Finally.Final.Fun.F*(<)

untitled version 1 final
untitled version 2 final


haha for fun

short.

Don't Mess With the Wrong People


enjoy.

I forgot what to think about....do you remember? I think you do.

0) That I am hopelessly alone...no wait. The opening will be a clip from the film Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein: the scene where Dr. Frankenstein is trying to bring his creating life. I'll be using symbols to create & give life to an artwork. Shapes really have no solid value in our culture other than the shape itself. the meaning will be made by the individual spectator with the knowledge that the piece of art is creating life.

1) My art will be profound. no explanation. well sure it will be great to watch simple shapes create something more; not sure what just something.

2) I won't be using words (letters) I'll be using shapes for words. not sure what will come of it yet until I am working on the piece.

this is a reflection.

It's really hard to say what I learned making this animation other than trying to use flash in order to set an emotion with the image movement which goes along with the tone of the poem. I don't think I really challenged myself to push limits which I had tried in other projects which I have not posted; many with moving shapes. One thing I need to polish with animation is the size of the text. It's still very small. If I had more time I may have added more to the poem...a poem that I only revised twice barely putting much thought into the words. I just wrote it. Although adding more to the time line of this may have disrupted the mood by creating to much for the audience to follow. If I were to start over I would have had an entirely different project because a different idea would have taken over. blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah. I just had little time to sit down and really focus on a story.

wait, I am just catching up here...what? still I write about this. so it's true. no its verbal vomit. right. you make that choice. but listen to me I am the writer. hold my hand.

an innovated language finds ways to express or communicate itself through invention of novel semiotics to a wider range of inter-related audiences or cross audiences. This can be performed by mimicking or creating an identity while presenting it as an independent-self. through creating its own identity which is recognizable to it's audience. Unlike using or explaining stereotypes which exhibit a function of an idea to express similarities to the reader through utterance; these techniques of semiotics develop the sense of  identity in becoming and acting as that identity by forming a truth or an actuality. art language should have the ability to function independently through exaggeration of existing materials or in the contents of it's own creation by the formal and informal qualities which make up through the identifiable characteristics developed. This works as an art form because the language or interpreter  has becomes not the corresponding messenger between the viewer and art(ist) but as a figure that represents itself or its manifestation wholly. the importance of art to its community relies on the culture in it's own time and place in addition to the understanding of that time and place. it also depends on on technology and knowledge.  A vague knowledge at least is needed to understand an arts purpose in relation to itself as a sign and symbol or the existing surroundings which make the art identifiable. New art forms are, as i see it, either break familiar barriers or are unfamiliar to a single person (not to society). Either challenges the views of its audience. what can make the art great is the ability to generate a following and makes some difference even just to one person. furthermore, it expands knowledge and educational values.

think of comic humor. think of surrealism. think of cubism (sorta). think of acting. think of me eight feet taller gray with red hair with a blue monkey running across telephone pole made of straws and wires made of licorice playing tag.that makes little sense. rather I am myself thoroughly exhibiting myself as an Old German man in the context of what that old German man would be in our society from what I know of him.nothing. k bye.

improve my stuff.

I am going enlarge the text some how so it will be readable and change the motion path making them stay on the frame longer. I was surprised people thought this was peaceful...the imagery really changes the mood...

I hate problems. thanks.

I hate computers....I hate them. I hate error 58.....I hate error 112...I hate pantherfile...and I hate flash. I hate memory...I hate them because they fuck up by not saving my projects and delete them. I swear if I can not complete these projects I will go insane................fuckin'a.

Steven vs New Perceptive...its just past 4am.

“Innovative practice has pioneered not only new media but also new ways of perceiving through a given medium, a practice that has localized art not as a way of representing but as a way of making.” (173).

 Before I respond to the discuss I would like to use my blog to express some personal issues by clearing my empty head. I am not sure what problems are happening in my life not even sure if there are any; no one has given me any answers, nor have I really asked (or is it that I have not been asking the right questions?) When I wake up in the morning until I fall asleep in the morning I wonder why I generate absolutely no substance under the florescent-light. I blame my busy life for the lack of being who I am, or what I should be, how I should perceive myself and be perceived by others...but when I have the time will I continue to do nothing or be considered something? Some times I feel like I am only a mechanical figure for some function that doesn't exist. I have meaning, but my meaning will remain useless until the properties are made or discovered for me to function properly. I am not even sure how big of a part I am...or if I am already a whole and do not know how to function.


I have not expressed a single true emotion for years. years. everything comes out the same, everything is a joke and nothing matters because I have nothing to escape too. I lost my ability to write, I lost my ability to comprehend, I lost my ability to care, I lost my ability to love or have passion, I lost my fucking mind. All that's left in my head are clouds of dust and debris...my mind has been hit by terrorist. terrorist of media pop culture, terrorist of the corporate, terrorist of religious propaganda, terrorist of the creditors, terrorist of political propaganda, and even I am a terrorist to my own mind...

enough with the rambling and ranting and the searching and the bitching and the self denial and to the discussion post.

“Innovative practice has pioneered not only new media but also new ways of perceiving through a given medium, a practice that has localized art not as a way of representing but as a way of making.” (173).


Innovative practice really applies only to the people who take the extra step  to learn and experience new educational tools. The majority will carry on with the common or expected tools which are offered to them through-out life. New forms of media or mediums are (or at least were) rarely offered. I believe there are cultural changes which are occurring that will make code and interface a necessity to near future societies. It’s already happening, it has been for years, but not so much as it is in the youth or younger generations as it is now. Life is changing and I wish I lived in the 50s 60’s 70’s 80’s or 90s.
     Computer technologies are advancing rapidly and are being introduced much faster to all public communities. Furthermore, newer generations are going to be introduced to advanced and sophisticated tools of what ever the pervious generations were not provided  to them at the same age. So maybe I will never understand  something of  current culture as clearly as a thirteen year old kid only because I am not submerged into the same culture the kid. Simply I am trying to point out that  these new mediums will replace the current forms of media and it’s mediums because others (standard forms) will become outdated. I am loaded with outdate forms of media…hell I am even considering buying an alarm clock. Who the frick needs those any more. I have this saying that goes “a fad doesn’t end until the last sheep dies.” meaning people who either live life stuck in an era or people who tend to not care for the current trends. Mainstream changes way to often...so often that most people can not benefit entirely from the current trend. everyone feeds into pop cultural if you don't...go blow you're brains out...it's all a matter of sub cultures and time frames. no one is as unique they assume. sorry, blog rant.
    So how are these ‘new’ mediums changing our perceptions of understanding? Well it is similar to how a reader will interpret different writers from different periods or different modes and styles of writing of writing. Generally, if a person perceives something it means they are catching something others do not commonly grasp, so the importance to understand how new tools function and knowing the cultural impact they have is necessary. Without the tools there would be no reason or importance to understand them because they wouldn’t exist making no impact on society. The more we know about the specifics then the more attentive to detail we can be…However, how has perception changed? In essence it hasn’t because ‘perception’ is a word that is represented by a definition which has been ingrain into an existing language. The only changes are the stuff being presented and the ways which are taught to understand the material being used to create that stuff. An example would be if shown something brand new (unheard of , never before seen, a complete product of imagination) and are asked to explain what it is there are two ways this could be answered: 1) individual interpretation. Which explains nothing factual and it's complete utter bullshit because it is a single opinion. 2) being honest by saying: “I have no clue what I am looking at! What is it and how is it made and how does it work?” only then will a person begin to understand  the concepts of the ’thing’ and will then be abel to recognize ‘things’ that share similarities.
    Finally, how is this practice a way of making rather than form of representing? Simply because there are fewer references  or none at all. It will present an artistic expression through means that are currently unavailable to most of society or incapable of functioning because they do not exist yet.

it's the final countdown...wickitkashaw.

•  I want to explore by creating something very abstract, making it have it own essence; it's own beauty. Something like what Ducker argued in her essay; see Ducker post. I am going to use one secondary medium: a short scene from Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein for the opening of my piece: the scene is called "give my creation...life!" which I feel fits my animation idea well because my imagination will be brought to life by creating a foundation for my idea which in turn will be brought to 'life' through my artwork in flash. I want to explore what any artist should explore: themselves. I want to bring my art to life...myself to life through art. artist need to mutate, shift,  and explore their experiences and imagination. There are only two things we control in our lives: our art and how we perform self pleasure (and the line is thin even between these). I'll need criticism from people, but generally the input or interpretation I receive may not be taken unless I ask specifically how to do something...not because I think your input won't help or believed it to be useless...it's because simply it is not your art to create. I want to learn about my self and be able to express myself....see the trend with "my"; we learn how to utilize mediums to create artwork, if we can not understand the medium then we seek help to learn. I'll learn by asking, but mostly by experimenting with the medium.  

2am day before...yeah I fucked my self + my group because MY IDEAS ARE TOO DAMN COOL...but goes to show the limitations of a computer...I like pencils.

here is this fucking mess of a project finally done in purely flash b/c nothing else worked and I stayed up this damn late b/c I care about a damn grade so much and I didn't want to let the group member burn with me....ALL our sweet ideas ruined at each weeks end. this is what you get....love and enjoy the fuck out of it because I did. geeeeekgrrwhockawhockanumblenumbleAAAOOOOGAAAAOOGAFUCK! 

All information found on the NORML Website here is the link: http://normal.org/

short reflection: nothing is persuasive if there are two or more opposing sides to an argument. contradiction occurs between speakers and the audience falls on a "liking" of a single speaker because that speaker reflects their personal ideals and opinions (meaning no persuasion or change of idea, attitude, or opinion about a topic occurs).

Our project represented the side of HEMP and the side of MARIJUANA (weed, bud, etc. whatever you want to call it, comrade). both which are illegal under the same law (which prohibits the growth and sale of hemp and marijuana plants on U.S. soil).  This may have been unclear, so I hope this provides more justification.  

Epistemology

Block talks a lot about file structure, file mixing, data bases, and computer systems which goes explains nothing to me; however, this idea no different from the concept of film theory or the interaction film art to the spectator or reality except that it is possible to substitute words for characters. 

Frankly, the medium does not change the conception of any word; there is an impossibility of changing the true meaning of a word (in definition). However, hypertext can be modified by structure and visual display; this can give words a representational form which expands or changes the perception that those words manifest. "hypertext or hypermedial projects add dynamics to a test in a variety of ways, or bring together  images and/or sound and text to form an "integrated audio-visual even". This enables the writer to show his work as a visual presentation which incorporates textual writing, rather than expressing thought through text and interpretation of the reader. The artwork becomes part of a reality for the audience because it occurs; it happens in a time and place. Language, the way we use and read it, will change over time and we will have to adapt to the new forms in order to understand the medium.  So how is what we can write and read on or with computers different from other communication media? Well digital animated words can shift, move or transform for the reader, automatically or on command, presenting it as an individual form of artwork. A spectator can become emotionally evolved through the presentation instead of reading or interpreting an emotion through a body of text; the spectator no longer needs to use his personal imagination to picture the text--this medium provides visual action much like a film. When a person reads they emerge themselves into the text creating a world based from the idea and perceptions that are built by imagination; when a person experiences visuals-moving images- they infuse the visual into their sense of reality, the experience becomes 'real' in some time and space. the spectator sees a visual presentation and the text being created or sees a visual presentation of the text while hearing the words.     

As Block sates “one problem arising from the tension between simplicity and complexity are the prerequisites demands for working on computer and net art.“ Computer and net artist must learn how to develop the tools needed or discovery and learn how existing tools work so that it is possible to create such art. I agree that there are many limits to the style of writing due to the lack of hard and soft ware available and that the writers will needs to learn programming and computer language to dominate in the style of writing; they may even need to develop skills and tools to accomplish computer art. Block quotes Winograd, who said, “the computer is not a writing machine, it is writing.” I agree that a computer can be utilized to create the developments needed to change the ideal notions of writing…however, a computer is also a tool used for writing it can be used to produce text at its basic level.

New mediums are being created by artist (forms of computer or net art created by IT or Programmers, software engineers) for other artist to use as a tool to create forms of art which use these mediums. The definition of art forms are blending in the technological sense; creating art mediums can be classified by it's own non-expressive form of artistry and must be separated from the forms of expressive artwork that are created by use of those tools.

ehh, umm, ahh...

I would really like to write a poem, animate it or incorporate animations into the video. However, I find that may be difficult to accomplish in the amount of time given. currently my mind is sending out blank signals. I can write about something and express it through an animation easy, but to tell you what I am going to write and how I am going to animate is impossible if I can not create the topic before beginning the first draft. I can generalize it may be humorous, it may be depressing, it could be about either love, death, art, relationships, current news, or simply a combination of all...I can't comprehend the idea of explaining the direction I am going to take my work which I cannot even begin to create until a ten hour timer begins....I suppose just be ready for the unexpected.  

My Theme is Green (with black resin)

The conversation piece we'll be working on will consist of pros of marijuana use and production in the United States. We will discuss reasons to support the marijuana laws with an economical, medical or recreational point of view. The conversation will be enlightening and provide a lot of information about the topic. Our conversation will blend, or overlap, ideas to show the connection between the POV's.

I do not wish to change your opinion on the topic or to advocate the use of  marijuana...it's all personal choice. Drugs are not meant for everyone, nor should be used by everyone.

be wise-don't do meth kids.

The positions in our conversations are not designated to the individual speaker, but to the topics the speakers are talking about (marijuana and hemp) although each speaker talk about both topics the general direction of the conversation is to convince the reader that either marijuana should be legalized; hemp should be legalized; or both. Marijuana and hemp are completely different products with one major difference: the quantity of THC. There is not enough of the active chemical drug THC in hemp to allow a person to get high....compare it to non alcoholic beer; there are still small amounts of alcohol in non alcoholic beers (up to .5% by volume) so you'd have to drink an inconsiderable large amount of alcohol to become intoxicated. Similar to gettting high off hemp, you'd have to smoke an ungodly amount to become intoxicated. In addition hemp is usually not sold in the form marijuana is sold. Marijuana or what marijuana users smoke to get high are the flower buds of the plant, where hemp includes the use stalk and leaves of the plant.

So yeah both speakers are going to be preaching for legalization of all species of cannabis (Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis) because it is ridiculous the all forms of the plant are illegal and the Gov't waste billions of dollars to destroy a 'drug' when they are actually destroying only a harmless plant.

anti novel or bizarro literature...

I am either going to research Bizarro literature or the anti novel because the break conventions of reality and standard literature form. I am unsure if I am going to pick a writer from one of these movements or discuss the general nature of the movement as of yet. I would like to read some of the material from authors in the either genre before making a final decision. I will need to read some of the text by various authors in order to complete the assignment and begin to write my paper...I already have a general interest in the genre of text; however, never dug deep into the readings. I will need to understand the reading maybe even dabble in some short story writing myself to get a feel for the style. I'll need lots of rest and time to prepare for the paper and the reading...I can always find time, but will that time produce a quality paper, yes, could I do better, always. I will need help locating anti novel writers and works, someone could go as far as typing my essay as I ramble into their ears, but highly unlikely to occur. I will only be needing any suggestions of text which will provide insight of the genre: either scholarly or story-plot based.

I will begin most likely this weekend by either burrowing a few examples of both text from the library or purchasing books online or via bookstore. After reading some of the material I will find out which genre I would prefer to occupy my time with, then go from there digging into either essays or article about the text and more literature by authors of those genres. a week before the written portion of the assignment is due I will begin to formulate a paper from my research and notes. save.edit.save.print.turn in.receive a graded paper back.have some sort of emotional feeling about the grade. be okay with it. recycle.

IAMA GREEN, yipyipyipyipyipyiypyipyipyipyip

This is Green: FIXED!!!

GREEN: this one works, but the spiral part is not working...I'll try to revise again.



I was surprised that most everyone commented or suggested that I should combined the two animations; I never intended to do so...I actually just made "this is green" for fun. Although both animations represent the same idea (the meaning of the color green) use the same words I guess I felt as if enough was going on in each animation and the thought of combining them gives me the feeling of overloading the viewer.However, I  have some free time I may try to combined the two animations to see the visual effect.

If I had more time I would have liked to get the timing and color combination down in "this is green" so the animation would have the illusion of turning the color green. I was able to accomplish the color illusion with 3 frames but the additional frames prevented a problem. If I had more time I would have also liked to age a colored background to "green" that combined the colors blue and yellow....which is what prompt me to create a second animation in order to dabble with the idea.

I need to learn to take time in developing my ideas, maybe even download or order the program for my personal computer. I find it hard to only work on these assignments during class hours + on campus. However, money is tight so practically SOL for now. I suppose what I would need to learn to advance my animated writing skills would be any information available and then take what I can remember to apply it to a project. Also how to use video backgrounds, how to had images or cliparts, or even how to watermark or how to use text/image transparency in the flash program. my artistic drawing/painting skills match that of a fifth grader on crack near a wall with a crayon and balloons filled with paint. I prefer to use words that tell a story and could apply to a visual reproduction...I have some ideas that I plan on using for this class or projects I would like to try after college.

A very "suicidal poem" from my 'emo' teenage days I transformed for fun!:)

 The Strong Will of a Depressed Man

                          e   i  n D
           h    m     P  n w  
          t     y    a   t  O
        A         c   o
      e    S   s    t  y   
    n    k  E    h  m   
  e    I         e 
b   N   w  w  b
L   E    i   o  y
o   v     l   r
o   e     l   l
d   r     i   d
           n
           G
            l
            y

please, blood beneath my skin never willingly escape into the world by my own doing.


the two words with puncuation I choose to scamble because they are no longer bound by standard structure. The image/placement of the words are mimicing slits and running blood.

Bet'r l8 > nvr

I agree this reading was tough, but here is my take:



Drucker's main claims are:

1. Typographic experimental writing expresses cross-disciplinary approaches to representational form of artistic practices. an artist should be able to apply multiple forms of art into a work that is easily understood by its audiences
2. Relationships between form and expression; and between matter and content need to exist on equal stature
the artwork should provide a clear understanding without any in-depth interpretation: The art work needs to present it self individually as a whole image that has no interpretation of the real world  
3. Artistic forms are to be and not to represent exactly what this states an object is that object, not re-represent the object(idea, etc) to give it hidden or interpretive meanings. It's an image of it's own making
4. Absolute purity of poetry will come from spatial and manipulation of poetic text breaking the standard structure of poetic structure will allow the text to explain in correspondence to the placement of the text the page
5. The interpretation of the effects of spatial and manipulation of the text remains resistant to any closure and the complexity adds material means to its own language mentioned above #4
6. Poetry must reject the habitual patterns of ordinary speech, and must embody essences that are emotion, sexual, and universal in nature and be presented in a visual form which reinforces the effect of their verbal qualities The new structure of text which would be used in a poem will be present or convey the readers in a desired direction
7. Features must demand a recognition that uses a figural visual mode
8. radical anti-grammatical effects the language arranged to make a form independent of the conventional structure if the writer is no longer using conventional styles of writing than the use of grammar in the text are useless
9. Ordered visual and verbal manifestations that creates a claim, rather than to serve to represent an already extent idea, form, thought, or thing.the way the text would organize and create or establish a claim  without explanation, the value will be taken as is.
10. The self conscious attention to the role of (verbal) the letter, the sound, the word, the sentence, the phrase and form; (visual) the color, the line, the form, the mass, the surface, the plane, composition, and spatial illusion or lack thereof the use of these roles within a text will let the audience be attentive to the use of space and text used
11. New emphasis on the focus of the materiality through which meaning an content are constructed the focus of the audience will construct the meaning, a clear and pure meaning. 
12. Role of materiality is the revelation of representation of its truth Since the text and space are to be take at face value, it would be taken as truth.
13. Visual representations would be consider the truths in themselves rather than the mere naming them and pointing to them the representation will create a meaning on its own without pointing it out or telling
14. The image is not a substitute ; it does not stand fro anything than itself re-read this.
15. The relation between attention to the formal elements and properties of language articulate a motivation to produce either truth, meaning or effect in no case would signification be ignored an example....
"you           and             I               today are not like
          what we were      yesterday                             " this should infer that two people have grown apart from each other since they were younger. The spacing and placement of the text should apply to the illusion of the meaning, giving content to both the visual and verbal aspects of poem. also notice the use of punctuation is not needed. I think this form of "new art" is hard to apply to literature well out without raising an eyebrow like "what the fuck?"
16. Terms of formality are literary; poetry must be self-conscious in defining itself: through direct treatment/minimal use of adjectives/a quality of hardness/individuality of rhythm/the use of exact words
17.the problematic relation with language which accompanies the development of a visual and making claims for its formal purity and visual autonomy
18. typographic work embodied and manifested a complex attitude toward the materiality of visual and verbal aspects of signification and continual interplay of reading and seeing social context and historical production with evidence in its materiality.

I think this reading has set some idea of what non-conventional forms of writing, at least for me, clearly. However, I doubt I completely got it, but fuck it I'll admit that poetry and writing are suppose to be rebellious...in form and context. what ever the artwork, it was created to express...writing does not have to appeal to the mass public, the appreciation may only come from it's creator. I am beginning to realize that there are fewer ways to express an existing meaning or idea verbally, but if distorting and displacement of the conventional structure may provide a new outlet.  As artist we have control over our art, we can present it in any form we desire and feel comfortable. dig'it?

Dunning was Cunning and Woods was Deep.

Colin Dunning poems Cluster for Eugen Gomeringer and Icon for Kazimir Malevich are accrediting the style of art used by the two artist named in the titles of his poem. The use of the words Cluster, Constellation and Concentration and Idol, Block, and Block describes a certain technique used by the named artist. The poem must be broken down to explain: the definition of ‘cluster’ is a gathering of the same or similar elements and this can be represented by the number of letters (13) used to spell each word and the same beginning/ending of the words. ‘Constellation’ is a set or configuration of related units and ‘Concentration’ is the amount of one specific substance that exist among another unit of substance.  It should be clear that the two words share similar elements and how the words are written shows the reader how the words can exist among each other.  Eugen Gomeringer was a German poet that used ‘concrete poetry’ which was a technique that arranged words with the intent to convey the effect of the conventional elements of words, rhythm, and rhyme. If the reader applies the same idea to the second half of the poem they will discover the same effect with the painting style of abstract artist  Kazimir Malevich; and his painting of the ‘Black Square’. The words Idol, Black, and Block may refer to the Black Bloc protest, but I am unsure of that connection. However, the reader can assume the mass of words are a solid substance that absorbs its surroundings with out reflection. The letters are again converging into each other into one substance, but are divided by the one letter unique difference.
    Dunning probably chose to use a non-traditional structure to convey an appreciation to two role models and also give an example of ‘new’ or simple form kind of concrete style writing art form. I think what I will try to take out of this reading maybe to study some of my favorite writers so I can merge styles.
    Alan Woods, like Dunning, uses a simple switch of words to convey a meaning into his poem. I wrote a earlier post about this Woods poem, so feel free to check that out  for information about the poems context. Although I am unsure if Woods is paying tribute to other artist, the general concept of arranging words in a way to convey a contextual meaning into his poem structure.  Both authors use the substitution of letters to define different meaning to the words shown on the screen and how the relate to each other within in the context of the work. The works are very similar in style and I would like to try and use word meanings to convey an entire concept. The idea is simple, but probably incredibly difficult; since it has to contain so much relate-able information within a small amount of text and correct placement. 

finished just before work was over...yay

The article laid out the history of writing and language, especially the development of poetry throughout history, extremely well.  The development of early writing and language was used to help aid in the memorization of the forms; rhythmic versus and mnemonic techniques are examples of the aid provided. However, in a Post-Literary era, writing and language must neither function as a collective memory of stored information nor by a singular projected voice, but rather through a medium. A medium is defined as a received intake of language from outside the language and culture itself; the means to transport and convey between ideologies, and use material and technical for the process of art.  Experimental ways of writings makes language and writing interactive, rather than an aid for memory.  The digital age has brought new technologies for ways to memorize or capture literature and language.  Today the need to use transcriptive writing as a tool to reproduce literary works and to store information is falling due to the textualization of writing were the memory is put into the text or the image.  There are more possibilities to transform the way of writing and expressionism in unheard of ways, rather than limit our potential to the past.  However, even the potential creates limitations to how we use the new forms of text; like the printing press limited errors in grammar and spelling Hypertext could limit the ability to see the text properly without certain tools of technology. 

In my own work, I would like to use other forms of media that will give a better effect to my writing. I don’t think my writing will try to challenge any structure, but the image juxtaposing will reinforce the words meanings.  I’ll have to create whatever feels right at the time…maybe something awesome and new will be created, maybe not.

watch this move...letteranimationfinal

Check this out and give me feedback.

Untitiled-Alan Woods its wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy past bed time. forgive me if this is a drag to read..

united/untied  lucid/ludic

The other intentionally switches letters in the mirror image of the words; I think he does this so the reader will assume the words are mirror images of each other, but after a second closer glance I noticed that the words were different. this changed my perception of the meaning. the first set of words are contrasting each other; the second set of words (lucid and ludic) didn't seem to match up at first; "a clear and obvious understanding" compared to "aimless playfulness". However, a ludic fallacy, a term coined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, means to have a narrow chance of possessing all knowledge and information to events that have not yet occurred. The possibility of the smallest error or variation in the processes could alter the out come of the event, greatly. Unless the out come is predetermined by an outside factor (for example loaded dice or two headed coin) only then the ability to successfully know the out come would be  probable. As I stated before at first glace I believed the words to be only mirror reflections of each other, but they're not. A person can believe that they are united and have a clear understanding of the world, but at a closer look any one can realize that the world can come undone and the chances of something happening that would be considered obvious or rational could suddenly change instantly. Woods demonstrates this instantaneous change by the letter switching. The definition of the words completely change, when I was under the assumption that the words HAD to be mirror images based on the visual layout of the words.
I think Woods chose to represent this play on words because most people would be under the assumption that the words were in fact mirroring each other. The slight change in the words gives use the meaning the reader needs to understand what the author was trying to present: everything is not as it appears or is likely to be what we assume; and an examination must be preformed because the slightest difference, which could be ignored or looked over, could impact an event or person greatly. By using a non-traditional method of writing, Woods, was able to show the ludic fallacy instead of telling us about it.
I am not sure what about this piece I would like to hold on to when working on my own writing. Preferably, I like to be straight forward with my words and meanings. Maybe I'll have a quirky way to express my thoughts, but nothing so subtle...especially around two in the morning. I'll hopefully be working with more a visual representation that will accompany my written works. I'd rather have little interpretation done on my works. I think by clearly showing my audience the image and written word I may be able to avoid senseless "deep" interpretation. I don't want people to try to put meaning to my work, I would rather have my work give or show the message up front because sometimes an audience may take my work in a wild direction (which is fine, but not my intention). 

a, ahhhhhh, eh.

The letter begins to hop and trips, slides down-screen, and flips into a lower case 'e' then an 'h' appears. I choose to develop my flash animation in this manner because the letter is capable of making multiple sounds. a, ah, and eh are just three. the 'a' takes short hops representing the short sound; the letter falls representing "ah" to form the long open 'a' sound; then the "eh" appears to to represent the 'a' sound intending to be repeated.

The cursive 'L' animation was interesting because it's shape does resemble a butterfly, as the artist presented in her letter animation. Other than the resemblance in shape, I wonder what made the decision to create piece of work in this way. Another work I found interesting was the ''rolling 'o''' basically because of the entertainment factor it provided (it was comical).

This one is to you, dear Canada. Eh!

All the little a's will trip over this

History of the Letter 'a'!

The letter 'A'  appeared first in the Phoenician letters as adelp. Which represented a an ox's head. The symbol was then adopted by the Greeks; who altered the letter in the upright position and name (Alpha). The letter is a vowel that depending on the dialect or language out have a short or long sound. This depends on the location the sound is made within the mouth (long sounds are made from deeper in the mouth and short sounds are more towards the front. The letter structure has many variations the general shape is recognizable in both the upper and lower case. There are more variations in the lower case form; the shape can vary from open to closed tops or arcing lines over the base of the letter. The letter has a lack of shape variation because during the creation of letter symbols and literature the people who could write would periodically commune due to their religious beliefs.

The symbol 'a' in its upper case form can represent notes in the musical scale or quality of products. There are also 12 different vowel sounds for the letter 'a' according to the New English Dictionary. The a-sound also helped create other vowel sounds in several dialects.

Links:
http://www.alphabetandletter.com/

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/language/a/A.htm

http://medievalwriting.50megs.com/scripts/letters/historya.htm


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A

Me can only eat things that start with the letter 'a'

I chose the letter 'a' in the lower case form because in the upper case form I do not see them often on my grade reports. The letter actually has no special meaning to me directly; it just happens to be an awesome letter used by street artist that I never tempted to use ( I am a big (little) 'e' writer). I may also have been craving an apple at the time I made my decision, but that has little relevance. My vision of the letter 'a' can be formatted in numerous ways, but the simple shapes that make up the letter are a semi or full circle with a hooked (or curved) line  attached to and hanging over the right side of the circle; to demonstrate 'a'. The first thing comes to mind when looking at this letter is matchbox car tracks. So that in mind I think of children playing with toy cars. The children would be having fun and there would be talk of loop-de-loops; speed and destruction; high energy levels and a sense of thrill.The letter is bold, unlike the uppercase version which is 'acutie'. And that's a bad joke.
I don't think the letter can move it self, but it is capable of moving objects. Currently, I find it difficult to show how to create a moving letter that can not function successfully unless it hops. The letter is also not symmetrical and that can cause balance issues; so the letter basically becomes an object that can clumsily hop along.


I have some ideas, but I have to check out this software in order to structure my project and ideas any further.

Introduction for the Folks in English 328

I began experimenting with lyrics and poetry in seventh grade. Most of the themes boiled down to relationships; love; hate; death; and religious mockery--you know the typical "emo" style of self expressive. My writing was  handed into the school guidance more than once due to the number of teachers who were concerned with my well-being. However, I was a pretty happy kid; normal, independent, and self-motivated. Growing up, I felt that writing about these topics, or using these themes (such as love,hate,and death) provided a large quantity of material to discuss through personal expression. I can admit that I had my fair share of broken hearts and secret crashes to motivate the feeling through those words, but I applied most of my poems to multiple girls. I was a cheap romantic.
Recently, I have switched to comedic writing about love, hate, religion, personal characteristics, history, pop culture, and current issues; basically anything. I would like to consider my personality as an "out side of the box" kind of creative thinker, but my ability to completely follow through with any project seems difficult these days. So sometimes I find myself nostalgically flowing my pen across a scarp of paper about some love-sick moment about a girl, beautiful enough to die for (a moment on the inside).In general and in accordance with this course, I hope to develop some cool animated things or at least have the opportunity to appreciate the works of art from other students.

until next class, y'all keep well.