Dear Diary, I technically talked to the girl from the seminar today. When I came into the room, she was already sitting there and 2 other girls were sitting next to her. Technically there were seats between them, but we usually keep one chair distance due to covid rules. I had planned to sit next to her if possible, but it would have been weird to sit on those free chairs when most of the room was still empty. She did look at me when I came in. That is only natural though, you automatically look who is coming when someone enters the room. But when I passed her back, I said hello and she said hello back. Awesome level of interaction. A+
Well, at least I tried. I think she looked at me a couple if times again, but it wasnt as suspicious as in previous weeks. Maybe I did imagine it. I still got to hear her voice though, since today it was her turn to present a poem analysis. I was looking forward to that, since I can usually get a glimpse into someones personality by listening to the way of their argumentation. Her presentation was good. She found a lot of literary figures. Although I wasnt sure about one. She said that "zärtliche Schwärze" (gentle blackness) is an oxymoron. But I dont see any contradiction in that. Yeah black is often negatively associated and gentleness is positive. But something black can be gentle without problem. I think she probably wanted to be super thorough so she included some stuff that is a bit uncertain. That tells me that she is really trying. And I sensed no irrationality like with Belle. So I have really good impression of her so far.
The second half of the seminar was about how you can present the anthropocene in art. Some people say that arts needs to show the unspeakableness of the situation. While todays text suggests that we have to be aware of our emotional relationship to pollution materials like plastic. We discussed a text by a professor I know and I heard him present the theories from the text. So I had no problems understanding it. But the people who had to prepare the tect had some trouble so I ended up explaining a lot. While doing that I needed an example for something that is aesthetic, without being beautiful in the classic sense. So I said goth culture. Turns out the girl sitting next to me identifies as a goth. She wasnt hurt or anything though. She said nect time she would maybe put on her makeup, that would be interesting.
The next seminar I attended was the Kurosawa one. It was online this time, but I still sat in the normal room. 3 other people there were. I actually shared my tablet with one of them. It was also pretty good. But I think the girl holding the seminar talks a bit too much about facts from Kurosawas career. I dont think the exact dates really matter when discussing the film. I think we would habe had more time talking about the really interesting themes about memory and genderroles presented in rashomon if we didnt spend so much time on that. But maybe I'm the only one, since the guy I shared my tablet with actually wrote everything she said down. Tbh I almost never make notes in uni. I think I can listen better this way and I almost never end up looking at the notes I do make. To each their own I guess.
Like I said I canceled my own tutorial so I could go home after that. Still hope it was ok with the professor.
So long