Inspiration!

It's kind of hard to think of just one thing that inspired me so I'll have to go with the Jesus video! :) Really though, I think that this semester was a lot better than last, it just seemed more relaxed and even though there should have been more stress and pressure because of review coming up (which there was) it was a completely different feeling in class. I'm not sure if it was just because it was that much closer to being over the hump, or the teacher or me just being more comfortable with everything...but it seemed a lot more...friendly lets say. Because of that I was able to get more into the projects (or maybe it was just the nature of the projects) I was able to have more fun working on them, and to me that's when I'm at my best, or anybody really. Work you hate working on doesn't have much potential to be great, so I was greatful that I didn't have to try as hard to make the projects more enjoyable. For the most part, I think that's really what inspired me, was just being able to relax a little and get more involved....most of the stress came all at once at the end... If you're looking more of a solid thing that inspired me, I was really intrigued by panton's work, that's the reason i picked him for my project, but I'm really into colors and how they interact and look together and apart and he just goes crazy with them, it's...crazy...a whole new look on life! (That or make your head spin, so you think it's new) :)

Lessig

First of all, the Jesus I Will Survive Video is my new favorite music video! hahaha.
But really, I thought that he had a really good point because I remember as a kid grabbing stuff off of the internet and creating things, anything, everything...photos to make a collage, music to make a slideshow. When you're young you don't know about copyright laws and then you're in school, especially in the art and design field and they slap it all on you at once and you freak out...wondering if you had broken the law by doing all of that stuff. I like his idea of opening non comercial use of work up, I just think that if no profit is being made off of your work, then it shouldn't really matter if it's being used, either way, when people "steal" your work it should be a compliment...so if a kid thinks the photo you took is awesome, then they should be able to use it to make a collage and not have to worry about breaking the law. I completely agree with the copy right laws of someone taking your work and making money from it, that is completely wrong, but there should be more freedom for those who just enjoy creating for fun.