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After watching Remixer’s Manifesto I had a strong identification with one of the quotes. He mentioned that “ Culture is always based on the past”. I agree with this statement, we always think that the innovations we see in modern times are new, but people overlook that these innovations come from the past, whether it’s in movies, music, or technological developments, we can see that many of the modern works have borrowed many elements from the past. Another interesting point mentioned in the picture is that “the past always tries to control the future”, whether it be history, culture, laws, the rules of the past have an impact on our future. For example, the song “Happy Birthday” is supposed to belong to everyone, but because of copyright laws, it can’t be used freely in all situations. This makes me wonder if excessive copyright protection will limit innovation and the spread of culture, as many authors are unable to create freely in the digital age due to copyright issues. This limits more cultural development. Remix culture is of particular interest to me, after all, many of the works on social media platforms are reconstructions of past works and not entirely original, so I’m looking forward to being able to add my own ideas to the past in order to achieve secondary innovation!

After I read the first chapter, I think the sentence that stood out the most to me was “A new media object is not something fixed once and for all, but something that can exist in different, potentially infinite versions. potentially infinite versions.” This quote reflects one of the five principles he mentions in the text, ‘the principle of mutability’, in which he emphasizes that digital media are not fixed, unlike traditional media such as movies or books, which exist in a single form; digital media are fluid. He emphasized that digital media are not fixed, unlike traditional media such as movies or books, which exist in a single form, but digital media are fluid and can be modified and updated all the time with the progress of the times. Moreover, in the current digital environment, users can generate their own media images on different platforms. This mutability is at the heart of contemporary consumption and creativity. The principle of mutability is based on the characterization of the article as dynamic and changeable rather than static. New media content can be modified and adapted to different users, devices, and environments to produce more varied versions. For example, web pages, video games, social media, and AI generation can give users different outputs based on different inputs. This shows that content in the new media era is always flexible, unlike the traditional media which is fixed and unchanging. This malleability not only enhances user engagement and personalization, but also drives innovation in digital media, where users are not only viewers of content but also content authors and co-creators through creation, retweeting, and commenting. However, this variability also brings drawbacks such as content authenticity, copyright ownership, and user privacy risks. Nevertheless, variability is still a core advantage of this era, and with the advancement of AI, VR/AR and other technologies, the variability of digital media will be further enhanced, and digital media will bring richer and more immersive experiences to the users.

When I saw the first lesson “Don’t Be embarrassed” I could relate to it because one of the main reasons I chose this lesson was because I wanted to connect it with my interest in photography, and not being embarrassed really fits the weird angles I use when taking pictures of people, and some of them even have me crawling on the ground to find the best angle I can. In some cases, I’ll even climb down to the ground to find what I think is the most beautiful angle, and I don’t think it’s embarrassing in the moment because I’m so happy with the result. And in Lesson 10 it says “Find your own voice”. I also like this part. I think in the art of this road will be more or less similar to some people, but why there are still many people can have enough recognition is because they have found their own style, because I usually see a lot of different social software above the photographic works, but a lot of works you can know at first glance who the author is, although there are many people to imitate but you can still feel the difference between them, I think this is a part of the social media. I think this is my own style, which is made up of my own style by incorporating some of my own insights and ideas into my work, and privatizing some of the details. In the 20th lesson of the text, “Accept the fact that you may be poor”, this is also the most realistic thing, and I like photography but why I did not take photography as my main job, this is also the main reason, afraid of their own future can not find a job that can sustain their livelihood. Not everyone is as famous as Picasso at a young age and got a lot of wealth, but more people are like Picasso who became famous after his death, and there are some artists who will never be known in their whole life. And being famous after death is meaningless to them, which is why I don’t want to choose art as my main job.

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