Rune Journal (October 2011)

At HOL, a Virtual Hogwarts simulation, I took Ancient Runes for one of my courses in the Fall Term.
This was a summary of a month long exercise to journal intuitive reactions to each rune stave. So this is from around October 2011.

(a) Did you notice any particular 'feeling' in connection with any one rune?
(b) ...with more than one rune?
(c) Were your 'feeling' responses consistently the same each time you were 'with' the runes?
(d) Were your 'feeling' responses very subtle? ...very powerful?...pleasant? ...unpleasant?
(e) Do you feel more comfortable with your runes now than before you did Exercise #2?
(f) Does one particular rune now stand out as 'your personal rune' or favorite?
(g) Can you imagine any benefit in continuing this Exercise throughout this course?

Most of my feeling responses are very subtle. I do notice specifically that Thurisaz and Ansuz make me feel uncomfortable for some reason, almost antsy, and that Wunjo and Laguz are a little more pleasant feeling. Particularly Wunjo makes me smile. Others I'm not too sure of the response because I'm still trying to figure out what some of the runes feel like to me, since I often have trouble identifying feelings... I'm often detached from my emotions because I used to have a tendency to get overwhelmed by them. I'm not really sure if I feel more comfortable with the set yet, since most of my efforts in this exercise occured in probably a shorter time-frame than I probably should have done this in, which didn't give me as much time to shift perception enough for me to really grasp or alter what I'm feeling. I also think I still have a bit of rational judgment leaking in when I'm trying to only tap into my feeling states with the runes and I'm still working on trying not to let those judgments get in the way of Gnowing them. I haven't yet figured out if I have a "personal" or "favorite" rune. None of them really stand out right now. I imagine that as I grow more accustomed to the runes, continuing this exercise will shed some light on why certain runes trigger discomfort for me, and perhaps if I work on those areas or get more accustomed to being "with" them, I will see my subconscious reaction to those runes become less resistant.