tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928598130851835729.post5668824133371183971..comments2024-03-24T17:23:26.522-04:00Comments on Avoiding Atrophy: Laments of a Former Film StudentChristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769320673829584188noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928598130851835729.post-51191487200041181042011-10-18T16:31:05.643-04:002011-10-18T16:31:05.643-04:00Christy, another A-plus post. Movies, television, ...Christy, another A-plus post. Movies, television, and books got me through some of my rough periods of life. Stephen King and Steven Spielberg helped me traverse adolescence without my dad. Over the years I've had powerful connections with Narnia, Lord of the Rings, LOST, Finding Nemo, and most recently the movie 50/50. As hard as it was to transition out of college, it's been significantly harder to now try to transition to full on adulthood. Are adults allowed to day dream about being a superhero? Are you still supposed to cry while watching ET? Will the longing for adventure, treasure maps, and light sabers ever be replaced by the ability to balance a checkbook or fold a fitted sheet? ugh. If i was rich I'd have a midlife crisis, instead I'll have to settle for the new batman video game.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16294675099299377239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928598130851835729.post-21048610176828961542011-10-18T11:43:00.177-04:002011-10-18T11:43:00.177-04:00Also a really great article conveniently came out ...Also a really great article conveniently came out in NY Mag related to all of this that I think you should check out http://nymag.com/news/features/my-generation-2011-10/johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03472035961316121716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928598130851835729.post-91042336606263362022011-10-18T07:43:51.669-04:002011-10-18T07:43:51.669-04:00As an artist, Nicole, your work seems ultimately j...As an artist, Nicole, your work seems ultimately joyful. There is definitely a reason someone like you would value that kind of hope in art where someone else might not (you know where true hope and joy come from). In the words of Martha Stewart, that is a very good thing. <br /><br />Glad this resonated with you!Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769320673829584188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928598130851835729.post-83366643442498661882011-10-18T06:05:59.783-04:002011-10-18T06:05:59.783-04:00Christy, this entry really met where I am right no...Christy, this entry really met where I am right now! I may be one of two art students in our department who doesn't go nanners over most of the visiting artists and shows people put on. Art is great, and art is so very important, but my artistic intellect and ability is seriously questioned and thrown out the window if I say one word about how the exhibit on (fill with whatever may be grotesque, strange, and poorly executed) was not my taste. I do not seek to satisfy a social identity, but to indulge in my own artistic sentiments. I will not shadow my thoughts and art with worry of rebellion and judgement. Somehow that isn't as accepted as one may think in a realm of such "free and accepting" people. I just don't know why it's so hard to grasp that substantial art is not always revolutionary.<br /><br />Man that was a mouthful! Sorry! You really touched on something I've been mulling on for a while. (Seriously, I wrote a paper on it for an English class last year.) Needless to say, I love this post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10408227970912083402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928598130851835729.post-84019811882992225432011-10-18T01:24:39.128-04:002011-10-18T01:24:39.128-04:00I LOVE THAT YOU THOUGHT THAT. Sometimes I think th...I LOVE THAT YOU THOUGHT THAT. Sometimes I think they might look similar. Maybe?Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769320673829584188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928598130851835729.post-90354722094077905562011-10-18T01:21:45.794-04:002011-10-18T01:21:45.794-04:00I'm not gonna lie, for a second I thought the ...I'm not gonna lie, for a second I thought the still of Dustin Hoffman was Daniel...johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03472035961316121716noreply@blogger.com