10/20, Serendipity

The quote “as more and more amateur works have entered into circulation via the web, the result has been a turn back toward a more folk understanding of creativity”, by Jenks, was one of the quotes from class that day that really made me think. It was explained like Lyotard would have explained it, looking at it as high culture vs. low culture. This is very true. Once critics of things such as food for example, would publish their opinion on what the best restaurants and foods were and it was a concrete item, there was no issue of contest that had to do with this. However, not only can you find this information on the internet you can write a blog as a response or comment right under the information and most likely start a long argument with someone from half across the continent, with without the internet, you never would have struck a connection with. This not only shows how the internet opens up a completely new technological sphere of communication, but it also portrays how what the “common” man thinks is now important too. Another example would be an Art Appreciation course at school. This is the type of information everyone should know to be “cultured” and they tell you what they think is important you should know. Now you can simply go online after the class, rank your professor as 0 out of 10 on ratemyproffesor.com and rant on your MySpace blog about how much you don’t think the venus sculpture in your stupid class is very interesting. Essentially, we are bringing the mc Donald’s into the Ritz Carlton, and obviously the mcDonalds are more plentiful and taking over the Ritz.