Connecting to the world is of vital importance to anyone who wants to make a name for himself. If no one knows who you are, it will be very difficult to move up socially in what you want to do. The Internet is a great and cheap medium in which to get recognized. Another layer that is mention is making art. Godin says that art is ingrained in humanity and it is what makes us human. It helps us express ourselves and to feel thing we don’t normally feel. Finally he talks about acknowledging the lizard. This is his way of referring to that voice in our heads that tells us to conform. He says that we have to acknowledge it so that we can actively ignore it.
This blog incorporates all three of these things. First and foremost is acknowledging the lizard. This refusal to conform is key to being a successful artist, which is one thing that this blog is helping us do. We have to know what is the norm and what is boring in order to openly refute it. In the past two posts we have been able to look at mundane characters and articles in a way that makes them exciting and innovative. This blog allows us to express the opinions that we have in a way that may differ from society or from what is expected of us. It’s an invaluable opportunity to explore what we believe to be true and artistic in our world.
Second is the great potential for connections we can make. On a basic level we connect with the other students in our class. We learn who likes what and we learn each other’s styles and what we all like. This helps us in two ways. First it allows us to see who has similar interests and therefore can make bonds among students that way. Second, it can help us see what other outlooks there are in the world and what other artistic styles are out there. On a bigger level, this blog helps us connect to the outside world. Like Godin said, the Internet is a great medium to expose oneself to the world. Blogger is a very well known site. People can look at our blogs through there and start to see what insights we have and our own artistic style. If they like it then they’ll share it. This is how word spreads, and before we know it we have many people who know our thoughts and what we like about art. This is a fantastic way to get our name into the world and make connections.
And finally comes the making art aspect. This blog, though it may be unconventional, is art. It is a vehicle for human expression, which is what art is. This blog contains our personal thoughts and ideas and outlooks. These are all part of what makes each of us unique, which is art. This blog makes us a better media student, by making us look at things from a new creative aspect as well as in an academic way. In doing this we learn from others and better ourselves. It also makes us better artists in that it can help us to refine our personal style and to come up with better ways of expressing ourselves. These blog entries are beneficial in many ways and it is a great artistic opportunity.
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