Yesterday a person left the Facebook Group and Bang!, she really slammed the door on her way out. "I think that posting pictures of flowers to dedicate to unknown persons is at least useless and boring. I've seen so much ridiculous things in this group, which does not serve to learn something new (or, if u prefer, approximate, trivial, inaccurate things). For these reasons, I will leave the group, although I will continue to follow the course."
Yes, she made some merciless declarations and many of the students felt hurt by it. I am a grown up. Not everyone is obligated to like my posted stuff. And that's good. I will not cry if that happens. But I expect people to disagree in a polite way. So when I read this comment on the Facebook Group it was like a punch! But after that punch effect vanished I have to say that I admire her for speaking her mind even in such un unpleasant way. And I agree with her about this flower thing being a bore. So, now shoot me!! I don't remember if I posted flowers to the Facebook Group, honestly after a while it's a bit boring. I know I posted some in this blog. I remember I posted Angel's trumpet on iversity platform...I selected some photos of flowers, but not sure if I posted!! But I understand that, for others, the flowers are great fun. Also not thrilled about the "blue flower final task" theme. I already wrote it. I tried to read that Novalis's poet book link that should inspire us - I gave it up. But I will do my task as I've been doing since the beggining of the course, as I stated before. I also did not like the sachertorte task and I did it. Some of us are just more flexible than others, that's just it. We want different things from this Design101 experience. I hope that this person had some good experience in the course besides what she expressed! Maybe she did. Oh,and I have already decided. I will do the blue flower task but I don't wish to present it to the "competition".
Well, it's like this. For me all thoughts, positive and negative, matter. The only thing I don't like about what happened is that the person left the Group AFTER posting. I mean, I would have stayed there for a bit more and exchange some thoughts with all the students about my feelings. Because that is important. Unanimity isn't so good. It's not a creative thing in itself. What's good is like what Draya said - we have freedom of speech and so we can have different points of view and speak about it. Look, it's obvious that this person was in the Course in search of something new. That's what she said. She wanted to learn something new. That was it. Am I here looking for something new? I am. But I am also looking to be surprised or mesmerized or intrigued. It does not have to be all serious and useful. It can be silly, of course it can. But all I am saying is that students in the course have to try and understand that not everybody will like everything no matter how wonderful we might think that thing is. Sorry, if I am boring. How can I compensate? By being a little silly, of course, so I'm blue, da ba dee...
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