Emergence

I wrote this poem titled Emergence. The poem is based on the concept of digital identity, the way an individual shapes their digital footprint, covered in this course.

I wrote this poem titled Emergence. The poem is based on the concept of digital identity, the way an individual shapes their digital footprint, covered in this course.
**note there is audio to the clip I made. clip can be accessed here: https://farida.opened.ca/2025/04/09/fragments-of-time/
Photo by César Couto on Unsplash
This week I am reflecting on the guest lecture with Remi Kalir on annotation and what that entails related to collaborative reading and writing and digital literacy. This has been my favourite guest lecture thus far in the course. As someone who is a serial annotator, I felt so seen. Kalir discusses that annotations shape…
For my written work element of this project, I have chosen to share my writing on this blog. I am writing a poem related to digital identity. The pictures above are my journals that hold all my writing. Seeing them laid out this way makes me realize just how important order and routine are for…
This week I am reflecting on Jeff Hopkins’ guest lecture. Hopkins shared a detailed presentation on inquiry-based learning specific to the Pacific School of Innovation. Hopkins shared that inquiry-based learning offers flexibility, and meaning for students, and provides a foundation for students to be personally involved and connected to their learning. A poignant point is…
A short clip I edited titled Fragments of Time. All videos and pictures are taken by me. The content was taken over around 8 years which I have never formally used. Clip incorporates video, editing, sound, visuals, and image overlay. Youtube Studio copyright free music credit: Dreaming Blue – Sextile
I really appreciate the relationship in this poem between selfhood, productivity, and motion! The Moon has come to be used as a metaphor in so many contexts with so many meanings, and portraying it here as a symbol of escape from criticism, something that exists as it is no matter what we have to say about it, is meaningful in the context of the poem and really gets at the heart of the Moon as a poetic meaning maker more widely. I also like the line about things coexisting, it feels similar to another poem you posted from another author about the coexistence of trauma and love, and I really appreciate an influence worn on one’s sleeve. The fixed stars representing stillness as liberation of the soul is a concept I find fascinating. The stars are in constant motion, so the contradiction between the aspirational sense of your language referring to them as the path to liberation alongside the underlying impossibility of fixed stars, and, therefore, stillness of the soul is so evocative. I also really appreciate that framing of liberation as stillness. Freedom is so often considered the ability to do what you want, which can make freedom into a demand for ceaseless action, and turning that concept on it’s head to make freedom something that flows from rest is really satisfying, and ties in well with the kind of relationships to productivity and creative output you wrote about elsewhere on your blog. Really good work! Sorry if I come off as just explaining your own art to you!