and bringing power to my soul. Bringing good to myself and rising up against my odds.

To do good is to help others. Whether to help others grow or heal or connect. I try to do that by showing meaning in my art. Trying to find something resonating with it and helping others by understanding their feelings through mine. 

 These artworks were inspired by the world around us and the feelings we feel as humans. What breaks my heart is that people destroy the world around us all the time. They corrupt its nature and bring it down. We also pain our feelings by not listening to ourselves and others. Mental health and mother nature are two passions of mine that I feel represent what makes my heart break in the world today.

By showing my art I believe that I can inspire others to create and make good in the world. Making others connect with their feelings and expressions through the inspiration of nature and passion.

I have learned that I can grow. I can change myself to adapt to any situation that I put my mind to. I can see myself through my art and I can see patterns and traces of my being through nature. I can show my feelings and allow myself to be vulnerable in connected situations. I know that I have a lot of emotions to process still but I can feel them out and bring myself to whatever challenge comes my way. I am stronger than i think and i can become even greater than i know and that's empowering to say the least. I am Canyon.

Carissa Van Winkle

I’m Carissa Van Winkle, a One Stone DLab student passionate about the preservation of human rights and civil rights for every single individual. This artifact is about how Model United Nations (MUN) allows me to connect to my passions and my vision statement. My vision statement is "My Core will create the mountains, valleys, and fault lines, as the Earth's core once did" meaning I will explore and learn about the world to the point where I could recreate it, and that I will grow confidence in myself and believe in who I am and what I make. Participating in MUN connects to parts of the world that aren’t focused on in the media. It allows me to understand the issues and struggles that the people face and widens my scope of the news from the U.S to the entire world. To me, creating good means aiding others in their time of need, informed of what they want, and fully understanding the problem they are facing. I feel that MUN helps people start their path of creating good by giving resources for others to learn about important underreported issues and challenges them to find ways to help the people affected by these issues. MUN has taught me about the issue of illicit organ trafficking and access to justice for marginalized communities from the viewpoint of South Africa this fall. It allowed me to understand how these issues deeply affect newly industrialized countries and now I am an informed advocate for aid in both of these issues. My artifact represents how MUN helps people understand the world around them and pushes them to do good through a collage of headline photos from all around the world with a drawing of a learner studying these issues in the center of the picture. The collage represents how overwhelming and confusing the news can be, while also representing how many citizens of the U.S are unaware that these issues are happening. The person studying represents how MUN has made me aware of these topics, helps me comprehend the information, and helps me understand these issues from a global perspective. I feel that even just being aware of the struggles of others creates potential for others to do good. MUN informs others of the unreported struggles in the world and influences young leaders to take action and create good in the world.

Cassidy Franklin

My name is Cassidy Franklin and I am a YLab student at One Stone Lab51. In an immersion I took earlier this term called (re)visualized, I had the opportunity to create a digital space using software such as Blender and Unity as well as writing code in C#. I combined a curiosity for graphic design and coding with a dream of creating a coffee shop with a purpose. I was able to construct the Coffee Shop that I want to create with specific traits and qualities that add to the mission of creating a space for growth in Christ that is open to all people. I created assets in blender that portray these qualities and imported them into the scene in Unity. To give the viewer a full perspective and experience of the Coffee Shop, I used the C# coding language to enable camera movement so that someone could use the keys A, W, S, D, and the arrows to walk throughout the coffee shop. In doing these things, I grew those skills in a way that will enable me to use modeling as a tool in the future. I was able to use my passion for Jesus and entrepreneurship as a tool to inspire creativity and curiosity in the area of graphic design and coding. This project portrays my idea of what it means to do good. I believe that at the very core of doing good, there is passion and authenticity. In spending time learning about my passions and strengths, I am able to act with integrity and inspire others with my ability to apply passion to all life ventures and experiences, this specifically being computer coding.

Christopher Cardella

Hello, My name is Christopher Cardella and I’m a YLabber here at One Stone. I am a self-proclaimed outdoor enthusiast and environmentalist. I love to backpack, ski, fish, hike, camp, mountain bike, and swim. My artifact is my orange Osprey pack that was my dad’s. He bought it in college and has used it to backpack the whole AT, summit Mount Whitney, and summit the Grand Teton. When I was around 14, he gave the pack to me, and by this point it was 20 years old and had been ripped up by a squirrel in the Redwoods. Regardless, I still use it for all of my outdoor pursuits because that pack means something more to me than just a backpack. Always seeing it on my dad’s back as a kid while he showed me the ropes kind of turned it into something bigger. This artifact is a representation of multiple sections of my T-popper, and has stood as a constant reminder of what my values are during this semester and last. Being the good to me involves staying true to my passions and my beliefs, and my backpack is just a tool that helps me do that. Being online for many hours a day sometimes distracts me from my passion for the outdoors, but seeing my pack always reminds me to stay on track. Since Covid has started, I've used that pack on over 200 miles of backpacking, across 6 states, as well as a session on a crew with the Idaho Conservation Corps, and as a lift operator up at Bogus Basin. I will never throw it away, upgrade it, or get rid of it. I hope it will keep serving me into my adult years, and I can keep adventuring with it.

Claire Fears

Hello, my name is Claire Fears and I am a DLab first-year student. This will be my second year at One Stone and in these recent years, I have learned so much about myself, especially when we started working on our TPoppers and our vision statements. The main subjects on my TPopper includes things like medical studies, baking, photography, and art. I spent a lot of time trying to think of what I should put on this and I found out a lot about myself. For my vision statement, I chose something that was special to me. I trusted the process and I was able to come up with “To Inspire Others With My Work.” This has all led up to what it means to do good: the practice of empathy and passions. For my artifact, I wanted an art piece to be based around my DLab project from this fall, which was “Ending All Preventable Deaths Under The Age Of Five” This had me wondering about all the good the healthcare workers do for us. My artifact is a drawing of a nurse in full PPE gear sitting on a bed. I feel like they have done so much good for the world, especially right now, and they don't get enough credit for it. I drew this because I wanted to show the emotion that some of these healthcare workers might be feeling. I believe that doing good is the reaction you get from whatever happens rather than the actual action. However in a lot of cases doing the action can do a lot of good too, I think it just depends on how you look at it. I hope that this can inspire others to show their gratitude or help those helping us.

Clover Archabal

My name is Clover Archabal and this is my first year DLab student at One Stone. I’ve been going into a nursing home with my mom since I was two. I grew up at this nursing home surrounded by people who loved to see me, and who I've known practically my whole life. The wing of the nursing home we always went to was the traumatic brain injury (TBI) unit. It wasn't until recently that I found out that most people don't know what a TBI is, or how these people are different and what they go through. During my first design thinking project, I engaged with a team in deeply investigating this topic, and even I learned things I didn't know about. The research I did during this experience made me realize just how important education about traumatic brain injuries really is. I was able to interview some of the staff at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home. One of the staff members knew how little information about TBIs there is. Good Samaritan is the only nursing home in the northwest of America that is able to do residential rehabilitation. This is where the patients are able to live in their own homes with round-the-clock care. This helps the patients be able to live as close to normal lives as possible. Even though there are still many things they don't get to enjoy. Many patients don't have family that come visit them, and they rarely see new faces. One of my biggest findings during this process was the importance of volunteers in the program. Volunteers give the patient an experience that brings them closer to daily life. When I was making this piece of short creative writing, I wanted to do my best to show symbolism of how they feel. When making this piece, I looked at a lot of TBI survivors stories online to get a better feel of what they go through. We are planted on Earth in our normal life, but traumatic brain injury patients are stuck in a world far away from us. Their old lives stuck on earth, which may seem so close, but in reality, is so far away. We can only imagine what it feels like to be stuck in space, in a mind that is not our own, but they live through that everyday. This experience continues to inspire me to do good in the world. I hope that I can also use this experience to inspire others to help people like TBI patients to spread good in the world.

Cody Conner

For my digital artifact, I have chosen a short song I recorded for my immersion. I decided to choose this short piece of work for my artifact because it reflects one of my newest, yet biggest, goals for the upcoming years in Lab51: to educate people in the community about climate change through music. Specifically, I want to inform people about our dwindling water supply as well as our other quickly-diminishing, non-renewable resources. While the piece itself is not about climate change, its purpose was to help me familiarize myself with the ways of Logic Pro. I learned the Gravity Falls theme song on the keyboard, then added extra instruments using Logic to make it sound more complete. Despite the song being a little off-beat at some points, I’m proud of my first complete experiment with Logic and I hope to utilize both it and the keyboard in the future to spread awareness of the impact of climate change to our community.

Colton Hairston

Hello my name is Colton Hairston. When I first pictured myself at One Stone I expected myself to be helping out the community, becoming a better leader, and just overall a better person. But now that I'm here, I find myself working on these topics every day. For example: a few months ago X-Lab started to brainstorm different ways that Covid might be impacting younger members of our community. We came up with a big list of potential projects to work on, and eventually find a solution to. But one that kept coming up was Halloween. When we started to list out reasons why Halloween was so important to us, we realized why. When you are young, really all you want is the freedom to do what you want. And Halloween becomes one of the few days out of the year that that dream is really fulfilled. After this came up, it wasn't hard to decide on which problem to fix. But we couldn't stop just there. We set out to really gain some insight from our target audience. I did this by managing to schedule an empathy interview with Foothills School of Arts and Sciences 5th and 6th grade class. I expected it to be difficult for these younger kids to want to talk about Halloween to some random high school student. But after the first question, which was “What are some things you guys like about Halloween?”, most of the class had their hands raised and wanted to share different stories about the holiday. Low and behold the majority of the answers (other than candy) were getting to run off from their parents, and just have fun with their friends. I even got some answers that ended with “that's why Halloween is my favorite holiday.” Our project ended up being a huge Halloween event full of mini games. Families would start at the entrance of the One Stone parking lot and make their way through the activities winning candy and prizes the whole way through! Looking back onto it, this project gave invaluable insight on not only how to work with kids but also how good it feels to help out the community, even if it's just making sure no one misses out on an awesome Halloween experience.

Conrad Gunn

Hi! My name is Conrad Gunn, and I am an XLab student at One Stone. I really love photography, photo editing, art (specifically sketching and painting), snuggling my dogs, and hanging out with my friends. I chose these pictures because I feel like I’m a really good friend, both towards people and animals. These are pictures of some friends I’ve made at One Stone and my dogs, Kona (the Rottweiler) and Alita (the Husky). I am creating good with my photography by preserving the times I've had with my friends and the experiences I've had with my dogs. During my time at XLab, I've made a lot of new friends and I’ve spent a lot more time on my photography and editing my photos to make them somewhat abstract. Because of Covid, I get to spend a lot more time at home with my dogs, even though I would rather be able to be in person. I can’t wait to continue creating more abstract photography while I’m at One Stone.