Category Archives: ramblings

ghostly whispers – brief 3 feedback

This was marked.

Don’t ask me how, but I managed to lock everyone out of this blog, therefore failing to let my tutor read my Brief 3 reflection.

I’m to go on the feedback that was provided during the pitch – I should definitely look into creating another court case representation. This could be set in the 1950s or 60s as that fills the gap between two I have already. I’ve tried looking for major cases that were set then but the building seems to have been relatively quiet during that period. The State Library could be a good resource but I’m terrible at finding relevant books.

Another idea was to add some soundtrack and lessen up the talking so that it becomes more like my original idea of an ambient narrative. Not sure on this one because I feel it might be too hard to represent each time period without them sounding quite similar. Still worth looking/listening into.

The feedback I got at the pitch and from Rachel made me feel pretty confident in my work though, and I’m glad I had thought the entire final content was due and not just a rough draft. Something about closing a door and another opening. And another closing again.

noticing myself

Here we have a reading telling us all to always think about ourselves. Maybe not just ourselves, but our actions and their consequences. This sounds like something about climate change and saving animals. Maybe it’s relevant to that, but to me, the reading by John Mason got linked to noticing myself in places and spaces (of course).

Even as I write this, I’m biting my nails. It’s a horrible habit and one I’ve wanted to stop for years but I just never notice. Mason says to alter our actions we have to broaden our sensitivity to the different aspects of whatever it is you’re practising – in my case, close encounters between hand and mouth. As it has been getting to the point where my fingers look ragged and bleed, I’ve tried nailing down triggers. My hands are never bitten at work, where I maintain proper food hygiene levels, or on public transport, where I also maintain proper hygienic practices. I’ve noticed my nail biting is most frequent in places where I allow myself to feel stress – home, study areas etc.

Nail-biting began when I was first in school, spending my time at the library reading fiction and biting cuticles instead of biting actual food. This has followed me into all types of reading and writing, be it the stress of a fantasy character fleeing, or an overdue assignment. Though this type of place is augmented, I believe it’s relevant as the biting follows me online. Realising I don’t even notice what is cannibalistic self-mutilation is a pretty scary pointer to other things I may not know about myself. It’s a very good practice to notice, and it could definitely turn a (head) space into a (non-biting) place.

The essence of noticing is being awake to situations, being mindful rather than mindless.

i know all your secrets

I can now say I’ve been to the Public Records Office.

I can now also say I know what a Public Records Office is.

There is over 100kms of ancient and dusty material down there. We were told that the they’ve collected all sorts of things over the years – personal memories of events that created big and small changes within Victoria’s short life (but long in comparison to my own). I mean, there’s gotta be plenty of boring bits but seeing eras-old bullets was pretty cool. It was also pretty cool because they like to keep the temperature even down there. Maybe something to do with the preservation of important documents etc. I dunno.

I’d be absolutely interested in looking at old designs of buildings but there isn’t much on RMIT other than industrial-looking blueprints. North Melbourne is also quite hilly and my legs get tired riding there. My sense of place about it is that it’s for very motivated people who deserve better marks than I.

dovey rose, rosey dove

this week’s reading continues to explore how characters morph in the context of different media, particularly social and online media

it feels like this is a subject stuck in a rut

i still stand by my opinion that a korsakow film can go too far in the growth of documentaries and become just an abstract art piece that really doesn’t document life. however, i do agree with dovey and rose’s idea that there is a sea of data now being created that is perfect for creating an exposition on people, cultures and everything else

walking wieners

I bet most people around my age have already seen this.

Hot Dogs or Legs?

So many photos have boiled up over the last few years of (mostly) girls’ legs at a rather nice place, usually some form of waterhole, that emphasises their shape, shade and size in a way that is flattering. This is done with the outwards motive of showing viewers a place they’d rather be, when really, the subject just wants to show off in an annoyingly vain fashion.

In a way similar to the plump pout becoming forevermore the “duck face”, someone special on the internet has managed to turn the sexy stick-legs into walking wieners.

Beautiful. The Facebook page was created about 15 hours ago*, and I’ve seen it jump from 40 000 likes to over 120 000 in the last few.

 

mog thanks dog for social networking

 

*at time of post

In Love, Not Limbo

It’s three years since I first heard this track, and it’s three years of wishing someone else can experience the same attachment I do to it. There’s nothing particularly ground-breaking about it; it’s just a solid piece of quality that carries a lot of good feels.

I have an old friend and a new friend that love this artist too, but more people should.

Join the club.

by mog