Ryan Hayes Writing Minor

What I Learned?

What I Learned Through The Repurposing/Remediating Projects:

 

Through both the remediation and repurposing projects, I learned that through an empathetic mindset and open perspectives about an issue, truer conclusions can be drawn from a situation.

 

I was personally fascinated thinking about they hypothetical life of a retired Tinky Winky would be like, but moreover, identifying what real implications this fictitious life would carry was equally if not more satisfying.

 

I learned that with the use of extended metaphors, I was able to gain a greater understanding about the harmful nature of slander and the negative implications of what a loss of identity can have on a persona.  Even though the content of my stories were fictitious, it was still very powerful.

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What I've Learned About Myself:

 

My empathetic nature dictates how I interact and view the world around me.  Whether it is in literature, where I am spurred to understand the perspectives of a story's characters to entrepreneurship where fully comprehending the opinions and interests of target consumers dictates the fate of a venture, the fight to gain a common understanding is one a hold dear to my heart.  

 

I learned that this belief, this process, is both fruitful in gaining a better grasp about a subject, whether it is real or fictional.  I learned that I never take anything for granted, as accepted truth, becauase the moment I stop questioning, the moment I stop trying to understand the differing around me, that's the moment progress is dead.