72 hour Media Fast

During the time I spent participating in the 72 hour media fast I was mostly sick. This caused a large part of the fast to spent sleeping and enjoying the freedom of loosening the tight grip that technology has on us at times. I was able to relax and not have to respond to anyone because I was forced not to. The biggest difference I noticed was how impulsive and involuntary it had become to check my phone. It was strange to realize how often I tried to check my phone for no reason at all! I also learned that the sound of my silent car as I am driving is not only calming but very self reflective. I enjoyed driving to the store to pick up medicine and hearing a muffled white noise sounding environment around me. I can only imagine the growing dependency our society has on technology and I wonder how integral and second nature it is to the generation being born today. I want to know what it would be like for children in middle school today to do a media fast.

First Blog Post "Film Screened on 1/12/15"

The film reminded me of an old film where the artist would paint directly on the film and flash the images very quickly in front of the projector. The film gave me a feeling of excitement and also hurt my eyes due to the flashes of light. I was heavily reminded of "Fantasia" because of orchestral music paired with animation and correlating to the rhythm and notes. I want to understand the process behind this effect of matching the music to the animation so well. I want to know which part was created first. I want to know if the film was directly painted and if there was any deeper meaning behind these choices.