Week 7 Blog Entry

This week, Alexia focused on hammering out the rest of our story and the other subtleties that go into telling the kind of story we want to share. To support our theme of grief tying back into the death of stars, I began doing basic research into the different kinds of star deaths. Smaller stars can burn for as long as the universe has currently been alive, regular sized suns (like ours) can burn for millions of years, and larger stars can only shine for a few million years. Larger stars require more fuel to burn, and therefore burn out a lot faster. Because of its extremities, larger stars can either become white dwarfs, or explode into supernovas. The supernova can provide new stars with the fuel required to burn and so on. The stardust in the universe spreads everywhere, including to us. We are all made of stardust. We also finalized a black & white sketched aesthetic and a page count of 30-40. 

On Wednesday, in addition to working on our book, Victoria was back in class and we visited  concepts new and old. In the first hour of class, Victoria had brought an electronic microscope where we viewed a plethora of different textures and items under the lens.  Next, we took a look at a device that analyzed and interpreted signals from the brain. It was really cool to see some groups really take advantage of this technology we had and use it to gather information for their projects. It was also a shock when Victoria unveiled Stephen Hawking’s first computer used to interpret his dialogue when he could no longer speak. Additionally, Victoria also showed us the Noise Aquarium, a project she had been working on since the pandemic. 

 

https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/how-do-stars-die/

https://www.space.com/how-do-stars-die

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/electroencephalogram-eeg

https://www.charliemackesy.com/

noiseaquarium.com/the-project/