Homework 7

      Back away from the computer and create things with your hands. The computer is not some evil device, it's just limiting. As Kleon wrote, "Instead we're just typing keys and clicking mouse buttons," like we all are right now. I really enjoyed the quote form Edward Tufte, "I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world... plant a plant, walk the dog, read a real book, go to the oprea." It kind of a smack in the face. You never really realize how much the computer and technology can take over your life.
     Engaging more of your senses gives your freedom. There is just that sense of freedom and relazation you get form physically letting your hands and mind create together. For me drawing is something that relaxes me. Ideas come much quicker to me with a pencil. For example, if I have essays I have to write, I like to actually write it down before I type it on the computer. It may take a little longer but I am able to think and write quicker than I would on a computer.
     A computer puts a barrier between you and your work. You cannot actually touch it. That barrier also causes you to pause and rethink about your ideas. Like Kleon wrote, "There are too many opportunities to hit the delete key,""we start editing things before we have them." Using a pencil and paper allows your ideas to flow with no pauses.

      Here is my analog space and the finished piece. The space got messier and crazier as I went along.