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The fifth class was a collage of presentations about collages. The Greek letter Phi represents all the different phases at which the students were running.
In this class, I learnt a lot. I learnt that everybody in class was more or less as confused as I was, but was also afraid to admit it. I learnt that there were multiple different perspectives that people had drawn off of Professor Anezka’s teachings. I learnt that an experience can be defined as a large number of things, and is not limited to just games or films. I learnt that I was doing okay, and boy was that necessary.
Every member of the class provided me with knowledge in some way sort or form. I would like to mention a few of these since they had a slightly larger impact than the rest.
Gnana’s presentation taught me that an experience can be defined by creating a combination of multiple pre existing experiences in a unique way. I did not understand it entirely, but the creativity he showed was outstanding.
Suyash’s presentation taught me the importance of physical look and feel prototypes. He used just 3 strips of paper with some colour on it to explain the concept of time dilation beautifully.
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Ritwik’s presentation taught me that no matter how creative we are (and man is he creative, like wow, his story was awesome!) we can’t afford to forget the meaning we are trying to portray. Him getting ‘OOFed’ by Prof. Lazar was a learning experience for all of us, and honestly, I’d like to thank him for that.
Akshat’s presentation taught me to make sure to look at my story from different perspectives before displaying it to the entire class. It was a great concept, but it ended up being an awfully sexual demonstration. Don’t get me wrong, I loved it! And it made the class laugh a lot!! Although I do think it was an important lesson.
Finally, my own presentation taught me that sometimes you just have to blindly trust the system, and one day, your efforts will bear fruit. It can be scary and uncomfortable, but then again, I don’t know anyone who made it big while “chillin” in their comfort zone.
This class was necessary for all of us, and gave us a little peak into each other’s brains. I thank both Professors for how far I’ve come in such little time. It’s really impossible, even when looking back at it, but somehow it still happened.
I offer my gratitude to this course, and hope it’s somehow still uphill from here.
Man’s gotta climb!
