Recap of the Week#
This week, the school started the modeling class. At first, I was excited because I was already tired of the teacher's boring lectures. Finally, the practical course of making models meant no more endless talking, and it naturally brought a positive mood. However, this joy was quickly extinguished. I kept failing over and over again, especially in the mixing of plaster and pouring of plaster molds, which required a lot of time and physical effort. The plaster needed constant stirring, and after pouring, it required a long waiting time before demolding. During the demolding process, there was a high possibility of breaking the painstakingly made molds. Even if the molds were successful, the probability of success in pouring the products was very low. There were either air bubbles or the products would break when taken out... I even switched to a simpler product, but now the molds are already scrapped, and I have to start over again... There was a moment when I wanted to give up, but the teacher was there, and my classmates were there. In this environment, it actually gave me a lot of motivation to continue with this. I hope I can finish it next week. On the other hand, when it comes to my own projects, without deadlines or supervision, I tend to give up easily after a failure. My perseverance is indeed not strong enough, and I still need external motivation. Perhaps adopting the "Build in Public" approach might be effective.
Over the weekend, I went to the cinema with my classmates to watch the movie "Journey of the Bellflower". It seems like it was my first time going to the cinema since I entered college? After watching it, the story was average, and I don't want to discuss it here, but the visuals and music were impressive. With the company of my classmates, I also had a good time watching it. However, I couldn't fully concentrate during the viewing because I couldn't immerse myself in the plot. Maybe I have already gotten used to treating watching movies as a serious activity, leaning more towards pursuing the "authenticity" of the movies. In the narrative style and storyline of this film, I couldn't feel its reflection of the authenticity of real life in my eyes, and therefore, I couldn't empathize or immerse myself in it.
The ChatGPT writing assistant suggested that I change the last sentence to: "This movie experience also made me realize that when I can't truly immerse myself in certain movies, on one hand, I need to reflect on my beliefs and values, and on the other hand, I need to expose myself to a wider range of different types of movies to broaden my perspective and imagination." Should I listen to it? 😛?
Explorations of the Week#
Work#
Started writing a reflection article on the development of AI this week, and at the same time, I came up with a prototype of a product after thinking about it. I tried to use ChatGPT's assistance over the weekend, but I found that the complexity of this product is beyond my current understanding. ChatGPT didn't play a significant role in this process. I realized that it is more suitable for handling specific and clearly defined tasks. In the current situation where I am uncertain about the overall structure of the project, it is indeed difficult to come up with a good prompt to get any useful help. Things that are beyond my cognitive scope naturally cannot be answered by ChatGPT. Therefore, in the coming time, I still need to learn and master more development skills. I hope that when the AI era comes, I can create something meaningful.
Learning#
Learned some skills in poster design and icon design, and also made preliminary plans for my portfolio project. I aim to complete it before May. I also need to start memorizing vocabulary and develop good habits.