Entry 2: Passion & Determination

 Another assignment for DMA. What do you think is happening to creativity in the new-media era? Well I dont' think much can happen as far as creativity due to the fact that nothing can really be original anymore. Most people really attempt to create something new, however in my opinion nothing is new. There is a LOT of sharing going on --or is it stealing??  I feel credit should be given when credit is due. There is a threshold I feel that separates stealing from sharing. If a choreographer creates a work and buys the rights to it, it is only fair for people to pay to use it, however if people don't buy the rights to their work then that's there problem anyone should have the right to use it if they want to.

    Meanwhile is it possible that the future of art is already being weakened and legislated out of existence by outdated copyright and intellectual property laws? I'm really not sure about that because, I don't know if the rules are outdated. My example is I crochet, right? so I didn't create my pattern but I did create my design, at the moment I'm trying to find the rules/laws I have to go by to sell the things I crochet without getting sued. I took the pattern offline and remixed it...does that make it mine or is it still the original designers? HMMMMMM..... In this regard I think the remix is one of of the signature creative forms of the 21st century, because it's and old idea that is inspiring enough to be remade. Why do you think fashion is such a cycle? It' just keeps getting redone over and over and over again.  New-media is not destroying the artistic culture we have come to know and love, it's evolving it into something we've seen before with a twist...I wouldn't say it's new it's just a variation. 

So this past week, I chose to remix my original video which my theme was "Determination". Our task was to use group members theme Idea and intertwine them with our own theme. I chose to insert a picture used by a group member to represent "passion" . It was a picture of fireworks! I feel Passion and Determination pretty much go "Hand in Hand" so I inserted her picture with some video clips inspired by her picture. Hope you like it!

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jBxKJ3bJLk&feature=youtu.be