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Virtual graduation is kind of lame if I’m being honest. Of course, I understand that the school is doing everything they can to give us graduation and they are obviously trying to find ways to celebrate the senior class, but this is all a very underwhelming. Taking photos in my backyard by myself with an […]

Ex Machina was released in 2015 and was directed by Alex Garland. The philosophical film explores the potential implications of fully conscious artificial intelligence. The movie follows a week in the life of AI fanatic and computer scientist Caleb Smith (played by Domhnall Gleeson) and his short-term intern Nathan Bateman (played by Oscar Isaac). Nathan […]

Read Wolff pages 283-288 Marcuse and the Uses of Negation 1. After reading this section, using Marcuse’s theory of art, answer Wolff’s question “what is positive about being negative?”  I guess what Marcuse means by “negative” is what society deems to be wrong or against the norm. He sees the “negative” as a positive because […]

Watch the following video and reflect upon and describe two moments (2) in your life when you think you experienced Burke’s version of the sublime.  The first time I climbed a mountain in California This was an example of the Sublime because I felt entirely insignificant, but not in a negative way. This was my […]

Blog 65: Where am I at right now part III. How are you coping with the world around you? What do you reach for to help you through? Post something funny or heartwarming you have found that helps you manage your day-to-day in this new so-very-not-normal.  I’m doing a lot better. I took the week off […]

Blog 64: Write a dialogue between Plato and Aristotle over a piece of art (it can be a painting, photograph, scene from a play, a film, or a piece of music). Present it as a Socratic style dialectic dialogue. Demonstrate your grasp of Plato’s and Aristotle’s differing views of the value of art in your dialogue. […]

Blog #63: Make a frame out of four pieces of similar material (e.g. four rulers, four sticks, four broom handles, four pencils).  Pick something around the house, or around the yard and “frame” it with your four similar materials. Take a picture of it and put it on your blog. Explain why this is art.  […]

Olivia’s techne was tailoring and upcycling clothing. Overall, she’s made great progress and is improving every day. It’s so exciting to see her ideas coming to life and seeing the things that she creates and alters. She’s always had a great sense of style and I love how she’s able to combine her creativity with […]

Blog 61: Read the rest of Foucault’s Panopticism pdf from page 6…”Bentham’s Panopticism,” to page 13 (the end). Answer the following: What does this reading remind you of in your daily lives? In what ways are you under constant surveillance? List as many as you can think of. This reminds me of how everyone is kind of […]

Blog 60–Techne Check–How are you doing? What are challenges? What has helped you work towards developing your techne? My techne: watching more movies and improving my understanding of them. I also want to work on improving my attention span and appreciation for film in general. I’m doing a lot better with my techne since I […]