Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Mr. T-shirt

I'm not sure if we we're supposed to document our t-shirts and pop up maps. This I would find unreasonable because we’ve already done these assignments and expressed it to the class. I’ll still comment on a couple of others.

This in general, I found fascinating about a lot of shirts. It was the fact that in a lot of them, there was nothing good or pleasurable going on. Everything was work and school, and no play. So I was thinking, what’s the point of living, and mine was no exception. Then I realized that there was some light at the end of the tunnel documented on some shirts, and it was some intangible dream of moving to Hollywood or becoming rich or implausibly successful . So then I realized those dreams are what keeps us going, and I tied it in to people’s attitudes in general. It seems like the older you get the more miserable you are, but miraculously after a while you‘re content. You see, the dreams begin to fade, until eventually you convince yourself that you never wanted anything but what you had. Either that or you’re disgusted by everything.

Another shirt I’d like the comment on is Mariko’s. This shirt was so precise and well orchestrated it has to be mentioned. The whole idea about the paths and the means to get somewhere, and using a t-shirt and technology to illustrate to us how you can use these things like a puzzle. You need both to solve the mystery of the T-shirt. It was really cool, and must have taken a lot of effort. A+

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