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A Poem for Technology

Here is a poem that pretty much sums up many thoughts I have on the topic of technology and my generation. I find it ironic that I am sharing it in this manner. Taken from http://www.mcsweeneys.net TWEET. BY OYL MILLER – – – – I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by brevity, over-connectedness, emotionally starving for attention, dragging themselves through virtual communities at 3 am, surrounded by stale pizza and neglected dreams, looking for angry meaning, any … Continue reading

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A Writing on Bernard Plossu

©Bernard Plossu This image of Plossu’s photo held in his hand may as well be anyone’s photo in anyone’s hand because the image doesn’t address the subject of the photo or the identity of the hand holding the photo, but rather the materiality of the photo itself and the way in which it represents an object out in the world. This photo is a representation of the object and also the signifier (the original photo). For the purposes of this … Continue reading

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Finals

This semester has flown by and I haven’t had much time to do anything except work, work, work. Sadly, my blog fell by the wayside. So, tonight, as I looked toward my computer from the middle of a pile of books, pencil firmly gripped between teeth, I decided to take a small break in order to report on the mass hysteria that has transposed in my life. This semester, above all, has taught me that there is indeed more to … Continue reading

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Text and Images

I don’t know what it is about images placed next to text that creates polarization among people, but that’s the experience I had in my second critique last night. Is it a good thing? I don’t know. My experience with images next to text has been in a completely editorial way, where the text is supposed to guide the viewer through the images. Tell the viewer how to think about them. The pieces I showed in critique were meant to … Continue reading

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