Mar
31
Switchfoot
March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment
Organizing just exactly what I’ll be doing for my project:
1) Create a wetpaint page where I’ll lay out the process of my research.
2) Research on Switchfoot. This will include interviews, music videos, lyrics, webpages, etc.
3) Research on the response of different audiences by reading comments on videos and interviews and perhaps even the quantity of [...]
Mar
25
What do you think?
March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
After talking to both christian and non-christian friends, I have decided that my previous idea for my class project is a bit over the top. After a few talks with friends, I realized that my idea would very likely cause unnecessary angry debates and negative emotions.
So, as a solution, I was contemplating on creating a [...]
Mar
23
Gamelan music!
March 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
Listen to what Gamelan music sounds like:
Gamelan music!
I find it amusing that Viola’s friend ethnomusicologist tried to make people play only parts of this kind of music. And I can’t really even pinpoint why it seems so absurd to me. Maybe because it’s repetitive? Or perhaps the whole is the music and only parts of [...]
Mar
18
Complexity vs. simplicity
March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment
When I look at comics…
I do not see what Mcloud sees. But after reading the article–which was interesting to read b/c it was a comic informing the reader of comics–I guess I appreciated the depth of comics a bit more.
Honestly, however, when I read comics–I just want to look at them like a child does [...]
Mar
5
Project to find truth
March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I’m still unsure about what I want to do.
I had in mind, like I mentioned in a previoius post, to make a wiki site for religious discussion.
By using interactive technology, people who enter this site I have in mind will be able to explore different truths in different perspectives. They will enter with questions or [...]
Mar
2
The Pensieve
March 2, 2009 | 2 Comments
From “The Galaxy Reconfigured”:
When the perverse ingenuity of man has outered some part of his being in material technology, his entire sense ratio is altered. He is then compelled to behold this fragment of himself ‘closing itself as in steel.’ In beholding this new thing, man is compelled to become it.
This strongly reminded me of [...]