Blog #8 (Groundhog Day!)

I, and therest of the class, was asked by the teacher, Mr. Anderson, to think about the possibility that you will learn more about someone through arts, rather then through sciences, like psychology. In my TOK class, we watch the movie "Groundhog Day", in which the main character, Bill Murray, is "caught" in the same day, Groundhog day. He relives the same day over and over again, hoping to eventually get out of the cycle that he is in. On the start, he becomes mad about what is happening, but then finally realizes that he could do anything he wants and it will just reset at 5:59AM. I myself would probably do the exact same thing. I would get confused off the start, then start to get mad. After about a week, I would probably realize that I could do absolutelly anything I wanted to. But after so long, Bill Murray, as well as myself, would get mad and would want to kill myself, but it wouldn't matter, because I would just wake up once more at 6:00AM on Groundhog Day.

For now, I am going to stop saying the plot of the movie, just in case of someone reasoning this that hasn't seen it yet. If there is someone, I advise you to watch it. Mr. Anderson did come up with a good possibility of an underlying plot. It could be as simple as the believe of a Buddhist, in which that the person or Buddhist goes through life several times, trying to find enlightenment.

The movie was good for showing what people would actually be like in that particular situation. They would start off confused, then angry, then freedom almost, then to sadness or depressed, then complete surrender.

For now...toodals

- The Jesus of Sound

Blog #7 (Analyzing Art)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Van_Gogh_-_Patch_of_grass.jpg

Mr. Anderson has asked us to "analyze" art, which means that we are supposed to describe our reaction, describe how well the artist drew or painted said art, and what the artists purpose of the painting or drawing.

I picked to analyze Van Gogh's "Patch of Grass". My first reaction to this painting, was that i really didn't even notice it was a painting, i thought that someone just took a picture of it, until I found a larger painting of it, then realized it was indeed, a painting. Because I was mistaken and thought it was actually a patch of grass that someone just took a picture of, I think that Van Gogh did a superior job at creating this piece, and I believe that being mistaken it for a real patch of grass was the purpose behind this paining my Mr. Gogh.
For now!...Toodals

-The Jesus of Sound

Blog #6 (Ethical Dilemma‏)

I got a very mysterious e-mail today asking me, "You have an opportunity for an internship at a respected business in the community. Part of your qualifications comes from a senior project that you worked on withseveral other students. Through the interview process, you discover that you are given credit for a key section of the project that really impressed the company. In fact, another member of your senior team, with little input from you, did that section. How do you proceed?".



I personally would tell the interwiewer the truth, but if i had the opportunity to be able to time travel, I would go back in time, and see how much of a difference it would make if I didn't correct the person who was interviewing me. For me, this wasn't too much of a dilemma, becuase I'd like to call myself a pretty trustworthy, and thruthful person.

-Jesus of Sound

Blog #5 (Existence Outside of Perception?)

Ok, so, I had another one of those "WOAAAAHH!!", moments again! WOOT WOOT! This time the "Woah" moment has to do with the riddle "If a tree falls in a forest, yadda yadda...". I really didn't get that riddle at all until now, maybe because its cliche? But i've actually thought of this before, that if we don't preseve something, then it does really exist? Like at the moment that i'm writing this blog, i'm sitting in the computer room in the library in my school. But I really don't know if anything outside of the computer room really exists. What if it doesn't? Wouldn't that be trippy!? I think it would... Class bell just went, which means my time is up for today... Will hopefully update soon

... Toodals

- The Jesus of Sound

Blog #4 (face value)

On Friday, My teacher, Mr. Anderson (name has been been blocked for his safety) asked us to write down something that a teacher told us in the past 24 hours that I accepted as a fact. I personally had problems with this part, mainly, because I'm in an epic battle against a cold virus that has been going around lately. But Mr. Anderson was nice and let my pick anyone in the past week that some one told me yadda yadda yadda. So I picked the time I was texting my dad, asking for an update to a football game that I really wanted to watch, but couldn't because I was at a friends house. My dad told me that the team that I was wanting to win, lost 28-23. I obviously took this at face value, and was sort of depressed from the loss. Since I took it at face value, and didn't actually know that they lost or not, I asked a couple people if they did lose, and all of them said yes. I then went onto the website of the team, and it also said that they lost. After all the information that I had received, I would have to say that I know that the team I was wanting to win, lost 28-23.

Blog #3 (Do you see what other people see?)

OK, so, Theory of Knowledge decided to BLOW MY MIND today. Not like "Ohh, wow, that's interesting", I mean like "WOOOAAAAAHHHH!!!". I have thought of this before, but only slightly, it is merely thought that maybe what we perceive, others perceive differently, or not at all. For instance, what I perceive is the colour red, could be completely different, and example of this is, I could say that my shirt today was blue (which to me it was), and to other people, it may have also been blue (unless you we're colour blind in some way that you wouldn't be able to perceive the colour blue), BUT the way that one person may perceive the colour blue, may be the same way I perceive the colour green. Way back in kindergarten and further in our lives, we are taught how to tell colours apart, but what they didn't tell us, or at least that I can remember, is that colour is really just light being absorbed into surfaces, and the surface gives off a colour, depending on the fabric, or whatever, the item is made of. So this got me thinking. WAAAAY back in grade kindergarten (that's right, I said "GRADE Kindergarten"), when the teacher told me what the colour yellow looked like, the way that I saw yellow, could/would/can possibly be WAY different from the teachers/other students way of perceiving the apparent "colour yellow". I do believe I have ranted on for long enough today. I will hopefully update/make another blog soonish.

...Toodals

-The Jesus of Sound (P.S. the name is a long story and was given to me by a friend of mine)

Blog #2 (Thinking of winning)

One thing that has been bothering me for a while, but didn't remember it until Michael(a classmate of mine) and I started talking about it. The theory that if you think your going to win something (like a race or a game of some sort) then you will have a better chance of winning. Is this true? In some ways, personally, I do. but doesn't everybody believe that they are going to win? I think that the person, or people, that believe or "know" that they are going to win more, will win. But of coarse there will be people that might read this blog that dissagree with me, but remember that this is my personal opinion. In another senario of believing that they are going to win, is whether or not going into a draw (some sort of door prize) that person would have a better chance, or not. In that case, in my opinion, its all pure luck. As i put it, its a 50/50 chance (even if its in reality a 30,000 to 1 chance that you are going to win, its 50/50, either you'll win or not)

For now, I have run out of things to say. Next time I will try not to leave my blog to the last moment.

...Toodals

-The Groove Meister