Responces to Presentations- Day 3

Rose- Thank you for being so real with all of us. Just as Brooke said in her presentation man is strongest in his most vulnerable, you were strong during your presentation both because of this and because of the incite you had in to emotions. I like that you combined the two theories behind emotions; they are both subjective reactions based on whether something helps or hinders in your goals and effected by physiological changes in your brain. We are a chemical creatures but we get to choose when we connect and detach from the social myths we are living out. At my high school graduation I presented a speech which was a less personal (and less mythically insightful) version of your presentation. My main point was that no one has control of what happens to us in life; we only get to choose how we react to the situation and the emotions it brings. I loved the lines you said about "as everything fell together, I fell apart," and "I am my own myth." 

Katie- Your game was frustratingly awesome! It never occurred to me that you wouldn't have had a killer named. You simultaneously addressed the idea of " its the wanting to know that matters" and how Conchis manipulates Nicholis' world. I was frustrated during the game because I approached it like a detective novel; that there would be an answer in the end. Yet you ended your presentation the only way that would be fitting for our class. We have talked about questions without answers and the importance of the questions themselves. I think you managed to address that idea and how Conchis controls the God Game to keep those under him questioning really well.

Joe- Just like Finnegan's Wake attempts to include everything, your presentation seemed to encompass nearly everything that we have talked about in class. I liked how you brought everything back to the circle- first the circle of interpretation, of the water cycle, the circle of life, and your own circle of acknowledge- perception- reaction- assertion of perspective. I also like how you used the concept of water in your presentation. The idea of the wave being part of the water but also rising above the water fascinates me. I think it is an analogy that can be applied to a lot of different concepts. I connected it also to us, as in humanity and us as individuals. The water would be humanity, we are all the same and part of the whole. The wave would be what we strive to do: rise above the social norms and mythologies so we can see what we are a part of, what myth we are living out as a society. I love that you remembered the quote form Dr. Sexson, "Something is going on here!" I have had several of those moments in life, all but one revolving around classes Dr. Sexson has taught. I wrote a blog about this earlier but I feel like there is well... something going on here! This something is bigger than any of us, and even larger than all of us combined, but what it is exactly I haven't figured out.