Module 09

It is true that we were born with our eyes,

but they will only open slowly to beauty,
much more slowly than one thinks.
Linotype Specimen of Sabon Next (2003) Part II, p. 6.
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 wish they had done Daredevil just a few years earlier so I couldve played
the role (Laughter) I think I wouldve been great as Daredevil. I mean, I
cant hear that well now. (Laughter)

Trojan: O.K., Another thing is that Marvel is exploding compared to the

DC movie universe, which has made some hits, but for the most part
hasnt reached Marvels success nearly as much. And theyre doing the
Batman and Superman lm coming up, but do you think that theyll be

S C R E E N T Y P O G R A P H Y | FI R S T D R A F T able to catch up [to Marvel]?

Lee: No. Im known for my very interesting responses. No.

Trojan: Why do you think theyve fallen so far behind?

SL: Cause the people at Marvel are smarter. Ill give you an example: We
used to be called Atlas Publications and when I saw that the books were
doing so well I said, Lets change our name. We need a better name.
And Im really into advertising. When I used to read magazines like the
Saturday Evening Post Id read the ads rst and then the stories, so I said,
If we get a name like Marvel we can have little sayings like Make mine
Marvel and Welcome to the Marvel age of comics and Marvel march-
es on. And Id use those when I was writing and treated everything
like a big ad campaign. Well, DC, when we changed our name to Mar-
vel they were known as National Comics and they mustve thought Well,
if Stan Lee changed the name well change our name. So they decided
to change their name, too. And what did they come up with? We were
Marvel! They came up with D.C. And you wanna know why we beat them.

Trojan: Ha, fair enough.

SL: And theyre friends of mine, too!

Trojan: Ive got some fun questions now. If you could dress up as one of
your creations for Halloween, who would you dress up as?

SL: Probably Spider-man because its a skintight suit and it would show
off my heroic gure. (Laughter).

Trojan: If you could have any one of the superpowers you created, which
one would it be?

SL: Oh, I think Id want to be, not because of his superpower, but Id wan-
na be Tony Stark. Cause hes incredibly wealthy, indescribably handsome,
the women love him and yeah, being Tony Stark wouldnt be so bad.

Trojan: Who would win in a ght: Thor or Hulk?

SL: It would depend on whos writing and who he wants to win. You see,
this may come as a shock, but those are ctitious characters.

Trojan: Alright, what if you were writing the story?

SL: Well it would depend. If I were writing it as a Hulk story the Hulk
would win. If I were writing Hulk as a guest star in the Thor series, Thor
would win.

NEWS COMICS FILMS CONTACT

HOT TOPICS X-MEN AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON EMAIL
CATEGORIES AVENGERS ANT-MAN DIRECT MESSAGING
SUPERHEROES FANTASTIC FOUR CIVIL WAR HEADQUARTERS
SUPER FANS FUTURE FOUNDATION BLACK PANTHER FAN MAIL
FAN BASE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY DEADPOOL DONATIONS

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P O N D E R | M O D U L E 09

My favorite elementary school teacher is DESIGN | FIRST DRAFT here and there and it didnt matter too much because it
Describe what you are trying to accomplish while is static and will stay like, while coding websites we had
Mrs. Rodriguez because not only did I get to make sure things had to be responsive. With so many
designing this web page?
to have her class for two years, she became To get, show, and implement to set up and use type in
different sizes of screens we have available, it is hard to
a second mother to me. I became friends accordance to visual hierarchy. I wanted the users to see
make things perfect with just designing just one layout,.

with my family and would do the most for be able to see the color going on, what is the company,
what the article is about, the main points from the content, Is it readible? Is it too distracting?
me like her own son. Most of her family
were still in Phillipines and so she couldnt
important things that are quoted from the interview, and Is it boring? It is pleasing to
other important words and terms that they can look up
she see them often until they could to find and learn more about along the way. I also wanted the eye? Can you tell what the
officially immigrate to the United States. to make sure it makes to find things to these conditions website theme is based on the
and relatively easy. I also want them to visually interested
into it and not easier bored or tired from it visually . style and layout of the webpage?
TYPE JOURNAL: TYPE ON STREET SIGNS
What did you discover about typography on street signs?
It is well organized? Can you see
What questions are you asking yourself?
What I discovered about t ypography on street Is it readible? Is it too distracting? Is it boring? It is pleasing
the visual hierarchy in the piece?
signs is that they has to bold and readiable at great to the eye? Can you tell I really liked this module, because it was something
distance and for quick glances as we would drive 65 what the website theme totally unfamilar, but something I could relate to and
miles or more or so. They were also stright forward in is based on the style and so I was able to think it that specific method. The
getting the context and meaning right away and not layout of the webpage? main thing that broke me or held in my creativity is
detour you away with any fancy or decoractive fonts. It is well organized? to make or assure things were realistic to code or not.
Can you see the visual
REASEARCH | VISUAL AUDIT hierarchy in the piece?
What did you discover about typographic hierarchy
while completing the visual survey? CONCLUSION
When I was completed the visual survery going through What have you learned
all the different arrangement of text and information they about web pages this
were all quite simple. They are had a big heading followed The handicap doesnt even week?
n e e d t o s ay t o h a n d i c a p f o r u s
by normal to a little larger than normal size font for the I have done web design for
t o k n ow, i t i s s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d
paragraph copy. Some had an over contrast between and well known to our eyes. a bit now, but to physically
the two, but many had a similar weight for relationship layout the webpage in
connection, but different enough to tell which one was a long layout is something I have not yet done yet. In
more important to the other. Copy text should also be coding html and css, I get easily overwhelmed of what
clean and normal and not overly distracting or decorative, capable of and when I should be satified with the level
much like street signs, needs for readibility and informative. of my ability. Incompared to this, I could put objects

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 Module 10
Read for knowledge and write with the goal
of exploring ideas. If students developed a
genuine interest in their field, grades would
take a back seat, and holistic and intrinsically
motivated learning could take place.
Aaron M. Brower | www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/education/18college.html

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S C R E E N T Y P O G R A P H Y | B R A N D I N G I D E AT I O N

INSIGHT

HOME AB O U T NEWS C O MICS FILMS

HOME ABOUT NEWS COMICS FILMS

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 the role (Laughter) I think I wouldve been great as Daredevil. I mean, I
cant hear that well now. (Laughter)

Trojan: O.K., Another thing is that Marvel is exploding compared to the

DC movie universe, which has made some hits, but for the most part
hasnt reached Marvels success nearly as much. And theyre doing the
Batman and Superman lm coming up, but do you think that theyll be
able to catch up [to Marvel]?
S C R E E N T Y P O G R A P H Y | S E CO N D D R A F T Lee: No. Im known for my very interesting responses. No.

Trojan: Why do you think theyve fallen so far behind?

SL: Cause the people at Marvel are smarter. Ill give you an example: We
used to be called Atlas Publications and when I saw that the books were
doing so well I said, Lets change our name. We need a better name.
And Im really into advertising. When I used to read magazines like the
Saturday Evening Post Id read the ads rst and then the stories, so I said,
If we get a name like Marvel we can have little sayings like Make mine
Marvel and Welcome to the Marvel age of comics and Marvel march-
es on. And Id use those when I was writing and treated everything
like a big ad campaign. Well, DC, when we changed our name to Mar-
vel they were known as National Comics and they mustve thought Well,
if Stan Lee changed the name well change our name. So they decided
to change their name, too. And what did they come up with? We were
Marvel! They came up with D.C. And you wanna know why we beat them.

Trojan: Ha, fair enough.

SL: And theyre friends of mine, too!

Trojan: Ive got some fun questions now. If you could dress up as one of
your creations for Halloween, who would you dress up as?

SL: Probably Spider-man because its a skintight suit and it would show
off my heroic gure. (Laughter).

Trojan: If you could have any one of the superpowers you created, which
one would it be?

SL: Oh, I think Id want to be, not because of his superpower, but Id wan-
na be Tony Stark. Cause hes incredibly wealthy, indescribably handsome,
the women love him and yeah, being Tony Stark wouldnt be so bad.

Trojan: Who would win in a ght: Thor or Hulk?

SL: It would depend on whos writing and who he wants to win. You see,
this may come as a shock, but those are ctitious characters.

Trojan: Alright, what if you were writing the story?

SL: Well it would depend. If I were writing it as a Hulk story the Hulk
would win. If I were writing Hulk as a guest star in the Thor series, Thor
would win.

NEWS COMICS FILMS CONTACT

HOT TOPICS X-MEN AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON EMAIL
CATEGORIES AVENGERS ANT-MAN DIRECT MESSAGING
SUPERHEROES FANTASTIC FOUR CIVIL WAR HEADQUARTERS
SUPER FANS FUTURE FOUNDATION BLACK PANTHER FAN MAIL
FAN BASE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY DEADPOOL DONATIONS

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S K I L L S | G R I D BA S I C S
Common Typographic Diseases Typophobia

Various forms of dysfunction appear The irrational dislike of letterforms,

among populations exposed to of ten marked by a preference
typography for long periods of for icons, dingbats, andin fatal
time. Listed here are a number c a s e sb ul l et s a n d d a g g e r s .
of frequently observed afictions.
The fears of the t ypophobe
can of ten be quieted (but not Common Typographic Diseases Typophobia
cured) by steady doses of
Various forms of dysfunction appear The irrational dislike of letterforms,
Helvetica and Times Roman.
among populations exposed to of ten marked by a preference
typography for long periods of for icons, dingbats, andin fatal
time. Listed here are a number c a s e sb ul l et s a n d d a g g e r s .
of frequently observed afictions.
The fears of the t ypophobe
can of ten be quieted (but not
Typophilia Typochondria cured) by steady doses of
Helvetica and Times Roman.
An excessive attachment to and A persistent anxiety that one has
fa s c inat i on wi t h t h e s ha p e of s e l e c te d t h e w r o n g t y p efa c e.
let ters, of ten to the exclusion
of o t h e r i n te r e s t s a n d o b j e c t This condition is often paired with Typophilia Typochondria
c h o i c es . Ty p o p h i l i ac s us ua l l y okd (optical kerning disorder),
the need to constantly adjust and An excessive attachment to and A persistent anxiety that one has
die penniless and alone. fa s c inat i on wi t h t h e s ha p e of s e l e c te d t h e w r o n g t y p efa c e.
readjust the spaces between letters.
let ters, of ten to the exclusion
of o t h e r i n te r e s t s a n d o b j e c t This condition is often paired with
c h o i c es . Ty p o p h i l i ac s us ua l l y okd (optical kerning disorder),
die penniless and alone. the need to constantly adjust and
readjust the spaces between letters.

Typochondria Typothermia

A persistent anxiety that one has The promiscuous refusal to make

selected the wrong t ypeface. a lifelong commitment to a single Typothermia
typefaceor even to five or six, as Typochondria
This condition is often paired with some doctors recommend. The promiscuous refusal to make
okd (optical kerning disorder), A persistent anxiety that one has a lifelong commitment to a single
the need to constantly adjust and The typothermiac is constantly selected the wrong t ypeface. typefaceor even to five or six, as
readjust the spaces between letters. tempted to test drive hot new some doctors recommend.
fonts, often without a proper This condition is often paired with
license. okd (optical kerning disorder), The typothermiac is constantly
the need to constantly adjust and tempted to test drive hot new
readjust the spaces between letters. fonts, often without a proper
license.

Common Typographic Diseases

Various forms of dysfunction appear
among populations exposed to Common Typographic Diseases
typography for long periods of
time. Listed here are a number
Various forms of dysfunction appear among populations
of frequently observed afictions.
exposed to typography for long periods of time. Listed here are
a number of frequently observed afflictions.
Typophilia Typochondria
Typophilia
An excessive attachment to and A persistent anxiety that one has
fa s c inat i on wi t h t h e s ha p e of selected the wrong t ypeface. An excessive attachment to and fascination with the shape
let ters, of ten to the exclusion
o f o t h e r i n te r e s t s a n d o b j e c t
This condition is often paired with of letters, often to the exclusion of other interests and object
okd (optical kerning disorder), choices. Typophiliacs usually die penniless and alone.
c h o i c es . Ty p o p h il ia c s us ua ll y
the need to constantly adjust and
die penniless and alone.
readjust the spaces between letters. Typophobia

Typophobia Typochondria
The irrational dislike of letterforms, often marked by a
preference for icons, dingbats, andin fatal casesbullets and
The irrational dislike of letterforms, A persistent anxiety that one has
of ten marked by a preference s e l e c te d t h e w r o n g t y p efa c e.
daggers.
for icons, dingbats, andin fatal
c a s e sb ul l et s a n d d a g g e r s .
This condition is often paired with The fears of the typophobe can often be quieted (but not
okd (optical kerning disorder), cured) by steady doses of Helvetica and Times Roman.
The fears of the t ypophobe the need to constantly adjust and
can of ten be quieted (but not readjust the spaces between letters. Typochondria
cured) by steady doses of
Helvetica and Times Roman.
Typothermia
A persistent anxiety that one has selected the wrong typeface.
The promiscuous refusal to make This condition is often paired with okd (optical kerning
a lifelong commitment to a single disorder), the need to constantly adjust and readjust the spaces
typefaceor even to five or six, as
some doctors recommend. between letters.
The typothermiac is constantly Typothermia
tempted to test drive hot new
fonts, often without a proper The promiscuous refusal to make a lifelong commitment to
license.
a single typefaceor even to five or six, as some doctors
recommend.

The typothermiac is constantly tempted to test drive hot new

fonts, often without a proper license.

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The line that I most often quote from a one hundred percent sure of what it is was doing I understand, but small things like this grid part, that may
for us, but it was definitely used as a guiding stick have been explained in class last week, may have already
movie is: Yesterday is history. Tomorrow though close details and visually rearrange the designs been forgotten in my mind. I am still learning to deal with
is a mystery. But today is a gift, and into place and separate them it certain categories. using only a certain group of type as my main group, but
that is why it is call the Present. It I still want to branch out to more variety and know what
TYPE JOURNAL: TYPE ON ART MATERIALS is good and what isnt. All I currently know is good are
is from the movie, Kung Fu Panda. our few sets of typefaces we received at the beginning of
What art materials have the best typography?
the semester an that is it, well, that and Helvetica, which
WEB HEADERS I felt either by PILOT Juice pen or the Sharpies had the best
I hated, but have gotten used over this past few months.
What did you notice about web branding and typography because the are not only simple but easy to
navigation collecting the header examples? read. As for best, it would ne sharpie because their design
What is was your overall feeling towards this module?
not only became iconic, but becomes a logo and branding
I did notice that they were majority very thin and fit I really felt this module was beneficial to me, especially as
itself, just by having a black, cursive typeface on it.
according to 800 x 150px feel, although there were a web designer. I also felt like it was beneficial to others
some exceptions at times. The logo usually fits it with to see if their perspective of us has changed or not and
the rest of the pieces and help complete them rather The organization of the branding how they view our work and effect take place, but with
being a random chunk of graphic or placeholder. The were well spaced out and not too coding involved. I was never good with branding but
organization of the branding were well spaced out and not I definitely see range of what is appropriate and what
too tight or anything and feel like all fit like a glove and tight or anything and feel like all is the border of not being appropriate, for example,
not like the look of spandex or bell bottoms on someone. fit like a glove the size of the type of navigation doesnt have to be
massively huge, just as long it has good readibility.
WEB PAGE SECOND DRAFT and not like the
Do you think that your page is inviting to a reader? Why? look of spandex
I definitely feel they are inviting as a clean look and or bell bottoms
especially to those who enjoy comics and the usage
of the color red. I feel like it helps guide the user on someone.
visually thought the web page step by step. From
my branding or header to my pulled quote, then to CONCLUSION
subheadings, followed by questions, keywords, and What is the biggest
I found myself fond of the type on
then actual reading of the rest of the copy and context. challenge you are facing
these PILOT Juice pens because they
are not only clear and has enough in this class right now?
SKILLS | GRID weight to see, but they are simple
The biggest challenge right
and clean. We ll, all besides t he
Describe in your own words what the purpose of a grid. now, I am facing right now
yellow, but yellow is impossible to

The purpose of a grid is to help us visualize what, is the process book. There
work with white all the time though.

where, and how the lines of the sentence are place and are some things that just
arranged to meet the standard of that grid. I wasnt doesnt make sense to me. Things like the main objective,

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 Module 11
The grid system is an aid, not a
guarantee. It permits a number of
possible uses and each designer can
look for a solution appropriate to his
personal style. But one must learn how
to use the grid ; it is an art that requires
practice.
Josef Mller-Brockmann
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mller-Brockmann

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 Lee: I wouldnt be surprised.

OTHER FILM CHARACTERS?

Trojan: Are there any other characters that you would like to see, that
you would think
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Lee: Oh, I would like to see all of them, but I think weve covered most of
INSIGHT them already. I may have to go out and invent some new ones. (Laughter).

Lee: Id like to see the Silver Surfer come back again and Id like to see
a Fantastic Four movie where Doctor Doom is shown the right way and
Galactus is done the right way. But thatll happen.

Q & A w i th M a rvel Godfather Trojan: Yeah, they didnt even actually show Galactus.

Stan Lee
Lee: No, they didnt know how to do it. Now they can gure it out.

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Spider-man and X-Men creator Stan Lee visited USC Tuesday to dis-
MARVEL MOVIES FUSION?
cuss his career and achievements. The 91-year-old sat down with Dai- Trojan: Another thing about the Marvel movies is that we cant have
ly Trojan Lifestyle Editor Daniel Grzywacz to talk about the recent Spiderman and the X-Men and the Fantastic Four with the Aveng-
popularity of Marvel movies, Marvels success in comparison to DC ers. Do you think that they will eventually be able to come together?
comics struggles and even which of his superheroes hed like to be.
Lee: Probably not. Because as long as theyre successful, the different stu-
dios that have the right to distribute them will never let that right go. Un-

Excelsior! The man who helped create hun-

less the studios themselves decide to join in and do a movie of both of
them, but its a little bit unlikely. Its a shame.
dreds of superheroes like Spider-Man, The Avengers and
The X-Men talked about topics including Marvels recent Trojan: It is a shame. Marvel is also diving again into TV now.
success and who would win between Hulk and Thor. Lee: Oh with, um, S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Mariya Dondonyan | Daily Trojan Trojan: Yeah with S.H.I.E.L.D. and Daredevil is coming up. Will we get to
see a cameo with you?
Daily Trojan: Thanks for taking
the time to sit with us, Stan. Lee: Well theyd better! (Laughter) The only thing Im annoyed about, I
wish they had done Daredevil just a few years earlier so I couldve played
Stan Lee: It is pretty damn nice of
the role (Laughter) I think I wouldve been great as Daredevil. I mean, I
me. (Laughter). cant hear that well now. (Laughter)

WHY NOW? MARVEL vs. DC?

Trojan: Ill dive right in because we
dont have much time. Trojan: O.K., Another thing is that Marvel is exploding compared to the
Marvel is at an all-time high, be- DC movie universe, which has made some hits, but for the most part
cause of the movies, which have hasnt reached Marvels success nearly as much. And theyre doing the
brought a complete influx of fans. Batman and Superman film coming up, but do you think that theyll be
Why do you think its exploding able to catch up [to Marvel]?
now, as opposed to before? I mean,
Lee: No. Im known for my very interesting responses. No.
Marvels been around for so long.
Trojan: Why do you think theyve fallen so far behind?
Lee: Well, the reason now is theyre
The Great Stan Lee
able to do the special effects in the Lee: Cause the people at Marvel are smarter. Ill give you an example: We
movies that they werent able to do years ago. If we had done movies used to be called Atlas Publications and when I saw that the books were
of Spider-man or Thor years ago, it wouldnt have been as effective. We doing so well I said, Lets change our name. We need a better name.
couldnt have had Spider-man swinging on his web through the city and And Im really into advertising. When I used to read magazines like the
make it look as believable. Then with all the techniques we have today Saturday Evening Post Id read the ads rst and then the stories, so I said,
they can make the most fanciful super-story with giants and monsters and
other dimensions look believable and credible to an audience, and thats
why. And also, Marvel has better stories than anybody else.(Laughter).

Trojan: Well, I cant argue [with] that. Theyve managed to make movies, NEWS COMICS FILMS CONTACT
HOT TOPICS X-MEN AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON EMAIL
make stars out of a whole bunch of characters, including Guardians, who CATEGORIES AVENGERS ANT-MAN DIRECT MESSAGING
were completely obscure. Even many die-hard Marvel fans hadnt heard SUPERHEROES FANTASTIC FOUR CIVIL WAR HEADQUARTERS
SUPER FANS FUTURE FOUNDATION BLACK PANTHER FAN MAIL
of them a couple years ago. FAN BASE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY DEADPOOL DONATIONS

Lee: A lot of people hadnt heard of them! I hadnt heard of them! And
somebody reminded me that I made up the name. I dont remember hav- INSIGHT 1992-2015
ing done that, but anyway, it did very well. Probably because of my cameo.

Trojan: Thats the real reason why the movies are blowing up, Im sure.
O.K., weve got Doctor Strange coming up, Ant-Man and you said Black
Panther was in the works?

Lee: I wouldnt be surprised.

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Trojan: Are there any other characters that you would like to see, that
you would think

Lee: Oh, I would like to see all of them, but I think weve covered most of
SC R E E N T Y P OG R A PH Y | DI GI TA L COM P
A concpt design for about a website
and company called Insight and
informing us of an articke about an
interview with famout member of
Marvel, Stan Lee.

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PR I N T T Y P OG R A PH Y | CON T EN T

Is It Still Wonderful to You? at the time of our Savior. Can you imagine sitting at His or a wonder from heaven, and began to disbelieve all
feet? feeling His embrace? witnessing as He ministered to which they had heard and seen.3
By Bishop Grald Causs
others? And yet so many who met Him failed to recognize
First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric to seethat the very Son of God was living among them.
My brothers and sisters, is the gospel still wonderful to
you? Can you yet see, hear, feel, and marvel? Or have your
To marvel at the wonders of the gospel is a sign of faith. We too are privileged to live in an exceptional time. The spiritual sensors gone into standby mode? Whatever your
It is to recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives and in prophets of old saw the work of the Restoration as a personal situation, I invite you to do three things.
everything around us. marvelous work , yea, a marvelous work and a wonder.2
In no previous dispensation have so many missionaries
been called, so many nations been opened for the gospel First, never tire of discovering or rediscovering the truths of
My wife and I had the great joy of rearing our five children message, and so many temples been built throughout the the gospel. The writer Marcel Proust said, The real voyage
near the magnificent city of Paris. During those years we world. of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but
wanted to offer them rich opportunities to discover the in having new eyes.4 Do you remember the first time you
marvelous things of this world. Each summer, our family read a verse of scripture and felt as if the Lord was speak-
took long trips to visit the most significant monuments, For us, as Latter-day Saints, wonders also occur in our ing to you personally? Can you recall the first time you
historic sites, and natural wonders of Europe. Finally, after individual lives. They include our own personal conver- felt the sweet influence of the Holy Ghost come over you,
spending 22 years in the Paris area, we were getting ready sion, the answers we receive to our prayers, and the tender perhaps before you even realized it was the Holy Ghost?
to move. I still remember the day when my children came blessings God showers upon us daily. Werent these sacred, special moments?
to me and said, Dad, its absolutely shameful! Weve lived
here all our lives, and we have never been to the Eiffel
Tower! To marvel at the wonders of the gospel is a sign of faith. It We should hunger and thirst every day after spiritual
is to recognize the hand of the Lord in our lives and in ev- knowledge. This personal practice is founded on study,
erything around us. Our amazement also produces spiritual meditation, and prayer. Sometimes we might be tempted
There are so many wonders in this world. However, some- strength. It gives us the energy to remain anchored in our to think, I dont need to study the scriptures today; Ive
times when we have them constantly before our eyes, we faith and to engage ourselves in the work of salvation. read them all before or I dont need to go to church
take them for granted. We look, but we dont really see; we today; theres nothing new there.
hear, but we dont really listen.
But let us beware. Our ability to marvel is fragile. Over the
long term, such things as casual commandment keeping, But the gospel is a fountain of knowledge that never runs
During His earthly ministry, Jesus said to His disciples: apathy, or even weariness may set in and make us insensi- dry. There is always something new to learn and feel each
tive to even the most remarkable signs and miracles of the Sunday, in every meeting, and in every verse of scripture.
gospel. In faith we hold to the promise that if we seek, [we] shall
Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: find.5

The Book of Mormon describes a period, very similar to

For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired our own, that preceded the coming of the Messiah to the Second, anchor your faith in the plain and simple truths of
to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; Americas. Suddenly the signs of His birth appeared in the the gospel. Our amazement should be rooted in the core
and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard heavens. The people were so stricken with astonishment principles of our faith, in the purity of our covenants and
them.1 that they humbled themselves, and nearly all were con- ordinances, and in our most simple acts of worship.
verted. However, only a short four years later, the people
began to forget those signs and wonders which they had
I have often wondered what it would have been like to live heard, and began to be less and less astonished at a sign A sister missionary told the story of three men she met

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during a district conference in Africa. They came from an brothers and sisters, never do anything to risk the loss of
isolated village far away in the bush where the Church had this precious and marvelous giftthe companionship of the
not yet been organized but where there were 15 faithful Holy Ghost. Seek it through fervent prayer and righteous
members and almost 20 investigators. For over two weeks living.
these men had walked on foot, traveling more than 300
miles (480 km) over paths rendered muddy by the rainy
season, so they could attend the conference and bring the I testify that the work in which we are engaged is a marvel-
tithes from the members of their group. They planned to ous work and a wonder. As we follow Jesus Christ, God
stay for an entire week so they could enjoy the privilege of bears witness to us with signs and wonders, and with
partaking of the sacrament the following Sunday and then divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to
hoped to set out on the return trip carrying boxes filled his own will.9 On this special day, I bear witness that the
with copies of the Book of Mormon on their heads to give wonders and marvels of the gospel are anchored in the
to the people of their village. greatest of all of Gods giftsthe Saviors Atonement. This is
the perfect gift of love that the Father and the Son, united
in purpose, have offered to each one of us. With you, I
The missionary testified how touched she was by the sense stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me. Oh, it is
of wonder these brethren displayed and by their whole- wonderful, wonderful to me!10
hearted sacrifices to obtain things that for her had always
been readily available.
That we may always have eyes that see, ears that hear, and
hearts that perceive the wonders of this marvelous gospel
She wondered: If I got up one Sunday morning in Arizona is my prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
and found that my car wasnt working, would I walk to my
church only a few blocks away from home? Or would I just
stay home because it was too far or because it was rain-
ing?6 These are good questions for all of us to consider.

Finally, I invite you to seek and cherish the companionship

of the Holy Ghost. Most wonders of the gospel cannot be
perceived by our natural senses. They are the things that
the eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, the things which
God hath prepared for them that love him.7

When we have the Spirit with us, our spiritual senses are
sharpened and our memory is kindled so we cannot forget
the miracles and signs we have witnessed. That may be
why, knowing Jesus was about to leave them, His Nephite
disciples prayed fervently for that which they most
desired; and they desired that the Holy Ghost should be
given unto them.8

Although they had seen the Savior with their own eyes
and had touched His wounds with their own hands, they
knew that their testimonies might dwindle without being
constantly renewed by the power of the Spirit of God. My

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PR I N T T Y P OG R A PH Y | I DE AT I ON: MI ND M A P
1. Miracles - I wanted to refresh that
life we are blessed with so much
miracles that God, Jesus, and His
gospel has given us.

2. Path - I wanted remind that

sometimes the path we have
ch os e may n ot sm o oth, b ut
sometimes bumpy. It is really hard
to see where we are going.

3. Expectations - I wanted to remind

that we cant have too much
expectations because then we
would a lot of disspointment. We
should see things as they are we
much optimistic as possible.

4. Love and Glowing - I wanted to

express the eternal love that we
receive from God and glowing
1
and beaming light the we need to
4 show and express to ourselves and
to others. .

5. Curiosity - I want to inform the

curiosity is a good to a limit; we are
free to explore and sightseer, but
at great extend of temptation and
trifling our own ways.
2

3
5

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PR I N T T Y P OG R A PH Y | CON CEP T T H U M BN A I L S
1 1. Tried to make something bold
out of something mainly out of
text the will flow the text the user.

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PON DER | M ODU L E 11

As a child my favorite toys were CONCEPT SKETCHES CONCLUSION

What are the main ideas within your talk? What is the most important concept that you
my Pokmon plushies or stuf fed learned this week and why?
The main ideas of the talk include cherish all that
animals, because even though they we have received and earned from the gospel, the The most important concept that I learned from
did nothing and were just soft toys, Book of Mormon, and the gift of the Holy Ghost in our this week was most definitely how useful mindmaps
it was left to me and my imagination lives. It also brought the idea of recognizing all of the are actually. Usually, I use it narrow my ideas into
things around us and what has God has done for us something specific, but this time I used to broaden
to build a story plot or adventure of in our lives. Talks about daily personal conversions. and use my ideas to look for more and more different
my own. That many of us forget signs of marvel and wonder concepts that could help me. I already knew that I
really easily and then forgot and are in disbelief. We could look of new ideas form the mind map, but
FINAL WEB PAGE need to rediscover the truths of the gospel, achor our never have I thought of using while think and using
How has this assignment influenced the way faith in simple truths of the gospel, and to becoming feelings and emotions to help direct my mind map
you think about designing web content? anxiously enganging individuals. more targeted and indidwualize for a received of my
design. I most definitely lighten my ease into creating
The assignment helped me give an overall feel of a
and expanding my mind map. Although others can or
the webpage would look like as if in a browser, the
may help my mind map, I felt that they may direct me
corrected branding and footer helped completed
in a direction, but cannot target directly to someone
a n d c o n t ain e d my c o n t e n t a c c o r dinl y, T h e
they dont know.
assignement as helped see the overall readibility and
content structuring of the webpage layout.

CONTENT | GIFT BOOKLET

IS IT STILL WONDERFUL TO YOU?
Bishop Grald Causs
A close up from my web page

RESEARCH | MIND MAP

How are mind maps useful to you? We need to rediscover the truths
Mind maps are useful to me, because they spread to of the gospel, achor our faith
different multiple ideas just from or a few. I thought
it was helpful for me because it brought out many in simple truths of the gospel,
thoughts and ideas for my friend I am creating this and to becoming anxiously
booklet for. Thinking about all of her struggles and
all that she wants to pursue in life. The mind map enganging individuals.
definitely helped correlate everything together as a
whole and distinct and tract the connecting of dots
among all items found on the map.

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