Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been influenced most by the varying forms of entertainment that was available to me. From playing Donkey Kong on the Super Nintendo to watching films not appropriate for my age, such as Jaws and Pulp Fiction, I’ve always been astounded by the reality escaping world of entertainment and wanted to partake in one of the many art forms that are involved in the creation process.
At first I got sidetracked and became a serious jazz musician throughout my teenage years, wanting to perfect my skills and become a renowned figure such as Miles Davis or Charlie Parker. Those two artists pushed the boundaries of jazz music and always strived to create something new and different, never following the trends of their time, and instead created them. After high school I realized that even though i enjoyed music it was more of a hobby than a passion. This is when i started getting into computers and became interested in its ability to create dynamic applications, where anything you create can be changed into something wildly different than what it started out as. Instead of creating content like a movie or a painting where you eventually finish and present your art form, computer applications allow you to evolve with yourself. It can either be finished when you want to or be kept anew with fresh ideas that you come up with. One way computers do this is by creating websites that allow you to express your interests and combine them in ways that are unique to yourself, yet can capture an audience who share the same type of tastes as you. Just google “lolcatz” and you will understand that I mean
As I am not proficient in many forms of digital media, specifically working with film cameras and photos. My goal is to learn to use film and photos to chart the evolution of my website designs and computer applications. To use static forms of media to represent a present state of being and then morph it into something completely different as time passes.
