Creative Arts in the cloud

Sorry for the late post.  Anyway, I really do foresee a transformation in art in the digital realm creeping up on us.  I don't own an iphone but plenty of friends that do have let me tinker with the vast applications they have.  You can take pictures and even super impose faces or things within the pictures; right on the phone.  It is amazing what can be done with a 2" x 3" rectangular electronic device.  It is actually mind boggling.  My favorite aspect of art in the digital realm is the utilities and applications that allow you to free hand draw, in digital form.  I mean obviously these utilities lack serious detail, but I am sure over time, it will be possible to "paint" a complete picture via digital format.  Only time will tell!  The nice thing about art in the cloud; is unlike other things, I don't feel that it is a threat to the old styles and traditions of art; as opposed to the threat of physical communication, posed by the cloud.  I definitely want to get a digital sketch pad, that hooks up via USB!  Awesome!

Kevin Kelly's interpretation

Man that was a long video!  http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks /kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html

This man has a really in depth interpretation of how the internet is moving with us and growing around us.  The way he draws an analogy of the internet to brain synapses is very interesting.  I can't claim that he enlightened me completely, but the way in which he compares the internet really creates a more relatable way of viewing it.  Kelly explains how the internet is continually filling in the cracks, but I must admit some of his assertions are creepy, realistically so.  The dependence he suggests is being created and reinforced every second of every day is really an uncomfortable concept, mostly because I can sense it within myself.  But largely because I just watched the terminator series.... heh

"The first person to buy a fax machine was an idiot"... Straight forward and true hhahhaha

My presence in the Cloud

Most of my presence in the cloud is based around the forum environment.  Whatever my interests at the moment be, I belong to a forum pertaining to that.  That is the great thing about forums, if you have an interest, you better believe there is a forum about it!  It is incredible what you can learn from people who already know a little bit more than you..  Aside from that, I spend a lot of time searching for items I desire on craigslist, and selling items on craigslist.  I use the cloud as a platform to find new artists to listen to.  The cloud has shaped my interest and taste in music almost exclusively at this point.  I do spend some time on facebook, but not much, I have some unexplained discontent for the site.....

But that is me, in the "cloud"!