Seminar II: New Media

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Again, I read ahead. I want to get most of it done so that I don't lose sleep and get weak. I'm still pretty sick, so I have to take it easy. I really enjoyed this chapter. I think that this is really where the book picks up. Stories are insanely important when it comes to art. Pieces of artwork are their own little stories--their own little narratives in themselves. It's true what he said about paying attention to the narrative more than the facts. I entirely paid more attention to that little story! And when we retell things, we normally have to put them into context and give a story. I always have to explain myself this way, or I confuse myself and the person I'm explaining whatever I'm saying to. It was a short and concise chapter, and I didn't feel that there was any unnecessary tongue waggling. He was pretty dead on with his ideas, in my honest opinion. THIS END PART IS WAY BETTER, GUYS.

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I read ahead early so that I won't be bogged down with other work during the week. I both liked and disliked this chapter. I do not believe that the future of the western world, basically, rests in the hands of graphic designers and illustrators alike. The entire designing market is saturated heavily. People are moving away from the cubical jobs and stay at home mom duties...this may be partly due to the things Pink outlined in Chapter Three (Abundance, Automation, and Asia), so he does make some valid points. However. This is a big however, mind you. This doesn't just go for America. This goes for the entire world. Everyone wants to design video game characters, now. Everyone wants to be a graphic artist. Everyone wants to paint digital paintings. This might be the way of the future, but it's already entirely clogged and almost completely realized. I am disliking the way this book flows more and more...and am finding myself at odds with Pink. I feel like I'm reading a ...

http://www.sweet-adieu.net/seminar2/ I enjoyed High Concept, High Touch but I don't entirely agree with it. The evidence Pink presents for why we need to be more creative with our thinking is expansive, but mostly opinion based. I agree with the fact that we need to tap into our Right Brain more, and that it's not good enough anymore to simply do menial jobs that people in other countries (or machines) can do more efficiently and faster....however, it feels like Pink wants me to agree with the fact that we all need to be mushy general artists who strip down naked, cover themselves in paint, and slam themselves onto large canvases. I believe he is trying to balance the left brain problem solving with the right brain problem solving, but it doesn't seem that he is doing it effectively. I do not believe that it's a GOOD THING that Graphic Designing is one of the top jobs around now. Everyone and their mom does it now. Pretty soon that market is going to be saturated with...

I liked this chapter much more than the previous one. It really brought a myriad of problems that we are facing in our society today to the forefront of the left-brain/right-brain discussion. I love the three steps/causes/whatevers that were outlined. Abundance, Asian, Automation--because it's all true. I have discussions with my friends and family about this sort of things all the time. I can already see the three A's going on right now. My boyfriend of 4+ years took forever to find a job. He's over-qualified. But all his potential jobs got outsourced, or they were passed on to people who would do the same job but for a fraction of what we consider minimum wage here in Massachusetts.

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