sometimes i too wonder about distractions and if they are just that or if there is a glimmer of something that intersects and is therefore useful. The prompt on social artistry helped mine. Gave me a slight nudge of confidence to be a bit more avant garde than i might otherwise…may or may not end up in the thesis (a txt language rendition of an ode to a hopeful monster, but it did make me crystalize further what it is i have shown.
The discussions we had way back on ethics made my thinking clearer on the rights, wrongs and balances on research- and that what i learn on this phd is a ticket to academic credibility rather than an end point – so whether its in “the book’ or not, my thinking is clearer.
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