Rache Writes

The challenge I decided to do was learning from other students by going through and reading quotes from previous students. 1. "G.R.O.W. - Go Rip Open Windows. Sometimes in order to grow, you have to seek out opportunities. You have to force the window open." I really like this one. I hear all the time to take advantage of open doors and open windows, or that when one door closes another opens. But I think it's important to realize that doors don't open by themselves - and if someone else isn't opening it for you, you have to. Rather than waiting for the opportunity you want, go get it. 2. "Create a community. I feel like growth mindset is the best way to create an all-inclusive community of learning and to avoid disenfranchisement of individuals who may feel inadequate." I think community is the best way to encourage failure and growth. When you have a group of people trying the same challenges as you, you feel encouraged to be more reckless bec...

After trying DDG, I have to say it feels a lot like Google. I didn't notice a significant dip in quality of results or images after a few searches. However, as an advertising major, I personally wouldn't use it because I know that user data is so important to my industry (even if it can be a bit creepy). I've used a couple of other Google alternatives that are charity-based, so for example, it would donate a cent for every search you made or it would plant a tree for every search. These alternatives always tended to work very similarly to Google with some added benefits so I try to use them when I remember.

The video I watched was the Ted Talk about what would happen if you didn't sleep? It was so interesting how quickly the body devolved, I wouldn't have expected certain senses to shut down so significantly on just day two or three. Learning that less than 6 hours of sleep leads to an increased risk of stroke definitely makes me rethink my sleeping habits. There's many days where I sacrifice sleep for other things I have to do, but I need to start prioritizing my wellbeing more. My favorite image from this week is this art for Navratri by Ketan Pal . It reminded me a lot of the art I'm seeing and using for my storybook over Kali.

The past couple of weeks I've definitely fallen behind due to being sick. This week, I only completed half of the reading, which is unfortunate because I was excited for this section. I think I may use the extra credit reading in a future week to go back and revisit this week's sections. I remember the reading that I did complete was strange and that it left me wondering if it actually conveyed any moral lesson, and who the audience for that story was. I definitely want to revisit those ideas in future storytelling. Sadly, I also didn't complete the storytelling assignment for this week so I'll have to remember to come back to this later in the semester. This week I had to write a strategy brief for an advertising campaign for my ad copy class. Normally I hate copywriting with a passion–I'm much better at art direction and academic writing. However, I think I nailed that assignment and that I might finally be getting the hang of a solid copywriting strategy. As fo...

My favorite story from this unit was The Cave of Beasts by R. Wilhelm , mostly because of how many turns it takes. A father finds seven duck eggs and doesn't want to give any to his seven daughters. However, throughout the night, each ask for one and eat it after promising not to tell the others. The father was mad and decided to trick his children into going into the mountains to be eaten by wolves. The five oldest daughters said no but the two youngest said yes. The dad abandoned them and they soon found a cave full of precious stones owned by a fox and wolf. When the foc and wolf returned, they didn't find the daughters. The daughters trapped them in kettles in the cave and burned them alive. Eventually, the father returned for the daughters and was happy to find them alongside all of the jewels. (Cave paintings in China. Source .)