William's BA Professional Practice Blog

I saved this quote a few months ago whilst scrolling through my social media and it really made me think of this course in general. I found it again recently and now find it to resonate deeply with how I am feeling about Module 2. I have to admit when I first read this I think I actually misunderstood it. I originally read ‘swim in silence’ as its literal meaning. I imagined it to mean he actually went for a swim and then the solution would come to him whilst his is doing a different activity and not thinking upon his problem. I believe the proper meaning for this quote is that he means that he allows his brain to “swim in silence”. He ceases to think upon his problem and in slowing his brain to drift without direction, the solutions begin to present themselves. Though I may have taken the quote the wrong way, I still believe that both of my understandings are applicable. I struggle sometimes to turn off my thoughts, "swim in silence" especially when I am stuck...

Well no, Not really... We are like the explorers and adventurers of old, setting out to the new world. However this is not the new world it is the world in which we already reside. Instead of a blank sheet of browned paper waiting to be filled with paths and the like, we already have many plotted paths and routes. It is important that we remember that these paths don’t always need to be replotted. In actual fact I am looking for the paths the have changed, or those that are overgrown, and those the are only a few yards longs which the peter out with unknowns lying beyond. In module two we are mapping out our practices by planning an investigation into a small part of it.  To begin this I created some very brief and messy mind maps looking at my practice; what makes it up, and how one aspect will effect another, with many crossing and inter connecting lines, as paths cross on a map. It is these paths that I have been trying to find those that are overgrown and ...

Module 2 has begun... This first week has mainly been consisted of getting back into the swing of my study. We began last weekend with the introductory Skype sessions. This was very similar to process to the beginning of module one, outlining the basics of the course, the resources and utilities we have at our disposal. I found both helpful and reassuring, it was a good way of getting back into the swing of the course. Although I have already completed module one, I still found out some new things about Unihub. Another thing I found useful was at the end of the session was everyone took turns in saying hello and a little on what they do and what they were hoping to get out of the course. I enjoyed getting to know these little nuggets of info on my fellow students as even though we have contact through blog comments and in Skype sessions, it can still feel little isolated doing distance learning.  The remainder of my week has been given to mostly reading. Of course star...