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Social Media Mimesis
The following is a post from my personal blog published on June 14, 2011. I thought I’d share it with some additional thoughts on the effect social media has on our behavior and what Google+ is adding to the equation.… Read the rest
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A story within a Story
A man had left a Czech village to seek his fortune. Twenty-five years later, and now rich, he had returned with a wife and a child. His mother was running a hotel with his sister in the village where he’d … Read the rest
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Criticism as Narrative
There is quite a bit of confusion in the language used to express ideas. Whether the ideas are confused or the language we use is insufficient to make distinct the subtleties of our ideas I am unsure. But as I … Read the rest
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Art
The title of this essay is an attempt to assess an account of art, which has taken on varying forms from ancient times to the present. Art, being the most general and basic of terms, is used here to try … Read the rest
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The Graduate
After going to bed early last night out of the despondent prospect of what life after college is meant to be, I woke up and watched The Graduate. Dustin Hoffman stars as Benjamin Braddock, a recent graduate who returns … Read the rest
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Aristotelian Mimesis
Before we move on to modern conceptions of mimesis, I wanted to give Plato more credit for his works with some thoughtful commentary. I will also speak on how I found Aristotle’s deconstruction of the mimetic experience to be … Read the rest
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Mimetic Interpretation
In Book V of , Nietzsche suggests that consciousness developed as a means to adapt to an environment where, the ability to communicate and express our neediness gave us a strategic advantage to survive. He believed consciousness to be the … Read the rest
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Platonic Mimesis
I found Plato’s attack on mimesis to be an ad hoc attempt to discredit Aristophanes’ depiction of Socrates in . My evidence is weak, actually I don’t have much, other than “Clouds” preceding “The Republic” based on evidence in “The … Read the rest
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Digital Mimesis
I’m curious to explore the concept of mimesis within the context of digital art. I recently, and unsuccessfully, made the attempt to crash a course in the DMA department with the hope of doing just that. Although there was no … Read the rest