how does one support the media arts?
popular opinion is that you must make your money back. what if you just want to see good moving pictures on screens, do you need to make money back?
how much would you pay for a painting, drawing, what have you?
would you pay that to get art you can play on your tv?
Sister & Kottke blogged about things you can/cannot do after you’re 25.
My question is this, what if, after reading the list, you choose to do these things anyway? Does it make you vagrant, or more self aware?
I heard part of Talk of the Nation last night coming home. There was a woman on there who has decided to buy things from stores owned by black people. She used the term black, I’m not sure if it was inclusive to people from Jamaica or just African Americans. I’m not sure what to think of this. I have never been a part of a minority in the United States. Being white, male, and 26, I’m probably in every majority. I surely wouldn’t have a problem doing self help economics (her term).
One thing that stirred me up was her discussion of how hispanic people wouldn’t have the trouble that she’s having finding their ethnicity of store owners. She is a very learned person, but this was preposterous to me. Who is she to judge whether or not it would be hard for a different ethnicity? Race, it seemed, was at the heart of her thought process, but from that statement it seems like she is not removing herself from her own shoes and putting on someone else’s. By creating such a stereotype, I think she’s participating in what she is trying to combat.
She talks a lot about finding better role models for her kids. While this is a nice idea and laudable (I can’t quite agree with the limits that she puts on it career options, but I’m a white guy) I’m still stained by how she talks about other races. She emphasizes that this isn’t a race issue after a caller asks about how we should be color blind. If it wasn’t a race issue, why would it matter who you bought from, couldn’t anyone be a role model?
I think my understanding of this issue is greatly affected by the fact that I’m white and male.
In other news, I took Monday off and watched three, count ‘em, three movies.
Adventureland : 4 stars
I love you, man : 3.7 stars
Duplicity : 3.6 stars
I live in a five star world.
I had a great birthday. Dane was there for the morning, then to the airport we went. Work was uneventful. The pool hall was great. It was very good.
What Makes Us Happy? is an article from this months Atlantic magazine. “NPR in print.” Is how Brian described it.
I took most of the morning to read it during breaks. It’s a super good read.
For those of you keeping score at home, it’s Boxes 4, Jack 2. I hope to get the upper hand in the coming days so that my visitor doesn’t feel overwhelmed. Even if I don’t fully catch up, I’d like to completely unpack the kitchen–a lot of unpacking to find a certain item.
What to blog about… Work is busy, the deadline is fast approaching, no one knows how we’re going to make it. Home is full of boxes. That’s an exageration, it’s not so bad right now, I don’t need to change how I walk anymore in order to get from room to room. It’s really nice living by friends. I had a weird problem in Final Cut at work yesterday so when I got home I went over to Ryan’s and tried it out. Unfortunately the same stuff happened on his machine. We seem to have isolated the problem though–get a new version of After Effects!
A few times in the past months I’ve made mental lists of things I want to do more often. Maybe if I slap it down in a list on my semi-public blog I’ll have more motivation to actually do these things:
I haven’t climbed anything since jtree. I shot some pool in a bar. I was good for a spell, and then I sucked. I started this blog to write more–that’s working. I have story out there in the ether–I’m working up the gumption to rewrite/work it. I’m exercising. I don’t know where to start on theatre. I’m not even sure what I want to do in regards to theatre, but I know that I’ve really enjoyed it in the past.
The past two mornings it’s been cloudy and a little wet feeling outside. I love it!
unpacking and moving in. got the internet today, but i still don’t have my computer set up.
hello weekend, would you like to help me unpack?
why yes jack, I the weekend, would love you help you unpack.
thanks weekend.
steve miller band is playing on blip. who put it there? i did. joker.
wednesday felt like friday–the week felt long.
it’s only thursday? what?
where are you hiding weekend? are you in this box?
according to this i’m going to die on march 8, 2064: 03/08/64. give or take a few days.
Reel