I haven’t really paid attention to how I personally learn since my final year of High School – even then I don’t think I really figured it out. My method of learning and studying was a result of fear in the frantic flurry of a stressful year. In this lectorial I was confronted with trying to comprehend an aspect of myself that I have forgotten over the past 3 years, which was both frightening yet comforting for me.

Subsequently, I’m uncertain in regards to how I learn best, and for me to describe it at this point in time, I would have to compare my method of learning to the way I read a novel or, rather, how a cohesive novel is written. I could say the topic of which I am learning requires a central theme or idea which is tied to and expressed by multiple different activities – all of which teach me different aspects of the central idea. Quite similarly how a novel contains different symbols, motifs etc which all link back to one or many recurring themes within it.

The most challenging aspect, for me, will be learning from my failures and not becoming discouraged and frustrated with myself. I can also say that I will struggle with immediately trying activities without planning or thought – this was definitely evident in my first Alternative Animation workshop on Monday. Learning and growing from accepting failure will definitely be a huge challenge – but it will be an even bigger lesson.

I can quite confidently say that I don’t think any of us know exactly what we want out of this course at this present time. We all have vague ideas, but how many of those will transform into a reality? At this present time I would be extremely content to learn a vast array of different skills in both a theoretical and practical sense – and I want these skills to help me metamorphose my ideas from being simply mental thoughts to being visual, emotional and tangible realities.