I’ve been thinking about my story and reading the updates others in the class have made and I can pretty succinctly summarize my feelings in one word: intimidated. I’ve never been good at creative writing as far as I’m concerned, and think it’s a small miracle I even came up with the idea I did, […]
I’ve always been sort of interested in accounts and stories of doppelgangers. They’re sometimes tied to episodes of out of body experiences as well, and I’ve sort of experienced both. I remember once as a kid, I was maybe around 10 years old, I realized I was looking down on myself laying in bed up […]
Hello everyone, as per usual I hope this blog finds you all well. I felt the need to get away from my typical settings and so migrated up north to my parent’s home in the Catskills in NY. It’s cold here, it was snowing quite a bit yesterday, but it goes between somewhat frigid with […]
I think like Alan, I’ve always been a fan of The Twilight Zone. Every summer and New Year’s when the show would play for 48 hours straight on the SyFy Channel I would spend those days being somewhat amazed at every episode no matter which played more than others. I remember this episode but it […]
Good morning, all. I look forward to being together for class again today and discussing all that has been going on and what we have to do moving forward. As for this week’s media, Blaxites, I definitely found it a little eerie. Frames I really enjoyed, but found it was slightly more removed from us […]
Greetings, all. Here’s to hoping things are continuing well with you in your lives which, as was indicated at the beginning of the podcast for us to listen to for this week, are experiencing something different and unique. At the beginning of the podcast they discussed the misinformation campaign regarding the polio vaccine in Pakistan. […]
So the past few weeks have definitely been a struggle for all of us. I know for me personally it seems like everything has fallen by the wayside. Despite having so much time it feels like nothing is really possible any more and it’s a struggle to get through almost any task. That said, I […]
This week’s work was a little lighter on theory but no less deep on implications. From week to week now we’ve been getting into the heart of what I imagined the course would be taking a look at which is the implication of rogue systems. The article we read mentioned the “automated decision systems” I […]
I try not to find myself becoming nervous or cynical towards the future but then, apropos a reading like this as well as the Ted Talk video, it takes a bit more work to remain positive. If anything, I think the importance of a topic like a “filter bubble” is to keep us grounded. In […]
“We cannot see ourselves in a mirror with our eyes closed. Self-portraits can be a way to communicate with others, but they can also be a way for the photographer to imagine how he or she could be different.” I think by now it’s clear enough that I’m one for quotations; I did really like […]