The article by Kidd made me think about the simplest of antonyms such as big and small, left and right, and up and down. I found it interesting that Kidd stated that going up to down in un-American and after thinking about it, I agreed with him. Our American mentality is to start from the bottom (weather in school, job, family, etc.) and work our way to the top. The reason I am in this class in the first place is to one day get a better job (work my way up) with a college degree.
Kidd also brings up the idea that Big can always be Bigger and Small can always be Smaller (this idea can also be implied to other terms). I agree in the abstract sense that this is true but often in reality, this is false. For example, if my professor gave me a 250 word essay, there is a maximum on the number of words (this number is unable to reach a new size) I can put on the paper without sacrificing my grade. While I appreciate his idea that big could be bigger (such as a professor changing the max number of words), it is an impracticable idea in a realistic world.
Theme: Our perspective on things, structure/layout
Organizational Elements: Big / Small , Left/Right, Top/Bottom, In Front of / Behind - Compared various words to each other and how we view things.
Issues: Basically Kidd wants us to understand how we view the world and why we do things we do such as read from left to right, or from top to botton, etc. , must be understanding to harsh criticism
Hickey
I really enjoyed how Hickey began his article with one of the greatest sport moments of all time. However, the line I found interesting was that bending the rules is considered a boy thing. I fully agree with this statement because I know myself and my roommates, while we might not break the rules, we do take much more risks in life. However, whenever a woman is with us, we seem to naturally tame ourselves for reasons I cannot explain.
"Thus basketball, which began this century as a pedagogical discipline, concludes it as a
much beloved public spectacle, while fine art, which began this century as a much-beloved public
spectacle, has ended up where basketball began—in the YMCA or its equivalent—governed
rather than liberated by its rules." I disagree with this statement in the sense that while Americans do place high importance on athletics, fine art is not nearly to the point of only the equivalent of YMCA. In general, schools tend to promote the fine arts in conjunction with athletics and while it may not be on a huge "stage," many Americans can appreciate fine art when they come across it.
Theme: Rules
Why are rules important: They create a natural beauty to the game and make it more exciting, the importance of the red light,
Issues: Why did Naismith think the game didn't need coaches?
Weschler
I never really thought about the difficulties of animated art before I read this article. I naturally assumed a glass of milk would be much simpler than a complex dinosaur. However, once I the idea of light and reflections entered my head, I realized the challenges computer animators face. I was also interested in how difficult it is to animate a face. The majority of animations seem to show the face and I never appreciated how difficult it must have been to create that.
The article goes on with examples of how technology, even very advanced technology, cannot capture the 44 muscles of the face. I believe that one day technology will be able to find a way to make this a reality in high quality.
Theme: The difficulty of digital art
Technologies Flaws: Technology still has a difficult time creating facial features which define emotion.
Issues: Why would you want to replicate the human soul? What gets lost in the process.
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