Hide behind your art and let your art speak for you. It’s simple, but I like it. There isn’t much of a deeper meaning to it either it’s just don’t try to be out in front of your art explaining, but instead let it speak for itself. When it comes to art there isn’t much you can say that will be more powerful than just leaving it there. It becomes introspective and deep when you let the art speak for you. Even if the piece you’re trying to make isn’t something you put much thought into it becomes something worth a lot of thought when presented without you in it.
When first thought about why I want to make art it was mostly to find a way to express myself in a place that’s as structured as a college. There aren’t many things you can do out of the norm when it comes to this, but with art you can make anything you want. You can pull from other pieces or even make something off the rip. Art is cool because even if you’re in a tough spot in your life you don’t have to make a huge proclamation to the whole world you can just show to a close group and still feel the same.

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When I first read this chapter I broke it up into three important parts. The first being principle one and two, the second part being principle three and four, and the last being principle five. The way the author wrote this made it seem as if it went from most basic to most complicated. Starting from part one which are principle one and two. These principles are numerical representation and modularity. Numerical representation just meant that the media could be translated into code and onto a computer. Modularity meant that the piece of media was made up of a lot of individual parts that come together to become the art. An example being pixels in a picture. The second part were principle three and four which are automation and viability. Automation meant that the piece of media didn’t need the input of a human being, either in making or in sharing it the human part of the media is somewhat removed. Variability meant that the media art could be changed over time an endless amount of times. Part two seemed like a deeper version of part one where the author gave us a basic overview of new media art in part one and in part two he goes in depth about what makes media art different. In part three we have probably the most complicated of the principles which is transcoding. After the first read through I didn’t’ quite understand what this principle meant, but after going over it again it seems like the author is trying to say that the fifth principle is all about connecting the human part and the computerized part of the new media. It’s about connecting to people with the art you’ve made electronically.