A question

2008-09-22T02:40:24Z

What's your take on digital communication?

No voice, no intonations, no face, no expressions, no physical contact, just the keyboard.

Do you think it could have a negative effect on human communication?

I realize there are some benefits but I'm serious.

I hit these buttons and the symbols appear on the screen.
you see the symbols and try to re-construct whatever the #%&*$ I meant to say.

Any opinions?

Well . . .

2008-09-07T04:55:22Z

I walked up to the edge of the world and I
jumped right in

I thought that I - could - fly

Well . . .. ya know
falling is flying when there ain't no ground

and there's no one else around to see -- you -- fall

Procrastination

2008-09-01T19:07:23Z

What a wonderful thing:)

"How does colonialism relate to or influence your art?"
Who the #@%$ cares!!

Sorry . . . just venting . . . .

Tangibility

2008-08-31T02:59:18Z

Ok . . .this is from my blog for my MFA program but I thought it might be interesting to toss it out beyond the confines of my art-school network.

Tangibility

I think I have pinned down what bothers me about technology and this web thing that I'm dumping coded information into.

It's all about the senses and empathy.

I can sun feel on my skin - but it does not touch meI can feel music in my bones - but it does not touch meI can smell a storm coming - but it does not touch me ('till it rains)I can see colors - but they don't touch me

(Ok . . . scientifically we can argue for radiation, vibration of particles in the air and stuff like that but I'm trying to be poetic here so don't spoil it.)

I can shoot pictures with my digital camera - but the image has never touched the object (it's just a translation, not an imprint)

I can "chat" all I want - without body language, intonation, or sight.

There is distance there that I can't control or overcome.Direct interaction is important to me and now I find myself in a world full of distance and intangible possessions and interactions.

Here's few:
Diary = blog
Sketchbook = Photoshop
Photo Album = Snapfish
Slide show = Powerpoint
Books = ebookletters = email
record = Mp3
Newspaper = MSNBC etc.

Crowds of people all in there own little worlds isolated - but not

I can connect myself to the four corners of the earth (funny, it being round and all) and still walk and chew gum at the same time. (or drive and drink a coolatta at the same time:)

I'm not so sure how I feel about this technological omnipresence thing. Suddenly my sense of self is located in all different places.

Here's an old question: Am I my physical body or the sum of all my cognitive connections and mediated translations?

Do I really need to be connected to everyone and everything? -No
Does it really matter if I know everything that is going on all over the world? -No
Do I really need to know who's winning on America Idol? -No
Will the world still carry on without me if I shut my cell phone off for a day? -Yes

So why do we get so disjointed when we are disconnected?

Maybe it's because we aren't really connected so we keep logging-in, tunning-in, and calling-in hoping for something more tangible but we sign-off, click-off and hang-up feeling unsatisfied by what was received.

Just blatantly mediated and translated brushes with the world.

Hmm . . .

hello

2008-08-24T23:52:04Z

hello

Coe-Bird

A question

Well . . .

Procrastination

Tangibility

hello