September 13, 2003
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It’s been another good week, minus a few confusing days (that’s what happens when I think to much. It’s really not a good habit: thinking). Anyway . . . Right now I’m listening a new favorite song (one of many)- “Rooftops” by Mest. Awesome song. Also listening to The Starting Line and the Calling and Vertical Horizon.
The football game last night was tons of fun. I spent the first part cheering with Darcy and Mike and Daman and Jacob, etc. A pretty awesome game- but I guess agains Vernon Hills it’d be embarrassing to have anything but an awesome victory. Bonadona made this awesome touchdown. It was cool. J.P. showed up. I ended up spending the latter half of the game with Megan V. and Ashley A. Fun times . . . boy was I tired, though.
Thursday I stayed up all night working on a miniature piece for AP Art. I was very happy with how it turned out. I plan to do a series of three pieces of my sister illistrating “search” “ponder” and “pray” . . . hopefully soon I’ll have a place online to show you all my art work.
Oh. Last night after the game we watched What a Girl Wants. Man is she hot. Really hot. It just makes me mad when the media subtly mixes morals I don’t like with feel good things.
The media has a lot of power. I’m not even talking political power or economic power, I’m talking artistic power. Movies and other media art forms can effect your emotion. Music, mood, atmosphere, beauty, hot actresses
, well written lines- these are all things that can make you feel a certain way, and they control it. They make you cry when they want you to cry. When they want you to like something, they make you like it. What a Girl Wants did this expertly. Without even knowing it, it made you think these things:You can leave your husband for 17 years and he will come back and want you.
Change is bad. Be yourself.
Conservative clothes are restricting and don’t allow your pesonality to show through. Dress liberally.
A guy doesn’t have to love you unconditionally, he only has to like you a certain way. If you change, then he will leave you. If you go back to your old self, he will come back.
Politicians are bad.
You are perfect the way you are. You don’t have to change, in fact, you shouldn’t change because that’s a sign of weakness.
Obviously I diagree with those subliminal morals. You can’t just pack up and leave family for convience. Change is good, it’s called progress (some of the time). Modest is the hottest. You can smile if you’re wearing conservative clothes, it doesn’t make you an old hag. If you change and your partner dumps you because he doesn’t like the “new you,” Good Ridance! Politicians can be good, and they benefit our society (unless they’re demacrats
). And above all . . .You should change. You should always be changing, always getting better. No offense, but you aren’t perfect just the way you are. (You are good, and you are loved, just don’t think that that means you don’t have to change your attitudes or actions) Changing is a sign of strength. Making goals that are higher than you are, and then striving to reach them is good. Adapting is good . . . Alright. I’m done soap boxing.
It was a cute movie- that’s the problem. I guess I just got over protective watching my sister devour the media’s message because the actors and actresses were good looking and the scenes made her cry.
Comments (4)
I wouldn’t worry about it…your sister’s pretty strong…and she’s got a great influence
I love your soap boxing!
i have never in my life bought the argument that media can affect people’s opinions as greatly as everyone says it can. whatever happened to personal responisbility? i mean, you are a perfect example of the media’s impotence (is that spelled right?) while media can suggest things, it never changes a persons mind by itself. i don’t even know why i’m saying this, cause i’m sure you agree, it just bugs me when people try to censor or blame media for people’s actions. a cd has never made me curse. a movie will never make me pull a trigger or rape a woman.
anyway, i’m done with my soap boxing now.
oh, and if you’re gonna make fun of democrats, at least spell it right. hehe. dean in ’04!!
I was refering to more subconcious things . . . I agree with you, I actually meant to put more emphasis as Art as a manipulator, not on the Media as an influencer. For example, I am reading “Johny Got His Gun.” The book makes you feel horrible for the main character who is severely wounded in World War 1. The literature is artfully used to convey many emotions that has been interpreted as being Anti-war. A friend of mine who once supported war with Iraq made the comment that after reading that book, he had a hard time supporting war of any kind. The art was misleading, though. The war shouldn’t be blamed for what the character is put through because it was the doctors, who should not have let him live, that caused his suffering.
The emotions overide the logic, and the art is what creates those emotions.
P.S. I can’t spell. Never could, never will. I’ve gotten over it.