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fandomhigh2018-07-13 07:48 am
furnaceface) wrote in fandomhigh2018-07-13 07:48 am
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Brooding for Dummies, Friday, Period 2
//The moose made me come back,// Jono said by way of explanation as he stepped back into the classroom. //Frankly, I'm surprised any of you did, but at this point I'm about as curious to see what the hell happens with the rest of this workshop as anybody.//
At least he was honest about it.
//Last week I had a request for music, so that's going to be what we do this week while I contemplate how to take this syllabus I was handed and make it even remotely useful in real world applications. This week I'm going to just start with... brooding isn't always just standing around looking menacing. Likewise, nobody in this class needs to feel obligated to do it, not for an easy grade, not for anybody's sake but their own. What it really is, at its core, unless you're just embracing the aesthetic of it, is unhappiness. It's deep thought while a person attempts to navigate their way out of some manner of negative emotional state. Anger, fear, sadness, or all of the above all twisting in on one another creating a feedback loop.//
He shrugged a little.
//It's an attempt at coping. And I used to get more than my fair share of shite for it back in the day, but I had more than my fair share on my plate, too. Just know that there's nothing wrong with needing to sit with your thoughts for a while, just so long as you can find your way out the other side again.//
And maybe that was what he should have led in to last week's class with, but he'd still been gobsmacked that he actually had to teach this in the first place.
//And now... music. It isn't necessary for brooding, but something to set the mood isn't always a bad thing. I tend to go for something angry, something that could do all the seething for me, because I can't. You're going to find a lot of this class is going to be about seeing a need filled so that you can pick your way through your own head more easily, and then filling it. This week you've each got a computer station and a few different internet sites to go through. Pick through the selection, find something that fills a need you think you might have. Do you want music to soothe you while you hurt? Music that will feed your anger so that you can spend it in your own head rather than taking it out on the people around you? Something happy and completely antithetical to your mood in order to shock yourselves out of it? It's music. There's no wrong answer, here. Just find what you think you need, and, if you're feeling up to it, share with the class.//
There. That was... vaguely educational and Jono felt weirdly satisfied about that.
Huh.
[OOC: Open!]
At least he was honest about it.
//Last week I had a request for music, so that's going to be what we do this week while I contemplate how to take this syllabus I was handed and make it even remotely useful in real world applications. This week I'm going to just start with... brooding isn't always just standing around looking menacing. Likewise, nobody in this class needs to feel obligated to do it, not for an easy grade, not for anybody's sake but their own. What it really is, at its core, unless you're just embracing the aesthetic of it, is unhappiness. It's deep thought while a person attempts to navigate their way out of some manner of negative emotional state. Anger, fear, sadness, or all of the above all twisting in on one another creating a feedback loop.//
He shrugged a little.
//It's an attempt at coping. And I used to get more than my fair share of shite for it back in the day, but I had more than my fair share on my plate, too. Just know that there's nothing wrong with needing to sit with your thoughts for a while, just so long as you can find your way out the other side again.//
And maybe that was what he should have led in to last week's class with, but he'd still been gobsmacked that he actually had to teach this in the first place.
//And now... music. It isn't necessary for brooding, but something to set the mood isn't always a bad thing. I tend to go for something angry, something that could do all the seething for me, because I can't. You're going to find a lot of this class is going to be about seeing a need filled so that you can pick your way through your own head more easily, and then filling it. This week you've each got a computer station and a few different internet sites to go through. Pick through the selection, find something that fills a need you think you might have. Do you want music to soothe you while you hurt? Music that will feed your anger so that you can spend it in your own head rather than taking it out on the people around you? Something happy and completely antithetical to your mood in order to shock yourselves out of it? It's music. There's no wrong answer, here. Just find what you think you need, and, if you're feeling up to it, share with the class.//
There. That was... vaguely educational and Jono felt weirdly satisfied about that.
Huh.
[OOC: Open!]