Seminar II: New Media

Kira Maintanis Seminar 2: New Media A Whole New Mind &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp David Pink's novel A Whole New Mind is an elongated analysis full of pop culture references and vague facts which discusses why right brainers will rule the world. It's first half attempts to draw the reader in and convince them that having a creative right brain, with a good amount of logical leftness, will herald all mankind into a new movement of higher thought. Pink then continues onto establish the superiority of right brained thinkers everywhere while still using the 'left brainers WERE good, but now..." buffer in all of his arguments. The second section of Pink's A Whole New Mind talks mainly about what makes up your right brain and how to go about activating it in order to reach a higher mental plane. While all of this is fine and good, Pink is writing for people who generally are not artistic, and thusly, this book falls short of many mainly right-brained...

CHECKLIST Redid, reworked, revamped the film. Here's version two of the first shoot. Materials to get: Things to Do: Compile a list of songs in case jump rope noise = not good enough Host a list of inspirations/influences. Rent out a camera next week and incorporate "looking at" shots, and also film bag girl standing farther away so I can have two of them. Have yet to overlay in photoshop so there'd be a few bag girl jumpers, was too complicated then. Now with 1 vs 1 film done, can incorporate more. Possibly have them in random areas, like the kitchen, and outside and such, so as to symbolize the fact that competing with yourself at such high standards affects ALL areas of life, universally.

CHECKLIST FIRST VERSION HAS BEEN COMPLETED. I SPENT ALL DAY SHOOTING AND EDITING THIS BABY. AND I REALLY LIKE IT. A LOT. IT ENTIRELY DID WHAT I WANTED IT TO DO. -hugs movie- Materials to get: none. All set. Things to Do: Compile a list of songs in case jump rope noise = not good enough Host a list of inspirations/influences.

CHECKLIST Italics Means I got it! Materials to get: Jump Rope (just received) Rainboots/Dotted Rainboots/Red Paisley Dress Floral Skirt/Random Shirt Paper Bag Digital Camera (only need when filming begins) Place to film (massart gym or B-line Chiswick Playground). Tripod. Things to Do: Order the supplies I don't have. Set up a site for the animation. Compile a list of songs in case jump rope noise = not good enough Record jump rope noises. Take pictures. Compile in movie maker. Host a list of inspirations/influences. I plan on filming both girl 1 and bag girls tomorrow. Compiling can be done wednesday night, or possibly later on in the week. Let's see how it goes. The audio file for the jump rope noise sounds simply awesome. Stole the humming from Perfect Blue -- can't help self, it's such a good film.

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I found out that I won't have a lot of time these next few weeks, so I'm chipping away at assignments to get them out of the way. Meaning I recognize the importance of this chapter, but do not respond well to it. It is as though Pink is trying to tie together all his previous chapters by briefly mentioning them and then throwing them into a bag with 'spirituality', the 'meaning of life', and 'happiness'. This doesn't just relate to right brained thinkers, and he doesn't really seem to mention much about the brain sides in this chapter (I could be wrong, I'm quite tired). It feels like a short and sloppy conclusion to a really long essay. Honestly, if we took this entire book, and cut out all the nonsense, it would have been a really well written essay. I feel like this little book has been written for those who aren't creative and don't know much about the world and the way to go about writing something like this. This should've...

I'm always trying to get ahead of schedule. PLAY Work and play are connected together, and we cannot divide the two. I tend to divide them, and it makes me miserable. My art has begun to become work, and not play, and I rarely have fun with it anymore. I have only just been getting back to the fun of it all, to playing with it. Because I realized, finally, that I possess a great and vast set of skills, and I can just have fun with them for now, instead of worrying so much. As someone who believes in the idea that a positive attitude is contagious, it hit just the right chords. I go to my new doctor because she is cheerful and nice, and laughs a lot. If she didn't make me feel comfortable and wasn't sociable, I wouldn't go to her, because going to the doctors is scary enough. I go to my dentist because he's a nice fellow, does a great job, and is easy to talk to. Having a man drill holes in your teeth feels a lot less frightening when he's talking to you about fu...