During the making of the small project, the most time-consuming task was illustrating the oil paper umbrellas as I had no access to it in real life. I noticed this when collecting the material necessary to craft the blog post. The connection to oil paper umbrellas was generated through network thinking as suggested by Ingold, but I realised during development that ideas that I come up with should be somewhat tangible and have access to ensure that media can be made easier. I can purchase it in Australia but it takes a month for it to arrive, making it impossible to obtain footage in time.

Also, I’ve encountered the issue where some of the footage I took did not directly relate to the small project and had to be cut. While making a draft of the blog post, I realised that there wasn’t a clear connection between the ideas and meaningful placement of media was not possible. I felt that the movement of my blog post was downwards, and therefore a logical progression of thought was required, as such, I chose not include videos and/ or photos that are overlapping in meaning. In a similar way, the reading suggests that organisms “extend along the multiple pathways of their involvement in the world.” (Ingold, 2011) In my case, my thoughts “thread their own paths” through its relations and arrives a spot where further investigation is required. Subsequently, in assessment two I would like to plan out the blog post beforehand so I will not waste media materials to use.

Therefore, in the future, I would like to explore ideas that I felt was too complex to explain in this project, namely the superstitions surrounding household objects and the decline in traditional craftsmanship in China. In terms of format, I like the research journey style that I used in this assessment, but it can change depending on the media I make for it.