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February 09, 2008
Love is my Religion
I simultaneously find myself enamored with and terrified of this class. I have no knowledge of the computer programs that we will be using to make our projects, but at the same time I relish the chance to express myself and be creative.
Creativity is also somewhat terrifying to me, I love the feeling of expression, but it opens the door to my soul and exposes a part of me that others don't ordinarily see. I have a certain worldview and thought structure, but can anyone else relate? Will my very personal project make sense to anyone else?
Hopefully it will. Hopefully there are themes that underly our human experience that can be related to by all who participate in it, namely "Freedom, Beauty, Truth, and Love"
But aren't these concepts intangible and subjective? Do any two people ever experience the same emotion in the same way? I believe they do, I believe our common experiences are what makes humanity what it is, what bonds us to one another and the universe. I believe in the truth of beauty freedom and love. Where we find these things is subjective to each of us, the sheer panoply of places that they have been found leads me to believe that these concepts pervade everything and everyone.
What do you think?
Posted by ryanhoff at February 9, 2008 05:49 PM
Comments
Of yes; I quite agree with the vulnerability that for me also is a part of expression. After many years of exposure, I have arrived at a location within a kaleidoscopic map in which I trust that links are possible, and that there will be something with which anything that I make can connect with something, no matter where in time or (quasi)physicality it may be/has been/will be for some duration of time.
What binds us to the universe indeed --that interests me quite a bit; indeed -what allows anything to come together, no matter how briefly? So my poams brings various elements together, sometimes to test whether or not they can be brought together according to some logic the bond reveals as it becomes active.
This is not part of Limited Fork Theory by definition, but as a result of this kaleidoscopic mapping, I also have accepted as part of responsibility the need to give something to the kaleidoscope, to communicate, to comment on my awarenesses no matter the form they take --I have commitment to the range of what the bifurcations point to.
The use of computer technologies assists me in expression that is more aware of more of the range of expression --I am able to construct visuals, sound, textures in ways that explore more of the possible relationships. So I approach computer technologies by opening the programs and determining what I can make it do as opposed to what the program is intended to do.
Yes, yes, yes: when you say that:
"the sheer panoply of places that they have been found leads me to believe that these concepts pervade everything and everyone"
you expose the heart of Limited Fork, its seeking out links, connections, its finding extensions of things through patterns, repetition, similarities --what a kaleidoscope
--otherwise, how could anything come together, and for coming together, there is exchange, influence, reshaping, journey.
Posted by: thyliasm at March 4, 2008 10:34 AM
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