Being the ace media student I am , I decided to participate as an audience member for a family feud filming mostly to see the behind the scene action and also just for the fun of it . One thing I realised was how much energy you need to applaud constantly for 1.5 hours
As I’m out and about, I notice the presence of graffiti in all four corners of Melbourne; on trains, walls, public seating, billboards, laneways – pretty much any surface capable of holding ink. While in some areas, graffiti is permitted and actually encouraged, there are many areas where it is not and those areas get vandalised by these ‘artists’.
Today, while waiting for the train, I noticed some vibrant graffiti on a row of train carriages (the ones used for transporting goods I suppose) and I couldn’t help but think that it brightened up those otherwise dull cariers. Whether it was comissioned or not is unclear, but I don’t think there’s a high possibility that it was; meaning those ‘vandals’ were probably breaching private property laws. After that thought, I had an internal debate on whether it was a good or bad thing. Although I did appreciate the artistry behind it, I had to stop and reflect on what I had just thought. Considering my own home, I would be pretty angry if someone decided to paint all over it, regardless of how artistic it was.
What is the problem exactly? There are public areas where graffiti permitted, yet some people just enjoy vandalising the most random surfaces. I wonder if making it legal would help in any way (probably not, definitely radical though) – then it won’t be seen as something ‘rebelious’, and apparently ‘cool’ to rule-breakers. Regulating the use of spray cans more strictly might work… although that will be hard to monitor.
Hmm………
Presenting to you the first episode of my cousin’s boyfriend’s podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/duckthoughts/episode-1-awkward
They talk about ‘awkward’ situations (I don’t think they can beat me in awkwardness), how to haggle like a boss, and conclude with a strange hypothetical situation leading up to a ‘last meal’.
Ok so we’re 3 weeks into this unit and I’m still lost. I just realised that I’ve been doing the readings for the week ahead, so I ended up doing reading 4 this week. I hope that’s not against any unwritten laws.
Trying to structure this blog somewhat systematically is not so easy. Reflecting on my earlier posts, I have tried to take some notes, or rather reflect, on the symposiums and readings. I can already see old habits dying hard.
Writing in paragraphs means I end up writing too much and getting too stuck into it. In the end, I literally just cut off my train of thought to prevent myself from blabbing any further. On the other hand, I attempted to write succinct dot points, but I felt the ideas were not conveyed as clearly… I don’t feel blogging is getting any easier, it might take some more time.
Ultimately, I still have no idea where I’m going with this blog.
Fortunately, it seems no one was injured but this is yet another example of how things can go and have gone wrong on set…
