The Virtual and the False

New Media's been one of those classes in which I feel like I'm constantly up until all hours of the night finishing projects. Like something always gets in the way of me doing these things reasonably ahead of time. I might kind of miss that.

Each project we've done so far, I've lost a few points on clarity (hence the snide title of this final post). I'm not sure that I'll win any back with this project. It winds a little bit, here and there. I think I get more direct near the end.

To clear things up a bit:

So far, looking back, I've seen a theme within, at least, my own projects, and my own thoughts on the matter of alternative reality. That is, as Matt also said in his project post, that reality is what we make it - that, I think, comes across in my project without having to dig too much.

To be sure, I've evolved that idea a bit since it cropped up in my head very early in the course in vague form. Now, I think, I'm much more inclined to think that our reality is affected by what we make ourselves, and it is through this that we affect our reality. But does that mean our reality affects us not at all?  read more »