Hello!
I am a senior here at MCLA studying Visual Art. When I graduated High School I had a dream of diving into the design world and was this {} close pursuing, but parents, distance, and maturity all fell in the way. Reluctantly I chose The University of Vermont, far from my dream school, and studied medical laboratory science. WHAT? Anyway, I decided to try it again and found myself here in North Adams.
My mother's side of the family is Swedish and she grew up in a strict Lutheran home. The rule driven lifestyle made her reject and disagree with that way of living. When she had my brother and I, she tried to introduce us in a way, actually have someone else introduce us, to the religion. Thanks to my misbehaving little brother we were asked to leave church. So growing up we never attended church or practiced n our home. As we got older she let us know that we had every right to believe in what we individually desired. I really respected that. But now that I look back, I definitely put religion or my choice to be spiritual on the back burner. So my insight and comparison with a spiritual system is quiet lacking. Therefore, I will most likely have many questions.
What really drew me to this class, is a philosophy course I took a few semesters ago, Logic and Critical Reasoning. I questioned if I was going to like and I did. Learning how to argue powerfully and correctly was right up my alley. I always question many religions and cannot decide if I believe in God or not. I am excited to look at religions in this context. I have no doubt that this will be an insightful and challenging course.
