Throughout the process of reading Scott, Berger, and Greenblatt, I had many different ideas of what I would connect their writings back to. My initial thought was that each one of their excerpts kept coming back to how society ultimately influences our taste, opinions, perspectives, beliefs, and sense of self. I had this concept in my mind for a good amount of time before the other ideas came flooding in. I was re-reading A More Beautiful Question, and all of the sudden, something must have clicked, because my mind began rapid firing many other ideas that these three excerpts could connect to. At this point, it felt like I was solving a puzzle, only instead of having one correct way of everything fitting together, I had found multiple. Originally, this frustrated me, as my preference is to come up with one idea that, to me, is far superior than any other thought I could have dreamed up. However, I found that I would be equally happy walking any of the paths I had carved out. This led me to focus on which of my ideas were most original. I decided to go with my gut and remain true to my first idea. I combed back through all three texts and used the notes I had taken in my commonplace book to weave together my concept map. It was interesting to see not only how all three excerpts connected to and gave examples of the influence of societal norms, but also how they all also fit together and overlapped. This showed me that I chose the right idea for me, the one that was the most original, the most authentic to back with evidence, and felt most compelling. This process re-enforces something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: not everything is black and white. All or nothing thinking provides me no flexibility to explore, to be creative, and to actually immerse myself in curiosity and learn, which is always my goal in the first place. Because I was able to see that each idea I had could have worked equally as well, I could lean into the fact that I was truly choosing to dive deeper into a concept that felt the most enjoyable. Despite that initial discomfort, I was able to make my own choices, invent my own ideas, and create something that I am proud of.
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