Comments on: The Circle of Life – “A child gives birth to a mother” https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/the-circle-of-life-a-child-gives-birth-to-a-mother/ 60-223 Fall 2017 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 00:08:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.24 By: tmustako@andrew.cmu.edu https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/the-circle-of-life-a-child-gives-birth-to-a-mother/#comment-181 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 07:51:51 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/?p=462#comment-181 Thanks for hearing me out, I’m glad we were able to talk this out 🙂

]]> By: akshatp@andrew.cmu.edu https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/the-circle-of-life-a-child-gives-birth-to-a-mother/#comment-180 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:30:38 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/?p=462#comment-180 In addition, as seemed appropriate, I have updated the post to remove any misunderstanding.

]]> By: akshatp@andrew.cmu.edu https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/the-circle-of-life-a-child-gives-birth-to-a-mother/#comment-179 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:25:06 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/?p=462#comment-179 Hi,

I’m sorry if my choice of words led to an ill-representation of my idea. I did not mean that having children is the only meaning to a woman’s life. I only meant in the sense that it adds another dimension. I’ll be more careful of wording and reviewing my drafts. Your interpretation, which is clear from my choice of words, is justified, but in no sense what I believe or wanted to say. Again, truly sorry for the error.

]]> By: tmustako@andrew.cmu.edu https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/the-circle-of-life-a-child-gives-birth-to-a-mother/#comment-178 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 19:33:25 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/?p=462#comment-178 I was not talking about the original quote, but I was referring to your post in which you say that “Having a child really gives a woman, now mother, meaning to life.”

My interpretation stems directly from the words that you used, and my point is that you should really consider the words you use how you say things so that these kinds of miscommunications do not arise, and so that your work is not misinterpreted, especially when dealing with topical issues such as gender roles.

]]> By: akshatp@andrew.cmu.edu https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/the-circle-of-life-a-child-gives-birth-to-a-mother/#comment-175 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:13:03 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/?p=462#comment-175 Hi,

I appreciate your view. I, nor this project, imply that the only purpose of a woman is to reproduce.

While this quote is open to interpretation, and not my personal quote, I do believe this anonymous quote implies a greater meaning.

If you read the quote carefully, it says “a child gives birth to a mother” and not woman. A more positive interpretation of this hints at the direction of gratitude. Often we say that the child owes gratitude to the mother for life, but this quote really brings out why the child also brings new meaning to the mother’s life, and so how a mother equally owes gratitude to a child.

I’m sorry if I offended you and you took the idea of this project in the wrong sense. This project was solely intended to bring out the meaning of our cyclic lives in a positive sense.

]]> By: tmustako@andrew.cmu.edu https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/the-circle-of-life-a-child-gives-birth-to-a-mother/#comment-174 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:27:17 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/?p=462#comment-174 Your reading of this quote is extremely ill-considered. By stating that having a child gives woman’s life meaning, you are disregarding every woman’s validity as an individual person and saying their only value and purpose is to reproduce.

With the benefit of the doubt, I don’t think that this is actually what you believe, but it is very important to think about what you are saying. Please analyze your work and think about the messages that you are sending.

]]> By: espektor@andrew.cmu.edu https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/the-circle-of-life-a-child-gives-birth-to-a-mother/#comment-172 Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:31:34 +0000 https://courses.ideate.cmu.edu/60-223/f2017/?p=462#comment-172 This is a very interesting project in both the artistic and technical sense. I noticed you used a battery pack to power the motor and I thought that was very smart to do. I was powering my my motor through the Arduino and it wasn’t enough power. I struggled with the motor a lot and didn’t even think of your option. The story behind your project was also really interesting because I never though of the cycle of life as a child giving birth to a mother. Great use of the servos and battery pack!

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