The connect section tells how the future is connected and the past was isolated. Social media like facebook could be a huge waste of time (Like I think it is) or it could connect everybody in a way that betters their lives. Some make themselves heard by spreading their artwork.
Be generous showed how most people are connected so in turn we can be generous and give gifts of many sorts. Because all gifts don’t cost money, it’s easier to give when connected to others. One person can simply give gifts through words and texts and show support, it doesn’t all have to cost money.
Make art was about giving a gift of art. Art doesn’t cost much to make so a poem or a painting can be something to be generous with people you’re connected to. Art does not follow strict guidelines like math.
These layers can have a large similarity to the blogs we’ve been producing in class. In our blogs we mostly make story-boards or write essays on a video we post. This can be directly related to the be generous layer. Being generous doesn’t meaning buying something, instead it means to show support using whatever tools you have to work with. I showed support by making my blog one week at a time and writing the required length of essays. By writing words and expressing my thought I in a way, gave a gift. I was generous enough to show that I cared about the assignment and worked hard on it. The connect side is obviously related to blogs. Were all connected (everyone in the class) by these blogs. We now have access to all the works that other people put up in their blogs and were connected to them. We can follow other classmates and see what they worked on and what they were generous about. Making art is less related to these blogs because there was mostly essays in our blogs. Mostly, we wrote about videos we posted, which are art but not created by us. These videos are a way to express ourselves but not exactly art that’s unique to ourselves. The largest aspect of art that we produced was in the story boards. The storyboards contained art in each frame and was unique in its own way. I for one, cannot draw at all so my stick figures were the extent of my artwork. But all of these layers have a connection to one another. Making art is a way of being generous, being generous is a way of connecting. By making art you are being generous to those who view it. And by being generous to another person you’re connecting yourself to them. These excersizes do not make me a better artisat. I suck at art and always will. However, by doing these blogging assignments I have a better work ethic and understanding of the media I wrote about. This class as a whole is great in the sense that I’m learning the basics of all media planes. But the blogs are in particular a good way to keep my student side awake and thinking about media.
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