The following link is connected to the draft of my essay. The draft is not completely finished, but includes the bulk of my work. I will soon be adding in the conclusion aside from some revision. The conclusion should tie everything together.
Essay
I believe that I have effectively elaborated on the first two main points of my essay. There will, of course, be a need for revision, but I think I have those first two points well defined. I just need to add in a conclusion that ties everything together and maybe make sure that my thoughts within the essay in the form of paragraphs flow one into the other.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Visual Essay
The visual composition of my essay is not yet complete, but I have linked what I have so far here.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Essay Discussion
I think that I will be able to effectively show that there is a great amount of shared influence across the spectrum of multimedia on the web; however, I'm not sure as of yet how I am going to discuss/provide evidence for the interconnections amongst authors of different multimedia on the web. Showing specific ideas being carried across the spectrum, developing as they go, will probably be nearly impossible. Also, this sort of example will be so hard to locate that I probably won't end up with many examples to back up my theory.
I will probably take the approach of providing evidence that the information and ideas that can be built upon are readily available and even encouraged as sources of inspiration on the web. This evidence provides for the portion of my theory that shows the relation amongst authors on the web through the availability of information. Along with this approach, I will provide evidence of nature as a common theme amongst the various kinds of multimedia in order to show how one source of inspiration can be seen in a wide array of multimedia. I also intend to provide some insight into why nature is such a widely used source of inspiration. I'm hoping that this last part of my essay will shed some light on how a subject becomes a source of inspiration, at least when it comes to nature.
I have the main ideas for my essay developed, but I need to find more supporting resources for each of these ideas. I hope to further develop all the pieces of my essay through further research and the collection of additional sources.
Central Ideas:
1. Interconnection of Authors
supported by availability of ideas on the web
2. Connection amongst authors due to common influence
supported by the presence of nature across the multimedia spectrum
3. Why nature is drawn on for inspiration
supported by the JSTOR documents on nature's influences
I will probably take the approach of providing evidence that the information and ideas that can be built upon are readily available and even encouraged as sources of inspiration on the web. This evidence provides for the portion of my theory that shows the relation amongst authors on the web through the availability of information. Along with this approach, I will provide evidence of nature as a common theme amongst the various kinds of multimedia in order to show how one source of inspiration can be seen in a wide array of multimedia. I also intend to provide some insight into why nature is such a widely used source of inspiration. I'm hoping that this last part of my essay will shed some light on how a subject becomes a source of inspiration, at least when it comes to nature.
I have the main ideas for my essay developed, but I need to find more supporting resources for each of these ideas. I hope to further develop all the pieces of my essay through further research and the collection of additional sources.
Central Ideas:
1. Interconnection of Authors
supported by availability of ideas on the web
2. Connection amongst authors due to common influence
supported by the presence of nature across the multimedia spectrum
3. Why nature is drawn on for inspiration
supported by the JSTOR documents on nature's influences
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Anntotated Bibliography
The following link is for the annotated bibliography that I have composed for my topic.
Author Ecology Project
Author Ecology Project
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Topic: Further Development
Technology and Nature
The basic idea for this topic is to tie the seemingly unnatural to the natural. The technologies that we use today are a product of the creative minds that came in succession to build upon previous thoughts and ideas to ultimately reach this present point. However, throughout the development and use of these technologies there always seems to be a natural element.
We are in our own way animals of a kind. All animals need a habitat in which to survive. Our habitat is composed of much of the earth. Therefore, seeing that we live within this expansive natural habitat composed of other organisms, air, water, and land - we cannot escape natural influence in one way or another. Furthermore, natural influence tends to show up in those developed technologies and in the use of those technologies.
The technologies being explored here are web-based multimedia, means of creative expression on the web. There are several different common forms of creative expression such as poetry, short story, essay, nature writing, photography, and a number of visual arts. There are also other forms of expression that are explicitly web-based such as picture stories. Picture stories are created through the use of images and text compiled into a single presentation that can be manipulated by the viewer or simply viewed (examples of picture stories can be found in the Musarium link below). What each of these forms of expression have in common is that a certain number of works in each form contain some element or representation of nature. The presence of natural representation across a broad spectrum of multimedia suggests a relationship with the natural environment that is never lost even in this seemingly unnatural setting.
Musarium
The Artist and the Author
There are many influences on an artist, and natural influences seem to work their way into many an artistic composition.
It is the unique flow of influences that makes an artist an author of a work, because each artist is influenced from a different combination of sources. An author shouldn't be an individual creating a unique work with no outside influence that is locked in time and unadaptable. An author is an artist who serves as a filter for influences, taking the influences in his or her life at the time and creating a new unique work from them that will go on to be an influence for another artist. This process of influences becoming new influences is one of the reasons for certain themes to be carried from artistic form to artistic form. Also, the influences being ultilized by artists don't have to come from other artists. These influences can come from raw sources such as societies, cultures, imagination, and nature. Nature just happens to be one of those sources of influence that seems to see the most use, and why not?
The possibilities for influences stemming from the natural environment is as vast as the world the we inhabit. We are influenced by things that we see everyday, and there is generally something natural in what we see everyday. Therefore, it's only logical that many works should come to incorporate some natural element in all the various multimedia facets on the web.
Thus:
When an artist is surrounded by something (the natural environment), that individual will be influenced in some way.
Nature becomes the most well-traveled influence.
The harsh line between technology and nature is severed.
Artists are influenced by developed and raw sources.
The artist becomes an author through unique expression of influences.
Creativity is allowed to expand and flow.
The basic idea for this topic is to tie the seemingly unnatural to the natural. The technologies that we use today are a product of the creative minds that came in succession to build upon previous thoughts and ideas to ultimately reach this present point. However, throughout the development and use of these technologies there always seems to be a natural element.
We are in our own way animals of a kind. All animals need a habitat in which to survive. Our habitat is composed of much of the earth. Therefore, seeing that we live within this expansive natural habitat composed of other organisms, air, water, and land - we cannot escape natural influence in one way or another. Furthermore, natural influence tends to show up in those developed technologies and in the use of those technologies.
The technologies being explored here are web-based multimedia, means of creative expression on the web. There are several different common forms of creative expression such as poetry, short story, essay, nature writing, photography, and a number of visual arts. There are also other forms of expression that are explicitly web-based such as picture stories. Picture stories are created through the use of images and text compiled into a single presentation that can be manipulated by the viewer or simply viewed (examples of picture stories can be found in the Musarium link below). What each of these forms of expression have in common is that a certain number of works in each form contain some element or representation of nature. The presence of natural representation across a broad spectrum of multimedia suggests a relationship with the natural environment that is never lost even in this seemingly unnatural setting.
Musarium
The Artist and the Author
There are many influences on an artist, and natural influences seem to work their way into many an artistic composition.
It is the unique flow of influences that makes an artist an author of a work, because each artist is influenced from a different combination of sources. An author shouldn't be an individual creating a unique work with no outside influence that is locked in time and unadaptable. An author is an artist who serves as a filter for influences, taking the influences in his or her life at the time and creating a new unique work from them that will go on to be an influence for another artist. This process of influences becoming new influences is one of the reasons for certain themes to be carried from artistic form to artistic form. Also, the influences being ultilized by artists don't have to come from other artists. These influences can come from raw sources such as societies, cultures, imagination, and nature. Nature just happens to be one of those sources of influence that seems to see the most use, and why not?
The possibilities for influences stemming from the natural environment is as vast as the world the we inhabit. We are influenced by things that we see everyday, and there is generally something natural in what we see everyday. Therefore, it's only logical that many works should come to incorporate some natural element in all the various multimedia facets on the web.
Thus:
When an artist is surrounded by something (the natural environment), that individual will be influenced in some way.
Nature becomes the most well-traveled influence.
The harsh line between technology and nature is severed.
Artists are influenced by developed and raw sources.
The artist becomes an author through unique expression of influences.
Creativity is allowed to expand and flow.
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