Connect is one of the seven layers. This is basically the layer of connecting with others. It’s not about how many people you connect with, but connecting with people from all over, instead of just your family and the people you see at work. We now have the ability to connect with people because of things such as the internet, but if we fall back into the old system of being trained to go to work, which takes away our time and communication, and then we will not connect with others.
Make art is another layer to this system. Making art is unlike the old system of following a schedule, and doing the same thing over and over again. Art is doing something that is different, and creating something new. Everyone has the ability to do art, but if they don’t have the desire than they will not create it. Art is about taking risks and creating something that might not be like, but sometimes great risks come with great rewards.
Acknowledging the wizard is the most important layer to me. It means that the things that we have been “brainwashed” to not do because it may not be socially accepted, actually holds us back. Artists have to go against this, and they cannot worry about being made fun of or not accepted. That worry of thinking people may not like it is the lizard brain that is holding us down. Instead, we must let go of those fears, and create things that we believe in, and this is where true art is created.
These layers that I have chosen apply to the assignments in our class. After college, all of us will face whether or not we will live by the “brainwashed” method. Most of us are here, however, to go against the system because we are studying media arts. Some of us may fall back into this system because of money or because of what is socially accepted, and some of us will go on to show our creativity and our artistic ability. I believe that the most important layers that apply to this class is connecting, making art and acknowledging the lizard.
In this class, I believe that connecting is a very big part. I am from a very small town, and in my town everyone has the same beliefs; however, when I came to Ohio University, it is a completely different scenario. There are many different kinds of people with many different beliefs, and in this class I am working and “connecting” with new people that I would have never met if I would have stayed in my town, it this “brainwashed system.
Making art is an extremely important aspect that this class teaches us. Instead of being taught mathematics equations that can only have one right answer, we are instead taught to create our own ideas. I believe that art is creating something that you believe in, and that does not have one solid answer to what it is about. There can be many more than just one interpretation of art, and that is what makes it so great in my eyes. In this class we are not taught to create a certain thing that has to be a certain way. Instead, we are given the freedom to create something that is our own. This gives us the ability to express our ideas.
I believe the most important layer is acknowledging the lizard. This lizard brain that we have been trained to have, can suppress our creativity and ideas. Many people do not create art because they are afraid of their work not being socially accepted. Art will never be created if everyone lives with the lizard brain. If people are not afraid to be different, and create their own ideas, than many times they will be successful. In this class, we are among many other students expressing their own ideas and creativity. This environment gives the opportunity to express our ideas, without worrying about what others will think.
Many people do not create art because they live by a repetitive system; however, the class gives us the tools to go against this system. In this class, and through these projects, we connect with new people, create our own ideas and not have to worry about what is socially accepted because when doing these projects we will find that there is no certain answer or way to do them.
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