Metacognition: Fragments

I was a sculptor. One of those super new day type of sculptors. I took fragments of information, art, and ideas and fused them together to form a single entity. An artist has free range for his art, only limited by parameters of his own mind. I thought I did a pretty good job all in all.

Consciousness is a difficult concept to grasp and to form new conclusions about it is even harder. I faced my first hurdle before my project even began. I wanted the additional challenge of addressing something for my project that we did not cover as much in class but I really did not know where to start. My thought process was to start at the surface and to work my way down into deeper more complicated ideas. I found the three instances in Jane Eyre where she directly addresses consciousness: the red room scene, the scene with the veil, and the scene in the hearth. Based around these I tried to extract some sort of claim to try and shape my project.

I wanted to see how Jane's process and growth through out the book was influenced by her world around her. I also wanted to see what effect she had to the world around her. Consciousness shapes our world, and vise versa. I thought this was a good thought and I could definitely see how Jane's experiences would relate.

The main challenge that I got to was finding a way to create the flow in my project. I had all these awesome examples and expressions of consciousness but I really had no way to blend it all together. Narrated through by my thoughts I was able to become the driving force in my mash up. Reflecting back on it now I really wished I had another day because artists know that their art is never truly done. In the same fashion our class discussion of modernism and postmodernism made me think of new ideas to incorporate into my project on consciousness.

Our consciousness is impacted by our own personal tilt on the world. Our perspective and the writing style in books influences our thoughts incredibly. My final take away from the project is that there are a limitless number of way to approach any single idea. Even something vague or simple at first glance could end up becoming something much more deep and meaningful.