4126-And that thought was...

So I ditched class today to study for my Art History Exam. Sorry John, but I had to. But the most exciting part of my day was at the end. I was hangin with Jared and we decided to go to see Wynton Marsalis >in clinic session< it was cool. First the CU buffalo chips Jazz band played. They were really good, then Marsalis took the stage to talk about music making. We listened for about 1/2 the program, then Jared got too squirmy and we had to go. I think I saw Jesse in the croud up front, I recognized his hat. Marsalis was down to earth and funny. His philosophy in learning music is very simple, but requires the student to be an active learner, and demand musical education. Overall I was glad to attend, I wish I would have had enought money to go see his quartet play, but Jared would have only been able to last 1/2 of it, plus it started at 7, which is close to the little guys bed time. Oh well maybe next time...

My files have been a reflection of me; they are comprised of reflections and influences of my life. Each file has a reason and meaning for its existence. There is a lot of original video footage, some raw, some edited. There are audio collections that are original and audio from friends or Internet sources. I am especially intrigued by sound effects that reflect nontraditional sounds like sounds collected when Galileo was crashed into Jupiter. Yet, my son Jared is an influence and our Halloween party also had a reflection on music I selected for demonstrations. I have become more interested in choreography of the presentation so I am in control, and do not get delayed and side tracked. Text files are lacking compared to my audio and movie files. But I think that text is hard to integrate into these situations. But the good thing about text files is that they are small. The smallest files usually. So maybe that is where I need to improve. But I like original material, but I also want to keep it more general and simple. Overall I have collected over 400 files but I have put a limited and more selected sample about 200 on the server. This project helped me go through many miscellaneous videotapes, plus it helped me explore different areas for audio. My mom would love to thank you, if she could. She has enjoyed many of the quicktimes I have made of Jared.

from my list (spectre) I got interested and started reading Judy Malloy's articles and papers that have to do with Women and art, specifically digital art. She has a new book and I am interested in getting a copy of it "Women, Art and Technology". She seems to address how hipocracies in the technological world ignore female contributions as equal to male in the digital art field. I have found this to be very true. People think we can design cuz were women but when it comes down to being proficient in computer technologies, we are disregarded as not nearly as knowledgable as our male counterparts. I have found this happen to me in various ways. My opinions on technological issues are often challenged and disregarded as not my own. Men seem to gang up on women who assert their knowledge in the field of technology, and often resort to degrading comments that have detremental effects on this group of female artists. For example, when I had an altered opinion about Unix and linux from our teacher John, Bryce and Jesse they all jumped my ass to prove my point wrong. Which was not done. I stated that day that Linux is like Unix and was based on it, but open source. Where as everyone said they were sooo different and that I did not have any understanding of it because I did not see those differences. You all were trying to intimidate my intellegence rather than point out your opinion respectfully, with supporting evidence. But no worries, I am over it but it is just another example how women are marginalized in this and all socities. But it is not all the men who are fucking with us. It is stupin women who continue to insult their own intellegence, and belittle their actual knowledge. Women need to stand up and take charge of their knowledge so that we can all contribute to further and benifit our existance.
that's all folks...