{I was just chatting on-line with a past student, telling her that I was having difficulty writing this post. As it turns out, she wrote a similar post just hours ago. Rather than continuing my tedious process of writing, deleting and re-writing a mediocre introduction, I thought I would start, and finish, with her eloquent words… and I shall say very little.}

"The creative work that came out of the arts in [past centuries] had to be excellent, because each individual’s standard of living depended on it. Nowadays, I would argue, creative work need not be excellent–just acceptable."

Listening Experience?
Or Listening Convenience?



Monumental Mass Media? 

Or Mundane Masses using Media?

(100 million views- video no longer available)

The plot thickens?

Or the selection widens?

Creative with Crayons?

Or Colouring with Clicks? 

Are we willing to 'settle' for less? What about The "Dumbness" of Crowds? I think it is wonderful that anyone can have an audience (see Numa Numa), and share their creativity, but how much must an uninterested audience wade through to find something meaningful?

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"...there’s a lot of flotsam and jetsam in creative work floating around today–or should I say, dotsam and netsam, a term we’ll probably be hearing a lot more of in the near future."

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Thanks to Kris for 'framing' my ideas for me... her post is worth the read! 

Earphones image by Chance Agrella
http://www.freerangestock.com/watermark.php?i=1086

Aragon Theatre image by Brandon Perkins  http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503201029@N01/79583229/

Crayons image by Marja Flick-Buijs
http://www.sxc.hu/photo/317127

*All photos link to their sources