Class

I found todays class to be very successful.  I finally figured out what a heterotopic space is.  The definition Hana gave in class today really made sense to me, it is a place within a place.  Such as our "cave" in the library, or the library itself because it is an archive of things dated from many different times that all come together in one single space.  The example she gave of the mirror I found very interesting.  When you look in a mirror and see yourself, what your seeing isnt really where you think your seeing it.  Obviously, when you look in a mirror the person you see looking back is not there but within yourself, it is only a reflection.  So the place that you look at in the mirror is considered a "placeless place", better known as a utopia.  This aspect of the mirror is what makes it so interesting to me.  It is both a utopia and a heterotopia, becaue the "placeless place" is located inside another place, the actual confines of the mirror.  It seemed hard to grasp at first but im really happy Hana described it today the way she did because I no longer feel lost but more on top of what we are really talking about in class.