Brainwashed

I read an article recently that had some interesting thoughts and discussion topics. The article was titled "Brainwashed" by Seth Godin. Follow this link to read the article "Brainwashed".

In the article there were layers described to keep you from being brainwashed by society. One layer that I found interesting was the layer titled "Connect" which talked about how the world is being more convergent with art since the introduction of the Internet because there are so many outlets to show your art and creativity to others. All you have to do is connect with others and share your art which will allow that art to spread through a channel of people connected to each other. They gave the example of Shepard Fairey who posted a picture of Obama which spread throughout the web to billions of people and because of this he doesn't have to look for a job again because people will look for him instead. This actually is true in many accounts because sharing your artwork with other people especially over social networks allow you to get out there and introduced to new people and possibly future employer but this can also be very bad for the person. The reason it could be bad is that jobs now-a-days monitor your social accounts and restrict you from saying things about the company. Another layer that was described in the article was titled "Create Art". In this part of the article they explain that everyone should create art regardless of whether people see it or not. Art is described as something made by someone which causes a connection between the viewer and the artist. Creating art is very important because it shows creativity which is slowly dying in today's education and society. Art that you create could be shown to others or kept under wraps either way your expressing yourself which is expressing creativity and that artwork that is kept can lead to future inspiration causing more creativity. Those pieces of artwork can still be shown to others which expands connections between your art and possible buyers or employers. The blogs we had to do for our MDIA 203 class can help this out. It shows our artwork and our creativity which could be seen by others which expands the social network of your artwork expanding it to others around the world.