Nikolina's diary by Nikolina Velickovska

Rainy day

nikolinavelick — 2025-09-11 07:41:05 UTC

The weather today made me think of the idiom "it's raining cats and dogs".

My first guiding conceptual question

nikolinavelick — 2025-09-11 10:14:26 UTC

Over the course of the past two weeks, I have covered two works – an untitled photograph and an excerpt from a short story.

The photograph is taken by Carrie Mae Weems and dates back from the 1980s or 1990s. It captures a man and a woman, possibly partners, seated in a tense atmosphere.

The excerpt is from the story “Faces” by Aimee Bender and is narrated through the perspective of a young boy, named William, who encounters difficulty recognizing faces. His mother takes him to the doctors where an unsettling situation occurs.

The meaning of the work is not always as easy to discover. While some compositions have the message clearly interpretated and straightforward. However, in others, the idea is left to your imagination.

In my opinion, not every writer or photographer has a certain purpose they want to convey. It is not difficult to identify and recognize the idea either. Try thinking from experience, have you encountered a similar situation, how did you feel, what was going on through you head? Most of the time you will find yourself brainstorming numerous meanings you hadn’t thought about in the beginning.

All in all, the message of the artist is not always the same as your understanding. Everyone’s mind works differently – art and literature are a stimulant for the brain. That is the beauty of it – it does not have a right answer.

Thank you note

nikolinavelick — 2025-09-16 21:51:09 UTC

Dear Sandra,

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How does the writer structure this article to present an argument?

nikolinavelick — 2025-09-22 22:10:18 UTC

In “Culture of Greedy Mind Readers,” Lisa Zunshine looks at how people naturally try to guess what others are thinking and feeling, a skill called the “theory of mind.” She explains that this habit is often present in literature and pop culture like movies, tv series, songs, music videos…, where audiences are often asked to figure out what characters are thinking. Zunshine points to different stories and cultural examples to show how they provoke our curiosity about other people’s minds, sometimes in ways that emphasize social greed or nosiness.

The article firstly explains the science of mind reading and then connects it to examples from literature and media showing how culture encourages mind reading by making it interesting to try and guess what others are thinking. Zunshine explains these concepts in an understandable yet precise manner using terms like “mental states” and “embodied transparency”.

While the article provides a deep explanation of ideas, it does not include much real-world data or research. The main points focus on theory of mind, how audiences connect with stories, and how culture reflects these interests. The piece gives a further explanation that more study could be done on how books and media use our natural curiosity about what others are thinking.