This class in summation

I feel as though I learned a lot in this class, which is kind of strange because this class was only four months long as Josie stated. But these past four months seemed to have been power packed.  This class was much more intellectually driven than sculpture classes that I had before.  I went back and fourth on whether it was better to have a class that was more work based or more thought based.  I believe the thought allowed for much better work.  Other classes of course wanted to students to do independent research, but sometimes its hard to research a lot when the pressure to have work is so heavy.  Plus sometimes my independent research is history and fact based, like the sugar trade in Brazil, and not on abstract thinking like identity, which everyone can relate to.  One of the best things that I am taking away from this class is the manner in which to interact with the viewer through my work, like I stated in the entry "Final Project".  Also, this class had so many presentations, that I started to feel a little more comfortable in that role, eventhough I know I mumble and move around and say "like" way too much.  I learned that Radiolab is awesome.  I also learned how to blog and how to use video and audio editting software.  I feel like my sculptural work is becoming more integrated into things that I truly relate to and not solely things in the world that I find interesting but have no true impression on my day to day life.  This is a much better way to work, drawing from things that affect me currently not something 5,000 miles away that I find interesting and are in a very complicated way associated with american life.