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This article, Cult of Ugly, written by Steven Heller, talks about “ugly” design and how we may be at a stand still in terms of new movements and forms of design.

This article, Crypto Logo Jihad Black Metal and the Aesthetics of Evil, written by Daniel van der Velden discusses the concepts and aesthetics behind Metal band logos.

My video for Project 4, A Painter’s Dream.

Personally I would not implant myself with any sort of electronic for intellectual or physical gain. If, however, I became disabled in any way that would seriously affect my day to day life and there just so happened to be a fix through some sort of electronic device, then I would gladly accept the modification regardless of the risk. Now, if I am able to live my life without a disability or disease then I see no reason to modify my body. I do not see what I gain from it other than the possibility of using money from a chip in my hand; that is really the only practical application. It is possible that I simply lack imagination but I don’t see the point in being able to feel earthquakes from across the Earth or hearing colors as Abrams mentions in the article I have listed above. Gerken also writes in the next article I mention, “There are a plethora of problems associated with biohacking. Anything from the needle to the physical object being implanted has a chance of being unsanitary, which could lead to infection.” Why would I risk my health to hear colors? These unnecessary applications simply do not make sense to me. Furthermore, if I am simply not smart enough to handle a certain problem, I don’t see why I should cheat by obtaining a modification. It is the same thing with performance enhancing drugs. Sure it may make for a more entertaining show, but eliminates any work that a person needs to put in.

Project 3: Pen Tool Practice

Also I will throw in various statistics, such as who still wears watches? The website https://today.yougov.com/news/2011/05/05/brother-do-you-have-time/ provides various stats on who wears watches and how most people seem to just use their phone now. Later I plan to also compare that to how many people use watches such as the apple watch.

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/pine_spruce_or_fir_getting_to_know_michigan_evergreen_trees

               Texting in my life isn’t exactly one of the major things that I do but I do use it every day and quite honestly couldn’t be without it. The only person I text all the time is my girlfriend. People like my parents and grandparents I don’t really text; not because they don’t know how or are uncomfortable with it, but because I would rather call them and speak with them. Texting people outside of my generation feels sort of awkward to me. I don’t feel as though they know exactly how I am speaking, and with texting it’s sometimes hard to know how a person means to sound. There are also certain times I won’t call or text people. I will not text when I am in class or if I have something else important going on. Also, If I know the person is busy I will not bother them. I would say that a pro to speaking through text is that you can formulate what you want to say but it’s also immediate. A con would be that you can’t take back or erase a message sent, so the immediacy is sort of problem. In ordinary writing you can erase before the directed audience views it, but in texting you can’t. As for the most important information I’ve ever given in text, I’m not quite sure. For important things I usually call as it is more respectable. I guess maybe if you can consider texting about what someone wants for dinner to be important than that’s about it. Maybe telling someone what I want from Taco Bell is important, I don’t know. I probably would never text someone something extremely important unless I was in a hurry or really busy. As for texting as a whole, I don’t think I could live without it now that I have it. Calling someone is much more intrusive whereas texting is quick and easy.