One of my favorite videos watched in this course was the film “Ecology of Mind” by Nora Bateson. The movie provided insight on subjects such as patterns in life, double binds, change, relationships, and much more. It provides insight from a great professor, Nora Bateson's father. Because Nora was his daughter, she was able to understand his teaching probably the most. She was also able to have all of his teachings and thoughts interpreted which I think she does a great job putting in the movie.
“The Wisdom of Recognition: Activism & Aesthetics” provided information that I found intriguing and insightful. One of the first things that came to mind for me in this movie was the part of metapatterns that it goes over. There was a lot of mutual information betweeen this and the Nora Bateson movie as well as projects presented in the class. I also understand the concept a lot better. As far as the character Mary goes, because she opened her eyes and her mind to the thoughts of these teachings, she has bettered her thinking about everything in life.
Being in this class was one of the best things that I have done this year in college. Not only was the material interesting and insightful, but the class was low stress and provided diversity in my schedule, considering this class was nothing like my other ones. This class allowed my normal thoughts and feelings to be challenged by the teachings of professor Blooom as well as the movie. There were also a lot of interesting people in the class that allowed me to befriend people I wouldn't normally be friends with which I thought was really cool. I will never forget this class or what it taught me.