Me: what do you think about media?
Myself: in what way?
Me: in any way.
Myself: I don’t understand
Me: Neither do I, but I have to write this paper about media so I need you to just help me, ok?
Myself: Ok, well I for one do not care.
Me: What do you mean you don’t care?
Myself: I just don’t care about media. News, blogs, face book, any of that shit. I mean I have a face book, I check it every couple days but I don’t really care about it. It’s just a nice communication tool.
Me: But how can you just not care? It’s a part of your culture. It’s basically inescapable.
Myself: true. However, I can choose what I expose myself to.
Me: so you’re saying that you chose not to expose yourself to potentially bad media?
Myself: not at all. I expose myself to everything. I mean, where did the humor go in things? Everyone takes everything so seriously.
Me: some people have to take things seriously.
Myself: let me rephrase that. I meant that I take things seriously that should be taken seriously. Things on television and magazines, books, whatever all have a serious underlining but everything has to be taken with a grain of salt.
Me: but why? We should just take it as it is. Sometimes, it is meant to be serious and other times it is meant to be silly, but when you put the two together you run into some muddy situations.
Myself: I find humor in everything, even tragedy.
Me: so what does this have to do with media?
Myself: not much, there is one thing I must say about media. It is a very effective tool, especially nowadays. Whether it is good or bad, it affects a lot of people. That’s why being an artist in this day and age is as important as it is. Painters don’t just paint anymore, they network on sites, and they print in books, magazines, newspapers and even advertisements. Visual art is much more exposed to the public than that of the written word.
Me: however, because so many people see so many images and are basically bombarded with information, there is a chance that your will surpass them and therefore will become less memorable.
Myself: it’s a price we all pay for a moment in the spotlight.
(silence)
Me: so you wanna go inside and watch “planet earth”?
Myself: yes.
