Why Aren't You Blogging?

Thank you Judy for getting the class started. Okay, maybe you feel a little strange about what this thing is, or what you should be writing in there. Think of it as a thinking tool, or an artist journal, a scrapbook in a public sphere. Write in your own personal style! It is not an art paper, but a subjective (but well thought-out) response to the videos/art we are exposed to in the class and online. Think critically! Think emotionally! Think any which way you want, but let us into your thinking process. Tell us how the work is affecting you, changing you, giving you ideas, inspiring you, what it reminds you of. Show us through links other artists, videos, reading material that relates, BUT TELLS US WHY YOU THINK IT RELATES.

Ask yourself questions, type them in your blog, and go forward to answering those questions in your blog. For example, how does the image and text in a TIME BASED format make you experience Brent's video? Can you imagine it in a static book format, or as an exhibition in the wall. How does that change its impact? Does the artist have a better chance at directing your emotions when he controls the pacing, sequence, etc?

Start writing people! A couple of good paragraphs is not hard, just get yourself in the habit of writing each night after class, when the ideas are still in your head.