1. In your own words, what purpose can a journal serve in the creative process?
Documentation is important. It can help form, develop, and clarify ideas, and can be referenced later. Documenting process can show and even cause improvements in your work. It can also help by showing a different perspective from a different point in time.

2. Why is it valuable to refrain from editing your brainstorming process or discarding 'mistakes'?
Like the saying goes, you learn from your mistakes. Keeping your 'mistakes' can motivate you to reflect and make improvements. Also it can act as a reference to what you have tried and doesn't work so you don't repeat the same mistake in the future.

3. What is the difference between primary and secondary sources? Why do you think it is valuable to include both types of sources when doing research?
Primary sources are a first hand account, for example an art piece. Secondary sources are anything that is not a primary source, for example an article about an artwork or exhibit. Primary sources are important to provide accuracy and gives you an opportunity to your own impression on the subject. Secondary sources are important because they can provide a lot of useful information and different perspectives.

4. How do you think each level of analysis in the constructive critique model can be useful when incorporated into your journal?
Response and Description are good for recording your initial impression and documenting details. These details can help with the Analysis and Interpretation which helps give you a deeper insight to what you are critiquing. Evaluation and Judgement ties together everything that you have observed and learned into an informed response. These are helpful when incorporated into the journal because it helps to focus and reflect on all aspects of a piece and challenge our initial impression of it.

5. Based on the overview of each exhibition (17 Volcanoes and Radio Malaya), how would you connect each of these exhibitions to your own personal understanding of digital culture?
My personal understanding is that digital culture involves the use of technology and its impact and influence on society. Radio Malaya showed an evolution of culture and displayed how different influences were reflected in the artworks. 17 Volcanos was a terrific example of how different technologies can be used in different ways to visual document, create art, and relate experiences.