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What I created no-one buys anymore
[ 4 minute read ]
It won't come as any surprise to some people if I tell them I like to do well by using my own bat. Actually, I want to use my own ball; and even my own field. It seems that I shall, unless I can tap into all my normal human mental capacity, and maintain a fit body, be labelled as being only inclined towards the area penned off in the world as, 'Oh Dear!'
I started reading a fiction book about the SAS and the Russian mafia last night. Aha! Action!' I thought. Indeed there is plenty of action in it. Before I started though, my eyes read the acknowledgements before the story. The writer thanked about three people at Sphere Books, and a few others too. Plainly, these are people he had to impress somehow, and also had to be humble towards. Arrogance, such as I might throw at them, would not get any book I might accidentally write, published by their publishing team.
I look at YouTube videos and for some reason fail to understand that the good ones have editors and creative directors and other entities involved in the final product.
I thought creativity was the 'Golden Ticket' and is immutable and incorruptible. I thought that Mozart and Renoir just kind of busked in the street or in large halls and people turned up and listened or bought a painting. I have consistently failed to understand that all I have seen is a very thin veneer of how creativity is presented.
If I come across a Faberge Egg, or anything made by Faberge, at a car-boot sale. I would not place much value on it. I cannot recognise quality in the same way as other people. If a creator tells me the price of their finished piece is high because it took a long time to make it, and the price reflects the opportunity cost of not being able to do something that elicits an actual wage, I would still be puzzled by a high price. I understand that people need money to eat and whatnot, but all creative work is, for me, encapsulated in the finished product. What is its true worth?, and not what did it cost to make it.
However, on the flip side, if I consider the much safer, for me, functional world; I can easily understand why I should buy a broom instead of sweeping the floor with my hands or socked feet. I buy brooms. I can understand why buying a washing machine is preferable to hand-washing if someone has little spare time or if they really hate putting their hands in mucky water. For functional items that give opportunity back to the buyer, I am happy to pay the production cost and sometimes the mark-up price.
As I move onto more advanced study, it is becoming more and more apparent, to me, that the learning body I am studying with is pushing students towards connectivity and contiguity. Peer reviews and discussion really are becoming an integral part of the modules. This is 'formative assessment' in which we assess ourselves in an environment of like-minded and similarly focused other people.
I think it won't be long before I start to believe that I am nothing without a team, which means, to me, I will not be earning my qualification or certification using my own bat and ball, we all will be contributing to my qualification or certification and everyone else's. If someone can't spell 'homogeneity' or 'hegemony', or don't know what they mean, it doesn't really matter, because no-one is ever going to use those words if they are already in a team.
I feel I am about to betray myself. I feel like I have lost my energy. I feel like I was something that I shall no longer be. I feel like I am losing my individuality.
Scratching your backs
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I am not on YouTube or social media
What I created no-one buys anymore
[ 4 minute read ]
It won't come as any surprise to some people if I tell them I like to do well by using my own bat. Actually, I want to use my own ball; and even my own field. It seems that I shall, unless I can tap into all my normal human mental capacity, and maintain a fit body, be labelled as being only inclined towards the area penned off in the world as, 'Oh Dear!'
I started reading a fiction book about the SAS and the Russian mafia last night. Aha! Action!' I thought. Indeed there is plenty of action in it. Before I started though, my eyes read the acknowledgements before the story. The writer thanked about three people at Sphere Books, and a few others too. Plainly, these are people he had to impress somehow, and also had to be humble towards. Arrogance, such as I might throw at them, would not get any book I might accidentally write, published by their publishing team.
I look at YouTube videos and for some reason fail to understand that the good ones have editors and creative directors and other entities involved in the final product.
I thought creativity was the 'Golden Ticket' and is immutable and incorruptible. I thought that Mozart and Renoir just kind of busked in the street or in large halls and people turned up and listened or bought a painting. I have consistently failed to understand that all I have seen is a very thin veneer of how creativity is presented.
If I come across a Faberge Egg, or anything made by Faberge, at a car-boot sale. I would not place much value on it. I cannot recognise quality in the same way as other people. If a creator tells me the price of their finished piece is high because it took a long time to make it, and the price reflects the opportunity cost of not being able to do something that elicits an actual wage, I would still be puzzled by a high price. I understand that people need money to eat and whatnot, but all creative work is, for me, encapsulated in the finished product. What is its true worth?, and not what did it cost to make it.
However, on the flip side, if I consider the much safer, for me, functional world; I can easily understand why I should buy a broom instead of sweeping the floor with my hands or socked feet. I buy brooms. I can understand why buying a washing machine is preferable to hand-washing if someone has little spare time or if they really hate putting their hands in mucky water. For functional items that give opportunity back to the buyer, I am happy to pay the production cost and sometimes the mark-up price.
As I move onto more advanced study, it is becoming more and more apparent, to me, that the learning body I am studying with is pushing students towards connectivity and contiguity. Peer reviews and discussion really are becoming an integral part of the modules. This is 'formative assessment' in which we assess ourselves in an environment of like-minded and similarly focused other people.
I think it won't be long before I start to believe that I am nothing without a team, which means, to me, I will not be earning my qualification or certification using my own bat and ball, we all will be contributing to my qualification or certification and everyone else's. If someone can't spell 'homogeneity' or 'hegemony', or don't know what they mean, it doesn't really matter, because no-one is ever going to use those words if they are already in a team.
I feel I am about to betray myself. I feel like I have lost my energy. I feel like I was something that I shall no longer be. I feel like I am losing my individuality.