Curiosity being the wonderful motivator that it is, I utilized our wonderful library and picked up three books for spring break. On the way home after class, I stepped into what looks to be the most interesting- Robert Hariman's No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy. I'm looking forward to diving in for the idea really intrigues me; however, those first few pages caused a bit of a panic.
The introduction is written in a very approachable, almost conversational tone, which I adore and hope continues through the rest of the book. Despite this, I still feel more than a little out of my element. This is no longer reading a text book to highlight key points for a test or scanning an article for a intelligent quote for a research paper, this is self-motivated study of a subject that I know very little about. It's that learning curve, if you will, that scares me the most. I understand the fact that I will never know everything but I was tempted (and probably will end up returning to the text to do so) to pull out a piece of paper and write out every sentence with the many, many terms that I don't fully understand highlighted so I could do further in depth study.
Oh, but I'm so excited- and my enthusiasm perpetuates my self-image of youth and naivety. However, I'm okay with that. I'm a newborn... or not even, I'm still developing in the womb. I'm allowed to be a little excited about getting out and participating in life.
Whoop for reading over spring break!
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