college

I am an ordinary/average/regular person. This is a new phase of my life and i want to cherish each and every memory of it. Hence, this blog.
I will write all about my college, how wonderful it is, how great i feel about my environment and the people surrounding me.
I have just begun going to college. It feels like the best thing that's ever happened to me, im happy beyond comprehension. I've started this blog so that i can catalog every moment of this enchanting experience.
Its my third week in college. We have 8 subjects. Each lecture is intellectually stimulating to such extents that im left reeling in the maze of my thoughts that transport me elsewhere.
At first, it felt so vague and baseless, but now it feels like i can keep sinking deeper and deeper into this swirl of ideas and possibilities.
We started off with a 2 week workshop wherein we slowly worked towards building a 3-D object from a story. Each person came up with a detectice story and were then segregated into groups. We picked our favorite part from the story and tried to put it all together to build an object. My group dealt with SPD and its various facets. Eventually, we built a structure from with 6 protruding arms, each with a unique concept for viewing the object placed at the centre. It was a great success and opened our minds to allow thoughts to grow to humungous proportions instead of shutting them out as we've learnt all these years.
Last week onwards our classes started. We have 8 innovative subjects.
I will give a detailed idea of each subject.
Basic Design:
We started off with a game of elimination. Our first clue was to sketch all the objects that we can think of, which has holes. My next clue is juicy, i have to integrate these two clues and wait for the 3rd one.
Architectural Design:
We were given few words that we had to pick out from chits to form a sentence. Now we have to build a situation around that sentence and sketch the character as we see it. Its almost like sketching a sentence or a word. It may/may not have a definate/recognisable form. Thats the beauty of it all, dealing with inanimate/unreal/unseen representations.
Humanities:
We're discussing as of now the history of architecture in terms of the social perspective. We're delving into the purpose of history and the definitions of words that we use in a broader context. I really like such discussions, arguing with the existing, already approved of as correct, concepts.
Theory of Design:
We started off by debating and questioning the image of a woman that has been globally constructed over the centuries and determining its relevance. We now have to write a synopsis of an article by Roland Barthes on toys. I might post my assignment here, it will provide a brief idea of the issue in question.
Building Technology:
We are supposed to use wind energy and convert it into mechanical or any other form of energy by creating a mechanism that will put the object to good use. The outcome must have a practical application.
Graphics:
This subject mostly deals with technical drawings. It will provide us will tools to represent our perception.
Constructions:
Here, we deal with various building materials and processes. It is more theoritical as compared to the other subjects.
Besides these subjects we have film screenings and encouters as a part of our curriculum. In encounters, we have people from different walks of life come and give us a talk about their professions and they entertain any questions that we might have.
We also have visual studies and structures, but we haven't had a lecture yet so i will write about it later.
Feels like a good start for this new phase.