For some reason I always thought that Luigi was such a mean player. I've never even really played Mario Brothers. I don't know why, but every time I saw Luigi I just thought he was a dick with a green hat. Like Mario was the golden child and Luigi was a dick. So I decided to do my grid art project on Mario and Luigi.
Steve Jobs never graduated from college. He was adopted by people that originally wanted a girl. His biological mother didn't want to sign the adoption papers, unless his adoptive parents promised to put him through college. Steve Jobs went to college and felt that all of this adoptive parent money was being wasted away on something he wasn't even sure he wanted to do. He had no idea what he wanted to be and didn't feel the need to be spending so much money on something that had very little effect on him. He still believes that it was the best decision he had ever made. Dropped out of college, but dropped in on classes that he thought was very interesting. Steve Jobs sat in on calligraphy courses, and when he was making the MAC it all came back to him. The calligraphy inspired parts of the computer, a computer with "beautiful typography" (Steve Jobs). If he had never dropped in on that single calligraphy course in collage the MAC would have never have had the beautiful fonts it does now. Even though Steve Jobs was the founder of Apple he was fired from the company after a falling out with someone he had hired to help the company. Sometimes you need to forgive and forget. Even though Steve Jobs was fired he believed it was a great thing. Sometimes when one door closes another one opens, and that's what you always have to remember. My favorite quote that I heard him say was "you can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking back. So you have to trust that he dots will connect somehow in your future." (Steve Jobs) This applies to every college student out there right now. Just because you fail a paper or drop out of college, that doesn't mean your future is ruined. You get in life what you put out, and if you give it your all one day down the road it will all come together.
The TI99-4A was the first 16 bit processor. It was also one the of the first home computers going for about $525 which was a lot of money back in the 80's. The TI99-4A first came out around 1981. This computer was so important because it kind of set the bar for the rest of the computers being made. It was like the first stepping stone that really influenced the rest of the computers being made. It also had a new demographics chip that made it easier to work. It had places that you could plug things in and insert floppy disc for storage. The computer really set the bar and started the computer evolution. Many people built off of the way this computer was set up. For example, this computer had spaces to insert a floppy disc for storage and that helped play off onto Disc's. People thought that the floppy disc was good, but they wanted a way to store more information that that helped with the invention of the disc. It also gave the idea of, why not having a screen? This computer was really the gateway to all computers.
Alan Turing was a British mathematician, who was very influential in the development of computer science. In my opinion without Alan Turing the creation of the computer would have been almost impossible. He provided the building blocks necessary to make the computer so successful. He developed the formation of the concepts of algorithms and computation in his Turing machine. The Turing machine was a model of the general purpose computer. Turing is also known as the Father of computer science. Lets face it without Alan Turing's making of the concepts of the algorithm and computation, it would have been many years before we started making computers. He had a huge influence on the way that the computers were made and how they worked. Alan Turing was gay, and unfortunately people didn't understand that being gay wasn't a disease or a psychological illness, and was prosecuted for homosexuality in 1952. He accepted oestrogen injections instead of prison and because of that is ruined his emotional stability. He later committed suicide. I only people knew back then what they know now, it would have changed a lot of peoples lives, and saved a lot of brilliant minds.
I chose to listen to Lux Aeterna it was ten minutes long and all ten minutes I felt like I was floating through outer space. Its the kind of song that you would hear in star wars or in Star Trek. Its the kind of song that you would hear in a movie when someone is exploring the galaxy for the first time, or discovering something so amazing and new. It gives you a feeling of exploration and discovery. When I first listened to it I thought "I would never listen to this by choice", then I imagined where I would listen to this type of music. Movies came to mind when I asked myself that question. Then I pictured Star Wars and being caught in the drift of galaxy. I even ended up getting a little motion sickness, so I had to turn it off. This song is the perfect example of why motion films need to use music to emphasize movies. Without music you can't completely immerse yourself in what is going on. Music gives the movies that extra little boost in details, and especially and emotional response. Gyorgy Ligeti does that very well with his music, especially Lux Aeterna, it really helps you immerse yourself in what is going on. You can really feel what the music is saying to you. They say music speaks and Gyorgy Ligeti's music said something to me, and really opened up my imagination.
Mark's collection is amazing. The fact that you can manipulate liquid on a computer, by using algorithms is so creative and outside of the box. My favorite piece of artwork of his is the CF_11_1179. It looks like its flowing even though it is a print. The fact that this picture is made by a series of intricate numbers set in a specific order is one of the most interesting things that I have ever seen. When you look at this picture you can seen anything that you want. It really opens up your imagination. The way that the colors are manipulated and placed really takes your imagination on a ride. I think that this is why I like this one that best, it makes me think of so many things when I look at it. I think of a field of flowers, or something magical like, fairies, or a genie being released from a bottle. These types of art are a way of opening peoples imaginations. Some of these creations are just absolutely breath taking. I love the fact that he was able to make all of these pictures unique in their own ways, also the way that he was able to create their movement without them even moving. At first glance you think that these pictures are a paused video, but they are really just pictures created through special mathematically calculated algorithms. Your mind sees them as moving and even though your eyes are looking at a still image. You perceive the movement without even seeing it moving. It uses your imagination in the portrayal of the image. These are really some of the most unique and beautiful pictures I have ever seen.
