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by joedowning
09 Dec 2019, 13:42
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: The Final Model
Replies: 0
Views: 203

The Final Model

16 sentences 1. Experiences shape and mold our perceptions of reality. 2. Sorrow and pain can be the ingredients of happiness and joy. 3. Understanding acceptance and patience can lead to healthy relationships. 4. Communication is essential within society, allowing for interaction to be effective. 5...
by joedowning
16 Nov 2019, 09:01
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: Paradigm shift
Replies: 1
Views: 252

Re: Paradigm shift

-Using your voice - even in silence- Non verbal ways can make a statement, theres plenty of lessons to be learned in silence, beneficial and substantial. using words has power behind it, also substantial, knowing which words and their tone and delivery and all the other elements of that are crucial ...
by joedowning
16 Nov 2019, 08:51
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: Paradigm shift
Replies: 1
Views: 252

Paradigm shift

Paradigm shift The thought seeds planted in your mind grow a garden which is the reality unfolded to us, shaped by experience and concepts. The positive thinking model is in play here as well, positivity training, training the mind to filter positive so that what is perceived thereafter is guided by...
by joedowning
07 Nov 2019, 09:09
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: Metaphor Assignment
Replies: 1
Views: 306

Re: Metaphor Assignment

I agree with your last sort of summary on this assignment. The breaking down words into more specific sub categories and examining all of that ultimately to enrich your understanding is highly effective. You then begin to see these correlations and deeper meanings in everyday life, they present them...
by joedowning
07 Nov 2019, 09:04
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: reader response theory
Replies: 1
Views: 257

Re: reader response theory

Metaphor - RHIZOME (please google as well), GENERATE, CHANGE, DISCOURSE Rhizome - a continuously growing horizontal underground stem which puts out lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals. Generate - cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about. Change - ma...
by joedowning
06 Nov 2019, 16:15
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: reader response theory
Replies: 1
Views: 257

reader response theory

Reader-response criticism is a school of literary theory that focuses on the reader (or “audience”) and their experience of a literary work, in contrast to other schools and theories that focus attention primarily on the author or the content and form of the work. Reader response theory- making the ...
by joedowning
30 Oct 2019, 15:01
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: friendship again
Replies: 0
Views: 188

friendship again

That we can know so much, recognize so much, dissect, do everything, and yet we can’t always grasp it! Paradoxically, what we can grasp is the truth of who we ourselves are. Who are we, really, when we silence the vanity of who we should be? Revealing ourselves to our selves, self realization, shape...
by joedowning
30 Oct 2019, 14:39
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: thinking process
Replies: 0
Views: 160

thinking process

Depict – show or represent by a drawing/painting, or other art form. Reveal – make previously unknown information known to others Depict with vocabulary, or something more visual, an attempt to describe something or reiterate. Reveal something discovered, present new information and concepts. All th...
by joedowning
23 Oct 2019, 11:59
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: cyber culture
Replies: 0
Views: 185

cyber culture

LITERACY, KNOW-HOW, DEPLOY, ATTENTION, PARTICIPATION, COLLABORATION, NETWORK Living mindfully in cyber culture, survival in a new way. An internet existence where we have had to develop as you say crap detection techniques. A lot of it has become intuitive, knowing what seems false and what also see...
by joedowning
23 Oct 2019, 11:34
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: society of consumers
Replies: 0
Views: 172

society of consumers

VIGNETTE, EPISODE, EVENT, VOICE, CREATE, POSSIBILITY Society of consumers – In a way, a walking advertisement. Not only do we consume but we are then walking billboards for the products. Customers, born into society as another customer, our choices shape the direction that goes from there on out. Wi...
by joedowning
23 Oct 2019, 11:15
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: idealizations
Replies: 0
Views: 155

idealizations

IDEAL, IDEALIZATION, PLURAL, DEPICTION, INTERPRET Idealization, as you said life is a constant adjustment between the models we make and realities we encounter, once again ability to deprogram and reprogram. Also important in my opinion, not being to harsh on ourselves or rigid in our idealizations....
by joedowning
16 Oct 2019, 10:47
Forum: Downing/Easse/Faiss
Topic: sharing the world
Replies: 0
Views: 170

sharing the world

Self-reflection – introspection, purposeful and bettering oneself. Deepening understanding of self and perception of surroundings interpreted through that. Participative observation – understanding through experience, putting yourself in someone elses or somethings position. Going outside of yoursel...