I WAS FINALLY EARLY FOR TODAY’S CLASS! Earlier, I was lying down in bed, wondering if it was worth it to get up, get ready and actually head to uni. Patting myself in the back for doing doing that. It’s the little things that count in the life of an introvert! 😂

Liam mentioned that Brian kept reiterating on the second reading (hint hint), which was in fact, the comic strip reading, Blood in the Gutter. We re-discussed the meaning and what it does for the audience in what the author was try to convey. Liam asked us, “What does the title actually mean?” Without realising, I actually never have pondered on the meaning. Some say that it means life (or how I understood it to be). Let me break it down:

‘gutter’ – in the world of comics/manga, the gutter was the spaces in between pictures, which can be referred to as the ‘veins’ of the story/comic as mentioned by Liam

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and of course ‘blood’ was the very source that was keeping this gutter/comic/story alive

It’s all very subjective and can be left for different interpretation. This meaning, however, makes absolute sense to me.

We shifted to week 4’s reading and there was a lot of mixed opinions about it. I was surprised to hear that some people actually disliked Newport’s teachings – yes they do agree to his statement to a certain degree, but they might’ve been put off by perhaps his egotistical method of delivering this approach. Nonetheless, I learnt a new piece of learning strategy from him (despite the pompous aura he gives off), but I want to keep following my passion. I’ll take his advice with a grain of salt but also put it into practice and see where it takes me.

That’s week 4 for me! I’m waiting for PB #2 to export as we speak so that should be up here!

Lyreca ☘️