I'm in a funk and need to get out. I have no problem watching a movie a day, but find it more and more difficult to get my video projects done. Work or scheduling issues seem to keep getting in the way. An artist I know set out on a project to make a drawing a day as a way to deal with these problems. I've decided to use a Flip camera and iMovie to make one short video sketch a day. Some narrative, some not, hopefully some interesting. We'll see what happens when there are no excuses.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
4.25.10 – Far from the maddening crowd
I keep getting more and more perplexed about the current political situation. All the polls show that the Tea Party members are white males living in the South and measure a paltry number, yet the media keeps making them out to be this huge movement. The polls also show that the majority are either retired or have good incomes, yet, again, the media showcases their unemployed and, lets just say, not mentally sound individuals.
This is nothing new – the media always highlights the loudest and craziest person. What really worries me is that this will make us dismiss the whole group as crazies and assume that sane people will realize what they are. This could allow the more nasty among them, who seem clean and sane on the surface, to get past people and maybe even get into office, bringing about their very warped views on the world.
Keep working on it!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff!
Thanks, Andy.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate that.