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When I hear the word community I think about people first and foremost but then I think about other things that happen with people such as interactions, relationships, life, dialogue, activity and so many more things. We also within our group talked about a community could be a cluster and not involve people but it could just be the parts to the whole and how those things come together. Familiarity is also another idea I believe that is embedded within communities, it's seen as a place of comfort for some, a place where they know people and can engage with other people whether new or old faces.

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Authenticity is one subject that gets very heated because people have different ideas or meanings about what authentic means to them. We yesterday talked about the idea that we as designers appreciate seeing a material in it's raw form and not making it look like something that it's clearly not. This generation within the last few years has became extremely fascinated by nostalgia and how we can use new technology to create something that's old but in a different fashion. I think of authentic as being real, having some sort of story and involving hard work and bringing out the best in whatever you do and staying true to yourself as an individual. 

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People like Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, Gandhi, Steve Jobs and many many more people are what I think of innovators. These are people that are the movers and shakers; they are dedicated and have the strength to achieve something great and know they can and know how to as well. I think of innovation as being a long and hard process that challenges the way we think about things and when discovered is ground breaking and original. I think innovation occurs through countless trial and error situations and being able to presevere and allow for exploring existing things and leaving room for discovery. 

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Doing good and being a responsible human being is what I believe to be stewardship, taking care of what's around already and utilizing what resources we have already. In this day stewardship is an important thing within sustainable practices and realizing that it doesn't mean sacrificing what we need but thinking more consciously about our decisions before acting. I think it also has to deal with the idea of protecting things we have or don't have that are worth the upkeep and it should be an experience for everyone that engages people where ever.