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Stitch Bitch
Shelley Jackson’s “Stitch Bitch” is a piece that is hard to describe. I attempted to explain its meaning to another and found myself stuttering and mumbling through phrases like hypertext and linear movement. I could go on and on for … Continue reading
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Collaborative/Reactive Creativity
Shelley Jackson covers a lot of information in her writing, “Stitch Bitch,” but what stood out to me in particular was her ideas on what I would call collaborative creativity. “Go write your own text. Go paint a mural. You … Continue reading
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Isms, Isms Everywhere
Every art movement has merit of some sort. The idea of ‘merit,’ of course, is rather subjective, but I think that most of us can find at least a few things in any given art movement that we consider merit-worthy. … Continue reading
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Formalism and Postmodernism- making me feel so “put on”
When I was eight years old I asked my step mother (who is an artist) “why is that art?” She very cleverly responded by saying, “well they made it, and called it art.” Though this may seem like a small … Continue reading
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