Week 5

First off, I would like to say I thought the speech on paradigm shifts was very interesting. I didn't really know what a paradigm shift was and the implications an event like that can cause. The most interesting part about the presentation was when the speaker talked about Pablo Picasso and how he revolutionized art. Picasso started the cubist movement and took painting from something that was meant to be realistic in image and turned it completely upside down. His cubist style of art projects the same emotions that a "normal" painting would yet it is presented in an entirely different way. To me, that is the definition of a paradigm shift; when you can keep something's core value in tact while completely redesigning it.

 

Another thing I really liked this week was the Thoughtless Acts  presentation. I think the psychology behind the subconcious mind is fascinating. One's subconcious is as much a part of one's identity as there concious thoughts. In fact, I would say that someone's subconcious is responsible for more decisions than they actually think. Anyway, it was interesting seeing our own thoughtless acts after the presentation. Like for instance, at dinner yesterday, my appetizer plate was removed from the dinner table leaving me nowhere to rest my fork and knife I wanted to continue to use. In order to solve my problem, I laid the fork down with just the tips resting on the table and then rested the knife along the fork.