Sunday, August 30, 2009
Bubbles 8/30
"Fear is the aesthetic dejour." Fear is what dictates our everyday actions and decisions. Is this statement true? Before this weeks discussion i never thought about fear in this manner. As i continue to reflect on the discussion i have come to realize that most of my everyday decisions are dictated by fear. I wear my seatbelt in the car because i'm afraid of getting into a car accident, i don't sleep with my phone near my head because I'm afraid of radiation, i walk around with Purell in my bag because I'm afraid of getting sick, i go to the gym for fear of being unhealthy when I'm older, i don't smoke because of fear of lung cancer. These are everyday decisions that i am used to making and have become reflexes, actions that i dont even think about doing anymore. The media has instilled this fear aesthetic in to our heads and use it at an advertising mechanism. We all buy Purell because of our fear of H1N1, we buy computer cases and cell phone cases cause of our fear of breaking them. Fear is what dictates our society. I hope to further discuss in class if this fear aesthetic is good or bad. It has only been the first day of class and i am already so interested in the topics that we have discussed. I am anxious to for our future discussions.
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Your blog is a little on the short side. You have some good ideas that you could explore further in-depth, which would help you reach the minimum of 300 words. You make a good connection between the actions you take everyday and why you take them, but think about this: what direction is our culture heading into with such fear being perpetuated everywhere?
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