Reflections Of Albion
Carrol Zrimsek
We believe it is important to find value in everything that you do during your time at Albion College. This program will challenge you to discover meaning in your everyday experiences on and off campus. Meaning shapes our lives and we want to hear how your experiences on and off campus have shaped your life in a new way. You will earn points for every reflection and these points earn you rewards! Your reflections can also serve as good talking points during interviews and help with writing personal statements.
You will earn points by submitting reflections about activities and experiences that you have learned from. Reflections are expected to be at least 200 words and will need to reflect an attitude of thoughtfulness. Points carry over from year to year so you can submit reflections at any point.
And so, as I return from my latest trip to the New World, rather than gripe about how unnecesarily orange their Doritos are, or why none of them seem to recycle, or questioning why I was able to have brisket for breakfast today, I wanted to write up a few positive reflections on what Tom Wolfe called \u201Cthis wild, bizarre, unpredictable, Hog-stomping, Baroque country\u201D.
The highlights on objects are reflections of the light source. Even on the roughest surface a highlight (and therefore, a reflection) will appear, although we generally think of reflections as occurring mainly on smooth surfaces.
A reflection is a replication of the light source or the brightly lit part of an object on another surface, How clear this replication is and how sharply focused its edge will tell us how smooth the reflecting surface is. A reflection whose edge is soft and out of focus indicates a rougher surface than does a reflection whose edge is sharply focused. If the reflecting surface is extremely rough, the edges of reflections in it will be so out of focus that all characteristics of whatever is reflected are lost.
Highlights on objects are reflections. Although we usually think of reflections as appearing on smooth surfaces, they do appear on rough surfaces as well, but in unfocused form. Here, the light area on the tennis ball (left) is an unfocused reflection. The edges of a highlight tell us visually how smooth or rough an object is. Because the reflection on the seven ball (center) is less focused than the one on the Christmas ornament, we know the ornament has a microscopically smoother surface.
There's a slightly dutiful tone to traditional fare like "The Sans Day Carol" and "Hereford Carol", but the contrast between the simplicity of pastoral devotion and the bogus finery of the rich in "Christmas Is Now Drawing Near at Hand" is well made; but the best tracks are both Hutchings originals, the reflections on time passing "A Distant Bell" and "Burn, Logs, Burn".
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