After last week we watched TED(Technology, Entertainment, Design) named “Gaming Can Make a Better World”, we watch “Laws that choke creativity”. In this video, Lawrence Lessig illustrates three different stories. They are about the talk machine, the airplane, and Internet. I like the stories about the airplane and Internet. He expresses that the laws we have […]
Archives for May, 2014
ART, GAME, AND TECHNOLOGY
In the article “Computer Graphics: Effects of Origins” by Beverly J. Jones, she discusses the evolution of computer graphics and how the technology used to create these is combined with art. She recognizes that technology is more than just a platform to create art, but it also a platform to share art instantly. For example, I can […]
UNIT 8 DISCUSSION
This week, we are asked to watch the Jane McGonagall Ted Talk. She tells us that game play people could solve more problems in real lives when they play more video games. I am interested in this topic, because to be honest, I like play video games, but during I play the games, I don’t find anything […]
What Is Art For? Essay
1. Describe the term paleoanthropsychobiological. Who coined this term. The term paleoanthropsychobiological is coined by Ellen Dissanayake. She uses this term to discuss something about the history of Western art. She writes “First is that the idea of art encompasses all of human history; second is that it include all human societies; third is that it […]
Horror Essay
The article “Why Some People love Horror Movies Whiles Others Hate Them” by Margarita Tartakovsky, explained why many people influenced by the horror movies. She writes about many different aspects of horror movie, which conclude the different stories, novelty, gender socialization and other reasons. To be honest, I hate that I like watching horror movies. […]
CREATIVE SPIRITUALITY REFLECTION
1.How do you define “spirituality”? In my opinion, spirituality is not only outer appearances and the five senses, but also the experiences from a person. For instance, when people see a blue car, they will definitely say that is a blue. However, when we draw a circle on a paper, and let a child and […]
Deeply Seeing Response
According this article “Deeply Seeing” by Grey, I think that it is very interesting about the main concept of deeply seeing. He discusses about the value of seeing. In my opinion at first, seeing, looking, and watching have the exactly same meaning. However, in his essay, there is a huge difference between looking and seeing. […]
HORROR DISCUSSION
I am so glad we have this topic on this week. Because I love watching movies, and making movies. My dream is to be a director. In every movie, Sound, a kind of expression form, compare to the video part ,sometimes plays a more important role. For example, if we turn off the voice when […]
Personal Adornments Reflection
I think my style has changed serval times during my life. When I was a little boy in China, I always wore some clothes that like sports style. My favorite brands were adidas, nike, and etc. Because I used to play basketball everyday, so I thought I should be ready every second to go to […]