I've been taking this class for five weeks now, but I think I've only really now begun to understand what "new media" really is. Initially I though new media was the internet and technology. New media was Facebook, the itunes store, youtube, and basically any other technology that allowed us to interact with machines and each other, or conveyed information. I though that in the class we would be covering only this topic. In retrospect that would have been a fairly limited subject.

I just want to say that I'm easily fascinated when it comes to eastern thought and legends and because i like them so much. While i was reading the garden of paths essay I got really into it and was just following the 'spiritual' story. Apparently many people got different stories/ meanings from the same story. So I guess there are many different ways in which one can interpret and gain meaning from these poems, especially due to the authors intent.