Week 2 Review

Map of the Internet, by Jay Simons. Link.

I thought that this was an interesting post from this weeks announcements. Simons clearly spent a long time on this, and I think it deserves some recognition. There is more stuff on this map than I knew existed on the internet. I would say I should try and become more familiar with it, but I'm trying to do well in school. Thanks for reading this week guys, be on the lookout for more posts soon. 

Famous Last Words: Week 2

For my reading this week I read the first half (Part A and B) of the Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana. Check it out here. I thought the story was interesting, but I found it hard to read initially. It took me a while to learn how to read the prevalent style of writing, it also didn't help that some of the stories had different authors, and therefore different writing styles. Still, I enjoyed reading it all the while. I look forward to wrapping it up in Week 3.

For my extra credit reading this week I read Part A of Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie Shedlock. Here is the link. I liked these more than the Ramayana, I found the stories easier to follow. I also liked how many of the characters were plants and animals. For example, when Buddha was born as a tree, I knew that he would be strong and patient. It made the themes and points of the stories stand alone from the characters, much like the Parables in the Bible. I think that it also helped that I am more familiar with the story of Buddha than the story of Rama. I look forward to continuing reading this as the semester continues.

In this class I would have to say SusieBookworm wrote easily the most unique story I saw this week. Updates from Exile  covers the story of Rama and his exile in the forest through a series of Facebook posts.

The first post in Updates from Exile

As far as other classes are concerned, this was the first real week of school. Homework was assigned, quizzes were taken, and test dates are already looming. My lab for the semester also started, and that is sure to take up a good portion of my time this coming semester.

Thanks for reading guys, keep checking for more work soon.

Learning Challenges: Pomodoro Technique

Directions for Pomodoro Technique, courtesy of Laura Gibbs

 

I have been trying out the Pomodoro technique to help with some of my studying at the beginning of this semester. It is essentially a method that incentives you to study by having scheduled breaks. I was skeptical at first, because with my problems focusing I was worried that once I went on break I would never return to studying. However, I'm happy to say that I think it's working for me, and I plan on using this technique as the semester progresses. Finally, instead of a real timer I have been using Google Timer, which you can read about here.

Tech Tip: Google Timer

I have been using the Google Timer feature in addition with the "Pomodoro" study technique to help with studying so far this semester. It has been helping me, I suggest everyone give it a try.

Growth Mindset: Don't be Fooled by First Impressions

Courtesy of Laura Gibbs

Epics of India is my first all online class, not just in college but in my entire education. I really wasn't sure how I felt about taking an online class, but getting to have no scheduled classes on Fridays was an opportunity too good to pass up. What I am enjoying most about having an online class is that I can work at my own pace if I want to work ahead, but there are also deadlines to keep me focused on the class, and avoid having to do it all in one week at the end of the semester. 

I also wasn't sure how I would like a class that was mostly focused on writing. I have never been very comfortable with expressing myself through writing. So, throughout the first week I was having trouble really diving into the class. But, I can already feel my skills and confidence in my own writing improving. So, I guess it's true, don't be fooled by first impressions. 

Week 2 Extra Credit Reading: Eastern Stories and Legends

For this reading diary I will be commenting on Part A of Eastern Stories and Legends by Marie Shedlock. Click here for the link.

• All the stories seem to be based on different characters. Makes it a little jarring to read, but I guess it lets the author explore a lot of characters and locations. 
• Animals are given human characteristics. I think it is because people will have an easier time understanding why a violent animal is doing evil things, as opposed to another person. Especially since I'm assuming these stories began as oral tradition. When you think of an animal, you instantly associate certain personalities with it, for example: a lion is mighty and the king of the animals kingdom, and pigs are dirty animals. 
• Buddha is also born as a tree spirit. Along the same lines as giving animals human characteristics, by associating Buddha with a tree I imagine his as a patient and strong person.  
• These animal and plant spirits are also interacting with humans. Again, I think this is because animals and plants have simpler personalities.   
• Buddha is now being born as a human, in the merchant class. I think a negative of this story is that it seems to require the reader to already be familiar with Buddha and other aspects of Indian Culture like the caste system to get the full message and point of the story. For example, Buddha is an alms giver, but still owns slaves. This seems contradictory, if you don't know how the rankings assigned by birth in the Caste system work and how they justify certain aspects of Indian culture. 



The Indian Caste System, courtesy of Jessica14272

 

Thanks for reading, more soon. 

Project Brainstorm: Storybook Topics

In this post, I am going to be listing some possible topics for my Storybook Project.

Ravana and the Demons 

I am interested in this topic because I think human morality stories are interesting, and in my experience stories about demons often involve stories about human morality. I also think that the demons that have been presented in the Ramayana are fascinating, the fact that they all aren't strictly evil makes them more interesting characters. In most other epic literature, demons only represent the evil that people can do, and not the good that those same people can also do. Finally, the art of the Indian Demons is very interesting. They seem to have an "uncanny valley" effect, looking human and inhuman at the same time. They have human faces and limbs, but often have many extra faces and limbs, while also not having natural human skin tones. I think the creative imagery and unique personalities could really help inspire my storybook.

Image of Ravana, courtesy of Time

My research so far has included browsing the Rakshasa Wikipedia page, where I got a general overview of where the demons in Indian literature came from, and some of their basic characteristics. I have also read about them in the Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana, where I have gotten some more details from the actual stories they were featured in.

Gods and Goddesses 

I think the Indian Gods and Goddesses are interesting for the same reason I think the demons are. They have human personalities, and they are not strictly good or evil. For instance, Shiva is a God of Destruction, but uses his power to destroy demons, and has many benevolent forms. I think the interactions of the Gods and Goddesses are also similar to the interactions between the Roman/Greek Gods and Goddesses, whose stories I have always been interested in. Finally, they are often depicted in the same unique art style that the Demons are depicted in, giving me a lot of creative imagery to draw from in my writing.

The research I have done so far has been based on Wikipedia pages, particularly those of Shiva and Vishnu. These are just pages of basic information. I am hoping to become more familiar with them in our weekly reading, and I have read about one of Vishnu's Avatars, Rama, in the Ramayana.

Battles and Weapons

What I like most about this topic is how the tools and weapons characters use are extensions of their personality. Some weapons even go so far as to have personalities of their own. I also like how none of the battles seem petty or pointless, they often carry a lot of emotional weight for the characters involved. I don't think this topic alone can fill a whole storybook, but weapons with characterization and battles could make excellent contributions to the plot, providing characters, actions, and locations for a storybook focused on another topic.

Thus far, my research has included the Ramayana, and browsing the Wikipedia page of Astra's, which made it easy to see how some characters are connected through battles and weapons.  

Karma 

I initially thought the idea of Karma alone could not make a good story book. Then I read this storybook from a former student, and he opened my eyes to how Karma could make a good character, in addition to be a classic (if often unmentioned) storytelling element. In my high school world religions class, we were taught that Karma was nothing more than an ethical guideline, much like the 10 Commandments in the Bible, and didn't have any characterization beyond that. I am interested in taking on the challenge to make Karma, and other similar storytelling elements, a more active force in my writing.

My research so far has the Wikipedia page on Karma and my previous education in world religions. That also included learning about Karma in Buddhism, and the idea of dying and being reborn (or the Indian Caste System and some of the justifications Karma gives people).

Thanks for reading, let me know what you guys think.

Week 2 Storytelling: The Forest

Jeff loved spending his weekends hunting. As soon as deer season opened in the fall, the local townsfolk often spotted Jeff leaving for the woods in the morning and not returning until he had bagged his quarry. So many people in his local town considered him to be the best hunter that, even though Jeff was a humble man, he began to believe it himself. Jeff loved when people would ask for advice about hunting. He enjoyed the feeling of knowing the most about a topic and the satisfaction it brought. Over the years, Jeff began to develop hubris when it came to hunting. He truly believed he could do no wrong.   

On what seemed to be a regular Saturday, Jeff had driven out to his deer lease. In a far corner the weekend before, he had picked up the tracks of a group of deer moving between a thick brush area and a local stream, and he wanted to investigate further. Climbing into a tree stand and shouldering his rifle, Jeff waited for the deer to move under him on the way to their morning drink. He had waited for close to an hour, silent and still, when he heard the sound of fall leaves being crushed underfoot. Turning slowly, Jeff laid his sights on the bush where the noise had come from. As soon as he saw movement, Jeff fired. In response he heard a sharp exhalation and the sound of dead weight hitting the ground. Figuring he had had another successful hunt, Jeff slowly climbed down from his tree stand and walked over to investigate his kill.  

What Jeff saw before him immediately made him sick to his stomach. A man, rifle slung around his shoulder and binoculars hanging from his neck, lay dead before him with a bullet hole in his stomach. Before Jeff had fully processed what had happened, another sound erupted from the brush behind him. Jeff turned and saw another tall man with a beard emerging from the brush, and then decided to run. While sprinting back to his truck, Jeff figured he only had hours of freedom before the police caught up with him. Back at his house, he began to get his affairs in order and get his story straight. He found the number for his lawyer and debated whether the jury would understand how even a great hunter like himself could make a mistake. However, no one came.  

Jeff spent the next two days locked in his home agonizing about what he had done before he was forced to venture out for food. He picked up a newspaper while in line at the cashier and saw that the investigation into who had shot the man was ongoing, but the police had no suspects. The man Jeff had shot was from the next county over, a town about 30 minutes away. 

"Crazy, ain't it?" said the cashier, startling Jeff. 

"Yeah... I'm just glad it didn't happen to me" was all Jeff managed to meekly reply.  

Jeff returned home and decided to try and get on with his life. There was no one who knew that he went out that way that morning, and he left no evidence there. Jeff was free, but he was racked with guilt every day for the next year. Deciding he couldn't take it anymore, Jeff returned to the old deer lease to look for some form of forgiveness or closure. While kneeling down near the bush, a shot rang out. Jeff's corpse slumped forward. A tall man with a beard stepped out from behind a tree, and walked away.  

Author's Note: My story is inspired by the tale of King Dasharatha's Karma. In this story, King Dasharatha accidentally kills a young man while he is hunting because of his own hubris and confidence in his abilities as a hunter. Shortly afterwords, King Dasharatha is discovered by the man's parents. 
I made a few changes to my story. None of my characters are royalty, of course. Additionally, the reaping of Karma occurs much sooner than in the original story of King Dasharatha. The King is a young man when this happens in his life and the events related to it through Karma are what kills him as an old man. However, Jeff and King Dasharatha both share similar attitudes about their own abilities as hunters. As a note, hubris is an excessive amount of self-confidence. Also, much like in the original story, the details about who Jeff killed are significant. Both the person who Dasharatha and Jeff killed are somehow related to their deaths. King Dashartha kills and loses a son for example.The story is about Jeff, and his decisions. 
I chose the image I did because I felt it conveyed the atmosphere I was trying to emulate. It was dark under the trees, but not so pitch black that no one could be expected to see. The readers should understand that what happened is Jeff's fault. Part of my motivation for this was to illustrate the fact that Jeff was not necessarily a bad person, but the consequences were the fault of his own actions. Jeff could have easily replaced the Bearded Man in this story, and he would still be doing a bad thing, but the reader can understand why it happened.  

Bibliography: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald Mackenzie, published in 1913. Link.

Image: Image of a forest, courtesy of Travels with Tricia

Week 2 Reading Diary Part 2: Ramayana Public Domain Edition

The Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana is compiled from many authors, here is the version I am using.  This post will cover Part B.

• I think its interesting how the speed at which information travels changes storytelling. If the Ramayana was written today, Bharata would get a text as soon as his brother was exiled or his dad died
• It seems that cultures have different twists on caring for the bodies of the dead, but many of them involve being buried/burned with prized possessions. I think these connections across different cultures are some of the most interesting parts of human history.  
• While many cultures and religions use objects as representations of people and gods, I have never seen anyone do it with sandals before

Bharata accepts Rama's sandals, from Columbia University

• Everyone keeps giving Rama weapons, I wonder where he is carrying all of them. Also, this seems like it could be foreshadowing to a large battle 
• I think its odd that Rama is so quick to tell a woman who wants to murder his wife to marry his brother. It would make for odd Thanksgivings
• The big battle that was foreshadowed occurs. I wouldn't say that this, or any other epic, is complicated after you know how to interpret the language 
• I think some similarities could be drawn between the Golden Deer and the Apple in the Garden of Eden. Both are very tempting, and get our main characters into a lot of trouble 
• It almost seems like Brahma intended for Sita to get kidnapped, drawing Rama into the conflict between the Gods. That seems similar to the stories about the Greek/Roman Gods to me. 

Week 2 Reading Diary: Ramayana Public Domain Edition

The Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana is compiled from many authors, here is the version I am using.  This post will cover Part A.

• I like the descriptive imagery used to describe Ayodhya. Even though the description is short, it tells you that it is a very nice place to be  



Modern picture of Ayodhya, from Best Holidays 

• Dasharatha's desire for male heirs is a classic story, not unique to Indian Epics 
• Gods are interacting with humans, and making promises. I think this compares to any of the Abrahamic religions, such as in the picture below 
• Vishnu is born as humans, seems similar to some elements of the New Testament. God becoming a human being, and splitting into 4 humans could draw some comparisons to the idea of the Trinity
• Rama acquires magical weapons with personalities, could be interesting to write about 
• Rama seems to be destined to do many things, like rescue Ahalya and fall in love with Sita The debate between destiny vs free will is always interesting
• The story of Shiva's bow does strike me as something out of a fairy tale. The idea of proving yourself and earning respect seems prevalent in all cultures 
• Royal succession is also prevalent in Rama's story, another thing that transcends culture or language 
• The exile seems similar to The Odyssey  
• I think the exile could also be compared to the story of Christ. The son of a god/king is sent to experience a different lifestyle (be a human/ live in the forest)
• Karma, which is given a name in Indian culture, always seems to be an element of many of these classic tales 

Week 1 Review

Courtesy of the Proverb Lab

 

I choose this post for my Week 1 review because when I have a lot of things to do, I don't think about the whole list, but rather focusing on finishing one thing at a time. By having 100 lists as opposed to 1 list with 100 items, I get the satisfaction of finishing a list more often, and therefore the motivation to keep working. Thanks for reading, looking forward to week 2.  

Famous Last Words: Week 1

This week was just an introduction week for the class, so I don't have as much to talk about as I'm sure I will in the coming semester. I feel my best writing in the past week has been my storytelling. While my classmates and I have spent a lot of time writing posts about ourselves, such as the introduction post, I believe that reading someones creative writing gives a larger insight into their personality. I enjoyed writing my own story, it has been a long time since I have done any creative writing. I also like how many of the stories I have read used the same inspiration as me ( the Tom Gauld map), it allowed me to see how different people used the same image to come up with wildly different stories. Speaking of the Tom Gauld map, I also liked how we were given a starting point for the assignment, finding a jumping off point is the hardest part of writing for me. Hopefully the amount of writing in this class will have a positive effect on my writing skills.

Outside of this class, I have enjoyed the beginning of my other classes. I have taken classes with many of my professors previously, so it is nice to be back in a familiar classroom environment. This semester is sure to be hard, but I am hopeful it turns out well. I have also enjoyed being back on campus, and seeing my roommates and friends again.

Sarkeys Energy Center, my main class building. Picture courtesy of the Integrated Core Characterization Center

I am excited for this class to continue, I am hoping that I have the opportunity to learn a lot about a culture that I don't know much about. I am also looking forward to getting to know some of my classmates, through reading and commenting on their work, and them doing the same to mine.

Thanks for reading.

Tech Tip: Sidebar Box

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Tech Tip: Embedded Videos

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Just practicing embedding YouTube videos on my blog. I'm including a video from one of my favorite channels, the Slow Mo Guys, in my introduction post. Thanks for reading.

Tech Tip: Blogger Profile

I have removed the blogger profile widget from the sidebar, I think it gives a cleaner look to my blog, and it didn't contain anything useful for this class. Thanks for reading.

Tech Tips: Design Templates

Hello, 

I have updated the design on my blog. I like to keep things simple, so I have just updated the background of my blog and the nav bar to shades of blue. Thanks for reading, I hope you like the changes, 

Tech Tip: Add Weather

I have added weather to my sidebar, so that we can all see what we're missing when spring rolls around and we're inside working on our online class. Using the same basic steps, I have also pinned the comment wall to the top of my blog, hoping to make it easier for people to get in touch with me. Thanks for reading.

Learning Challenges: Attention

From The Civil War, by Ken Burns. Image courtesy of Laura Gibbs, source.

I think the hardest part of learning for me is paying attention. I know myself and my abilities well enough to know how long something should take me. But, whenever I sit down to complete a task, I find it very easy to be sidetracked. Because of this, I relate to the above quote. There are some assignments where I spend as much time trying to pay attention as working on the assignment. The thing that helps me the most with this is making sure I'm interested in the subject material. Not caring about something is the most difficult hurdle to jump when working, in my opinion. Beyond that, if it is something that I have to do but don't want to, I find working in a group and the fear of public failure keeps me motivated enough to perform. If all else fails, coffee is the lifeblood that fuels dreams.

The Growth Mindset

Image courtesy of the Joseph Campbell Website

I agree with what Carol Dweck is saying, that students need to be challenged. Learning is not a passive experience. However, I don't believe that simply changing the wording that teachers use (not yet instead of failing) is going to solve the problem. I think the only way for a person to fully commit themselves to a difficult task like education is a desire to do it. In my own experience, if I don't enjoy the subject material of a class or respect the teacher, I find it much harder to participate and do well in the class. A possible solution for this problem is placing more focus on the future of the students. As a middle school student, I didn't understand why algebra was important. I had no idea I would study engineering, or what use algebra has in every day life. Placing education within context is another place I think the American school system fails. This is why I agree with Joseph Campbell, the only way to get students to learn is to find an intrinsic motivation for them. This could be anything from money to a love of learning about a given subject material. But without a motivation, all a teacher is asking students to do is hit their head against the wall for reasons they don't understand. 

Storybook Favorites

In this post I will be covering some of my favorite Indian Epics Storybooks.

Book 1: The Karma Times by Sehrish Noorali

Used on the first page of The Karma Times by Sehrish Noorali (original sight for this picture appears to be dead) 

I thought this was an interesting spin on the view many people traditionally take on the idea of Karma. It gave what in my mind was just a spiritual guideline more human characteristics. The idea that Karma was a being who could find satisfaction in his work made the real world examples of Karma I have seen much more satisfying. I think the weakest point of this story is the page design, the pictures are never included until the bottom of each page, making it hard to draw in some readers.

Book 2: Revealing Illusions of Maya by Morgan Fortner 

I was immediately drawn into this story by its creative use of an optical illusion on the front page. Fortner has styled this story as a season of a TV show, called Disillusionment hosted by Maya. Again, I liked how this story put an interesting twist on something that I had always thought was an idea, by giving it human characteristics and motivations that extended beyond just good or evil. I also thought the formatting was excellent, with the author going so far as to find pictures of actors portraying her characters, which made the show feel that much more real.  

Book 3: A Search for the Truth by Kevin Davis 

I choose to read this story because I really enjoy a good mystery, and the title intrigued me. The story involves a man who had grown up hearing tales of Gods interfering in human affairs, and going to find these Gods for himself after his parents were murdered. I liked how this story followed the classic hero arc, with the main character Vikrama reaching a low point in his life before ultimately finding the satisfaction he was looking for. Davis also did an excellent job creating personalities for the Gods that Vikrama meets, each one was distinct and accurate to their characters in classic texts. 

Course Overview Write Up

I have decided to read the second version of the Ramayana, the one available in the public domain. I have decided to read this version because it will be closer to the original writing style, and I believe this allows more of the original context and meaning to come through. The originally conveyed context and meaning of religious texts in the native language can have far reaching impacts on the culture of a society, so I am hoping to remain as close to that as possible. I am most interested in seeing why so many paintings of traditional Indian religious characters have so many extra faces and limbs (such as in the image below), no one has ever been able to explain it to me satisfactorily.  

Image of Brahma, courtesy of Wikipedia

A little more background on me, I have taken a world religions class before in high school. However, the course was only a semester long, and non-Abrahamic religions were covered very lightly, since it was a Catholic high school. If I remember correctly, we only spent 3 weeks covering Hinduism, Buddhism, and the other major traditional Asian religions. I have also spent a long time reading fantasy novels, I read Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit as a teenager, and have more recently finished the A Song of Ice and Fire series.

I have never visited Asia or the Indian subcontinent, but I look forward to the opportunity to do so in the future.

Introduction to Andrew Wright

My name is Andrew Wright, and I am a Junior Petroleum Engineering student at the University of Oklahoma. I am from Austin, Texas. My current career goal is to have a job, despite the current crude oil prices.

One of my favorite classes thus far has been Petroleum Economics. I really enjoyed learning about how the non-technical side of the oil and gas industry works, and why Petroleum Engineers make some of the decisions that they do. Our professor, Dr. Moghanloo, also worked very hard to make sure we understood what it meant to be an ethical engineer, and how to make decisions in that mindset that are beneficial to our company, local communities, the environment, and ourselves. That is one of the many reasons that I believe this class will have a lasting impact on my future career.

My greatest academic accomplishment thus far is earning the highest grade in my class on the Reservoir Rock Properties lab reports. My team members and I worked for many hours every week to ensure the lab reports were completed on time, and to our high standards. It was a very satisfying feeling to be rewarded for the hard effort my group and I made in the class.

My family has a corgi, named Satchel, who lives back at home. He can be fun to hang out with, but a little needy at times.  

A picture of Satchel, taken by myself. 

My favorite place to visit is Destin, Florida. Check out a picture I posted in here.

My favorite TV show is It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I have been watching it for years, and I still find it to be the funniest sitcom on TV.

My favorite food is breakfast tacos from the Texas Honey Ham Company, pictured below. I usually order a bacon egg and cheese ranchero.

Image courtesy of Yelp

Finally, here is a video from one of my favorite YouTube channels. Check it out.

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Storytelling Week 1

Jim had always had bad luck. While visiting his holiday home with his family, he had woken up too late to accompany them to the lake. Deciding to make an adventure out of it, Jim choose a different trail to reach the lake than he had ever taken before. The lake was a straight shot east of the holiday home, but Jim decided he would walk to the north east for a while, and then cut back south east to find his family at the lake. He figured he would arrive in time to enjoy a picnic lunch with his family. Little did he know, Jim would be delayed in ways he could never imagine.

Lake Tahoe, posted to Flickr by the_tahoe_guy. 

Before he left, Jim made himself some toast to eat while he walked. Unfortunately, he soon came upon a pack of angry birds perched on a spooky tree. The birds swooped into attack Jim, forcing him to flee. Jim dropped his toast in an effort to satiate the birds long enough for him to run away. His plan worked, and after running for a while longer, he slowed to a walking pace and continued to the north east.

About the time Jim decided to turn back south east towards the lake, he came upon swamp gas. The gas made it nearly impossible to see, and he no longer had any sense about what direction he was going. Hearing a sound in the woods, Jim turned around, fearing that the angry birds had caught up with him. He saw nothing, but when he turned back around, a man in an orange jumpsuit was standing in front of him. The man said "I just escaped from the county jail, and I was wondering...". Jim decided to run before the man could finish his sentence, but he tripped and hit his head on a rock, falling unconscious.

Waking up, Jim realized he was inside a wooden building. He could see sunlight through the rotting ceiling above him. Sitting up, Jim looked around while his eyes adjusted to the darkness. His eyes landed on an orange jumpsuit hanging on the wall in front of him. Jim realized he must have been dragged into the building by the escaped convict. Standing up. Jim decided to leave the area as carefully as possible, to avoid attracting any unwanted attention from the convict, or any friends the convict may have. About 100 yards from the house, Jim heard a scream for help. Deciding his consciousness couldn't leave a person in danger, he headed for the sound. In a clearing next to a bog, Jim saw a man he recognized as the convict, who had been mauled by a bear.

With his fear now overpowering his conscience, Jim turned tail ran as fast as he could. He ran for what felt like miles, and eventually came upon the lake shore, seeing his family cleaning up after their picnic on the beach 50 yards away. Running up to them, Jim attempted to explain what had happened to him. His whole family, confused by his stammering, decided everything he said was an excuse for waking up late and getting lost in the woods. Jim realized that he could never convince them of the truth, and sat down on the sand, resolving never to stray from the main path in the woods again.

Author's Note: This short story is based off of Tom Gauld's map from his book, Robots, Monsters, Etc. The map is presented below.  

Created by Tom Gauld, link

Bibliography 

Map of the Area Surrounding our Holiday Home, a cartoon by Tom Gauld from his book ROBOTS, MONSTERS Etc., 2006. Link to online source. 

*** Whenever I follow the link to the map source, it does not work. Lacking another official source, I have still decided to use it as my link, assuming the website for Tom Gauld is temporarily down. 

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