Vanessa CAs I am(Week 11–13)I have spent much of my life defining myself strictly in terms of what I am not. I am not an artist. I am not a sportsman. Nor a scientist…Jun 15, 2022Jun 15, 2022
Vanessa CSetting off (Week 10)Plotting one’s journey with drop-pins and icons is miles from stepping out the door and walking the streets. This week was filled with next…May 20, 2022May 20, 2022
Vanessa CAll roads lead to marketing (Week 9)When polling for our internship preferences, my lecturer included a field on job roles we least wanted. Marketing was the first to go…May 9, 2022May 9, 2022
Vanessa CBarrelling on (Week 8)Getting somewhere is really all about putting one foot in front of another. While waiting for work on community plans to resume, I spent my…May 5, 2022May 5, 2022
Vanessa CFire bullets, then cannonballs (Week 7)Paper generals get a lot of flak in this country. Common charges against them include disconnect from the ground, lack of practical…Apr 26, 2022Apr 26, 2022
Vanessa CThe new needs friends (Week 6)My all-time favourite movie is Ratatouille, I watch it ritually on New Year’s Day as a way of shepherding in each passing year. It is a…Apr 18, 2022Apr 18, 2022
Vanessa CA hole in her pocket (Week 5)In the mornings, I hear chatter about inflation outside my room. The family group chat is replete with news links: money-saving tips, banks…Apr 11, 2022Apr 11, 2022
Vanessa CEvery clock a cloud (Week 4)Karl Popper, famous for the principle of falsifiability, once wrote an essay in favour of indeterminism. In his view “all clocks are clouds…Apr 4, 2022Apr 4, 2022
Vanessa CSome reassembly required (Week 3)If tasked with understanding what makes a clock tick, disassembly would be the most natural place to begin. Sorting through gears and…Mar 28, 2022Mar 28, 2022
Vanessa C“I thought you wanted a Tesla!” (Week 2)There’s a Chinese idiom about making a cart behind closed doors, commonly used to criticise actions done subjectively and without…Mar 20, 2022Mar 20, 2022