In this weeks tutorial, “Blood in the Gutter” by Scott McCloud was focused on, obviously for good reason. The underlying message of the comic style explanation, not only for comics, but all forms of media, skilfully dove into what the audience perceive and their own expectations when looking at something – whether it be film or not. The fact that one expects particular settings or environments to be a certain way, even though they have never experienced, it leads me to reflect on how much of the world we, as human beings, conjure up for whatever reason we deem necessary. How much do we romanticise things to make them appear how we want? Are our expectations too high because we have created them on a basis of what others tell us? Our senses can reveal a world that is fragmented and incomplete, even those parts of the world we have never even encountered. How much of the world do we have to visit in order to get a full understanding of them? Perhaps one day it will be enough to simply be informed about other countries and cultures, that we don’t have to literally experience them ourselves. But wouldn’t that be losing the personal worldliness that we all crave? After all, aren’t we consumed by this intense wanderlust?