Acknowledging of the lizard: It's the part of our brain that tells us to stop and listen to what "the man" wants us to hear, and than do. It's what tells us to do what others would want, and not what the brain actually wants. "The Resistance" is the voice in your head that tells you to quit.
Make Art- Art is original, and it's making something original, doesn't follow instructions. It's connecting to others on the most basic level. It's taking the biggest risk, for good or bad.
Learn: The act of thinking differently. To discard everything you think you know, and learn what you need to know. Learning can be everything from blogs, to news, to art, as long as you think differently.
To be quite honest and frank, I believe these exercises are a huge waste of time. All these blogs are meant to get us thinking creatively yet none of them felt like I was doing anything creative. I understand fully what these are trying to do. However, I want to be an Audio Engineer, I will NEVER create a superhero in my creative lifetime professionally. If this class really is about the creative process, and working with others we should be doing other things. I think the actual class lecture part of Media 203 is really fun and interesting. The labs however (including the blogs) are lacking. I feel like the labs and blogs are to help people "discover who they are and what they want to do" however, I feel like most people in our Media Arts group are very aware of what they enjoy doing and therefore we are doing redundant work. Also, I feel doing power points are silly. The most interesting and helpful thing we've done is when we wrote those scripts. If we're trying to get people to try new things we should at least be realistic about it. Many of us minus the actual video game designers will never actually make up a game. However, majority of us are much more likely to help write a script, or at least a few jokes for a movie or game. I think recording a song, for a movie or game will be very helpful. I think we should also be forced to write a pop song. At the end of the day video game's soundtracks are starting to be a mix of orchestral instruments, and pop songs. For example, the soundtrack to the game Portal is electronic instruments, and a normal soundtrack orchestra. At the end of the game, the main antagonists sings a pop song. This was repeated in the sequel, and has been done in other games too. Making videos are also going to be a big part of it. Actually doing things in general will be much more enjoyable, and will get better results. All students are going to put more work into a song, or video than a power point. We should be out doing things and experiencing things like all these blogs tell us too, and not just sit in a room and think about what color a superhero should be and then write 100 words instead of 3 sentences to explain it. That's my quick side note, 100 words just to say why a super hero is yellow, is impossible and silly. I think this is a great class, we just need a little bit more hands on direction
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