This Is The End

Hold your breath and count to ten.
I don't think I can do this again.

So much for lazy pop-culture references (and a great smile from me if you recognized both).

Preparing the lab book was an interesting experience, both because it widened my perspective and because of the blog form. Admittedly, I did not get any response, but even seeing that someone from the US actually visited this page felt quite surreal. 

Other than that, I feel that I have learned to pay more attention to things which may seem completely mundane, such as making tea, or my favourite chair in the library. Knowing just how many social implications a simple object or process can evoke is quite thrilling, even if it does slow my thinking a bit (so much data to process!).

I was able to show some of the entries to my friends who would not be able to see the actual, physical copy if I did it as a regular notebook (because they are in Poland, for instance), and the feedback and discussion I received proved helpful many times. I suppose I am trying to say thank you. 

Despite today's title, I sincerely hope this end is not an actual End - because maybe, just maybe, at some point someone will actually post a single comment, full of constructive/destructive feedback and critique, and I will be able to respond.

I am saying it mostly because I do not want you, dear reader, to feel as if I was quitting this blog. I am not. If there is any response to my rambling, I will be more than happy to start a dialogue (let us not get ahead of ourselves and call this potential conversation a discourse). So please, write back! Share your thoughts! And hopefully you will enjoy reading and replying as much as I enjoyed making it.

And I will leave you with a wonderful picture of decorated long yams. I think I actually managed not to mention these in a single entry. But do search them up.

Fig. 1 Material Culture!

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