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Do I agree with Postman?

It was interesting reading all of the postman’s different thoughts on technology. One thing I found interesting that the postman mentioned was the dangers of “one-eyed prophets”.

I believe technology has so many benefits as well as so many cons. I have personally encountered so many individuals who only harp on the bad parts of technology, while I understand their point of views, being a digital studies major I have gotten the privilege to see so much of the good technology has brought to the world.

I think what the postman was talking about in terms of “one-eyed prophets”, I think it can definitely be dangerous and can lead people into having a fear of technology which is very common in present days.

In the film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, good vs evil and winners vs losers is very prevalent. The character “Judge Doom” if it isn;t already obvious in the name was the antagonist in the film. He created a new technology called “the dip” to get rid of toons for good.

Postman mentioned that the introduction of new technology connects to winners vs losers. In “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, Judge Doom technically was the loser in the film because other characters were not fond of his new technology and wanted it destroyed.

Judge Doom and Eddie Valiant competed against each other for one to get their way and ultimately fight/argument. I thought of this as an example of media wars which Postman described as new technologies competing with existing ones.

Emotions

The first song is titled R.E.M by Ariana Grande

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVPEP_KSldA

0:09 – Love the beat feel very happy

0:17 – Love the harmonies feels out of body

0:52 – Feel very happy and excited love the beat change

1:16 – 1:33 – I feel hyped at this moment I love singing along to this part

1:55 – Out of body feeling because of the harmonies

3:15 – So happy at this moment mainly because of the beat and energy change in the beat and sound. I feel very calm yet very fulfilled.

3:44 – The outro is so cool it makes me feel peaceful, serene, and smiley

Envy The Leaves by Madison Beer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGGr-Z4JrSc

0:06 – Off the rip I felt a heavy gloomy vibe

0:29 – Still a very gloomy vibe, but peaceful because of the pretty harmonies

1:09 – I no longer feel a gloomy vibe, more of a serene and peaceful vibe

1:54 – Happy and content at this moment. I love singing along at this point

2:12 – A much darker energy because of the beat and sound change but still very moved and at peace in this moment

2:55 – 3:16 – Kind of out of body, happy, even a bit sad at the same time. Super cool beat change.

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Mimicry is the best form of flattery – Mondrian Melbourne

For the Mimicry is the best form of flattery assignment, use a vector or raster graphic software to mimic your favorite artist work but use your own design.

Doing my best to bring a Mondrian-esque Composition with Red Blue and Yellow to the iconic Flinders Street Railway Station in the City of Melbourne.

My image was generated with Image Creator from Microsoft Designer (Powered by DALL·E 3), using the prompt “Extreme close-up. Flat cubist style facing Flinders Street Station in Melbourne Australia, only in very thick red, blue, yellow and black colour lines.”

More minimalism, please

These AI-generated images feel too detailed and just quite not minimal enough to be truly Mondrian, for me. Perhaps some super-aggressive cropping could help to bring out the magic of Mondrian minimalism.

Books for Everyone (including animals and the machines) #dailycreate #tdc4396 #ds106

This 1929 poster is from the Library of Congress archives on Flickr. Let’s do an update (maybe most needed now more than ever in the era of banned books in the US). Make your poster or meme more modern but keep the love of books alive in your art. https://daily.ds106.us/tdc4396/

My poster was generated with Image Creator from Microsoft Designer (Powered by DALL·E 3), using the prompt “A promotional poster of a retro futuristic environment filled with diverse humans, whales, animals and robots all happily reading books and sharing what they know and expanding their minds, in a 20s minimal colour art deco style.”