Caitlyn's Corner

Quote from Neil Gaiman The graphic that caught my eye from this past week was this quote from Neil Gaiman.  I have been so engrossed in his book  Norse Mythology  and seeing a quote from him in the announcements got me excited. It is an awesome quote, too.  Imagination is so incredibly important. I really loved this video What Makes A Hero? from Matthew Winkler.  It would have been awesome if I had found this earlier in the semester to help write my stories, but I guess I will just have to continue writing for fun!

I really loved the following graphic from the course announcements last week.  It caught my eye because the style is really cute, but then I began to read it and realized just how awesome it is.   Interior Life As I am reading Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman right now, I thought this video was perfect.  I have always loved the Epic Rap Battles of History because of their oh so clever lines.  This one was just too perfect for my to not talk about and share!

From Wednesday, April 18th This graphic from this week's announcement feed really spoke to me.  I have gone through this course of emotions in most of my classes this semester.  Currently, I am very stuck on confusion is one of my classes and it is killing me. I watched this video on the survivor tree and really loved it.  My freshman year, I went to Oklahoma City University and my Honors Comp class did a lot of research and volunteer work at the memorial.  I learned a lot about this amazing tree and everything it stands for.  You should check out the memorial if you get a chance.  It is really moving.

I have been super spacey about checking my email lately, so I have been messing up on do revisions on my portfolio for this class.  I somehow keep missing my emails from Laura about her feedback, so I bet she will appreciate the fact that I paid attention to this graphic from this week... Image source This week, the video that stuck out to me from the announcements was a TED Talk about The Power of Vulnerability.  It really spoke to me, because I have had several people tell me lately that I need to be more open and vulnerable sometimes, because I can be way too guarded.  It is something I need to work on and watching this video really helped me understand that.

Image: Literary Map of London I loved this graphic that was posted in the class announcements on Sunday.  I love reading it and finding all of the classic stories that I grew up reading and others that have been on my list to read over the years.  There are a few I didn't recognize, so I will have to check them out.  I seriously love this picture, though.  It would make an awesome poster to pin up at my apartment.  This week, I watched the video: Focused and Diffused Thinking: The Ping Pong Technique from the Sprouts YouTube channel.  This video is great! It not only has a really interesting topic, but it has these neat little doodles the entire time that look like they are being hand drawn as the person narrates. 

Image info This little picture just spoke to me this week.  I have been having a rough time with getting back into the rhythm of classes after Spring Break and I keep feeling like I am all out of my groove of school.  Seeing this graphic in the announcements this week helped me keep a positive attitude.  I will get the hang of things again, it may take me a couple more days, though. I also really enjoyed the Chad Gadya video.  This folk song is really fascinating and I really liked learning more about it in the Wikipedia article , too.  This song has such a rich history and goes back hundreds of years.  I really encourage everyone to listen to it and then checkout the article to learn more about it.