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C&C: Sacred Geometry

"The word, philosophy, derives from the Latin philosophia, and can be written as phi-lo-sophia in order to investigate the meaning of the word based on its parts (using the philosophical tools of “reason and interactive communications”). The first portion, “phi” is simply the Greek letter F or f (equivalent to F or f in the English alphabet). Meanwhile, “lo” (according to the Oxford dictionary) is an archaic form of “calling attention to an amazing sight” (as in “lo and behold”). “Sophia”, on the other hand -- besides being the Goddess of Wisdom (and to which the biblical Book of Proverbs is essentially dedicated) -- is considered to be a combining form meaning “knowledge”, “thought”, or “wisdom”.

The end result is that philosophia -- or Phi lo Sophia -- can be viewed as the wisdom, knowledge, or calling attention to the amazing sight of Phi. Which is precisely what sacred geometry is all about."

Our next assignment is to research any aspect of the vast topic of Sacred Geometry and translate it into smaller chunks of knowledge digestible for children ages 8-12 on Blue Peter.


I have currently decided upon my focal point but I am still developing a narrative. More to come.

Creativity: Reflective Writing

I've never really been comfortable talking about myself. I quite enjoy writing essays about defined, impersonal or academic topics because there are definite answers. However, this assignment has asked us to write an essay which is very much so indefinite in it's outcome and conclusion. I have been asked to write about myself, to write of a certain experience that has affected me emotionally or taught me a lesson. It could be a negative or positive experience. I am finding it a little difficult to fathom the concept of self reflection. I take criticism fairly well when it comes to impersonal projects as there are right and wrong answers - there are simple ways of correcting your work, but I'm not sure how comfortable I am with writing about my feelings or experiences and then being critiqued them. 

In fact, the input of "I feel" and "I think" within an essay will feel a little peculiar, that's for sure, but, all that aside, I feel this assignment will be highly beneficial on some personal level once I overcome how uncomfortable it may be.

Western Genre

This week has been pretty Western themed. For starters, I went to see Django Unchained (Dir. Quentin Tarntino) on Tuesday and then on Friday's lecture we began studying the Western genre. I'm pretty excited to begin learning more about this topic. I've always loved the Western genre and I have a feeling that Django's success might cause an uprising of a new cycle of Westerns.

Marshall McLuhan's "The Medium Is The Massage"

The results have come in for the essay assignment in which we were to write about a book and explain it's theories in our own terms, using our own examples in order to demonstrate our understanding. I wrote about Marshall Mcluhan's The Medium Is The Massage. I quite enjoyed writing this essay as McLuhan had some great theories in the field of electronic media for a man of the 1950s. I also enjoyed taking his theories and applying them to modern technology and media. For example, his theory of amateurism and professionalism, I applied the case of the Zodiac murders where professional crackers were not able to solve the puzzle, whereas, upon release to the general public, a teacher and his housewife cracked the case in under a week. I feel like his theory of the "Global Village" can be applied to the modern technology of the Internet. Using this term, McLuhan was in fact referring to television and telephone system, however, I feel like the internet draws us into a global village even more-so today as we can not only watch and be seen by others on screens, but we can converse and using technologies such as Google maps - we can pinpoint and place ourselves anywhere in the world. I feel that through the internet and such McLuhan's Global Village is expanding still.

I am pleased to have received a high 2:1 for this essay.