Writing as Andy Warhol

Wedding rings are the essence of love. And here you can buy them online at a discount. It seems that marriage has lost it’s meaning. I mean, is love at a discount if it comes to this? Purchasing the sacred symbol online for 15%off. What is this?!! Barbaric. I would hope that my marriage has more purpose.

Yet, in this great time and place you can purchase all kinds of things online. Easily from the comfort of your own home, or while you’re in a meeting (multi tasking). Just come to this one stop shopping site and purchase anything you’ve ever dreamed about. Shoes, PDA’s, Ipods, you name it. Agh! And what’s this? A Retro gift basket! Huh? Well, it comes with everything from Bit o Honey, Jolly Ranchers, Mambas, and Slap Sticks. Yes, I’m referring to the 80’s decade of candy nostalgia. In the 80’s everyone was concerned with big hair and lots of make up. I remember my friend Z always wore those fishnets with heeled boots. And she’d say A let’s go dance like the Thriller video. That’s when Michael Jackson was a big hit. Everyone had on one black leather glove and wore hightop sneakers.

The Two Films

4. Both films in subtle ways comment upon race, gender, and class. How does the notion of time and duration impact on these categories?

While watching the first film I immediately noticed some of these issues come up. I'm not sure when the films were produced, sometime between the 60's and 70's I assume. At first when watching the Last Clean Shirt film I thought that the woman was the driver's lover. Now, after thinking about it, he was probably her driver. Just a friend that she was chatting with. I'm still not sure if this is correct, but it's what I assume. I don't think that interracial relationships were very common during that time.

The second film was about a girl from Europe that moved to NY,NY. Even though the film moved really slowly, I thought it was interesting. It offered a lot of different views of the city and gave us a perspective on time. The mother was very concerned about the girl, and always wanting her to write more. It sounded very typical of a mother/child relationship.

my first movie

Okay, so I did not find this movie making stuff to be as easy as it looked. In fact, I couldn't even figure out how to get my movie files onto my USB drive ( I don't even know if that's what it's called!). I feel so frustrated! So I resorted to the Windows Movie Maker on my laptop. Yes, it is limited in functions and the final product is not as encaptivating as Final Cut Pro, but Hey! I gave it my all. Anyway, here is a few of the clips that we recorded on our Bothell excursion. I imagine I'll figure Final Cut out before this class is over(o:

Surreal Writing...

Boys .are trying, constantly imagining...Playing with toys and learning how to be men. Not that that makes any sense. This picture depicts three young boys in a museum pretending to be in the ocean. Oceans are filled with wonder and new possibilities. The boys are discussing how to navigate the machine through the sea to find marvelous new creatures. What lies beneath the depths? Only they will find. Long talks, negotiation, strategies. Young men in training, wearing ties, looking like great men...




Boys will be boys. Playing in the mud, getting dirty. They enjoy the outdoors, the fresh air. Their momma’s made them wear button up shirts today. It was important to look nice in the photographs. Now they are cleaning up the beach. Helping the turtles find homes and be protected. The poor turtles were probably in danger from all the the industrial growth that has been going on in the US. They need fresh water and a new home. The two boys are friends. They are growing up together, as brothers. It’s getting late in the day now, the shadows of hard work and caring are left on the ground. It’s time to go back home and sleep it all away. Find the next adventure tomorrow. Tomorrow maybe toy guns, cowboy and Indians.

everyday is not the same

What is everyday now is not the same as it was 40 years ago. I feel like I'm going back in time trying to learn what was so simple back then and apply it now. What I'm doing is trying to make my own Halloween Costume. I never realized how difficult sewing was and why I never tried it before. It's so confusing and difficult I could scream! If only it was 40 years ago, I would have known how to do this by the time I was old enough to use a pair of sisscors. But now our everyday is using the computer, knowing how to blog, and use other such electronics...Back to my sewing...

Un Chien

While watching Un Chien Andalou I felt a little disturbed. The most vivid image that comes to mind is the scene when He slices the women's eyeball with a old fashioned razor. Agh! I hate watching stuff like that! I mean, I literally hide my face during those scenes during movies. But during this clip it was completely unexpected, so it caught me off guard. Now I'll never forget it, I'm sure.

TicXTacOToe

The game of X's and O's, also known as kisses and hugs. It's an easy game taught to us at an early age, often used to pass the time during school days, or even out of pure boredom.

So, it's a quick little game that I played with my roomie to fulfil this assignment. After brainstorming a little about what the game takes I came up with a few ideas. It's a game of strategy, and planning. It can be fun, and stressful at the same time. And in the end there is only one winner.

Experiencing the Everyday

Taking a moment to look through the lens of the Everyday was enlightening. I enjoyed the chance to take a step back. Usually we are so consumed with the hustle and bustle of getting from here to there, worrying about the next meeting or tasks that need to be completed.

For my assignment I landed in the middle of a typical American Utopia. Where the grass was the same height, American flags were prominently displayed, and satellites were hanging from every home.

Blanchot//Everyday Speech

I had to read some of these thoughts over again. I think that they can be a little confusing in a theoretical way. However, I think that I grasp what the writers were saying, but it's hard for me to pull one thought out of these pages. I think that they all kind of go together in order to get to the point.

So I will take the conlclusion of Blanchot "Is not the everyday, then, a utopia, the myth of an existence bereft of myth? We no more have access to the everyday then do we touch this moment of history that could historically, represent the end of history." pg.41

With a first quick read, I find this confusing. What I think the author is saying is that we are creating history with our everyday life, and that even with everyday we have the ability to end it. The everyday is not unimportant, it identifies who we are and what our meaning/purpose is.