Questions:
1. How do we work toward "waking up" those in comfortable positions?
2. Where do I start the conversation on how to dismantle the systems at hand? like the cannibalistic economic individualism? where do we start tearing that down? is it a continued conversation as society adapts?
3. How do we continue to introduce the acceptability of subtlety and nuance as to avoid shouting v. silence which has been present for so many decades.
Observations:
It's hard for me to narrow it down to just 3 observations because I have been watching a lot of different television shows and movies that contain versions of messages Diaz stated in this podcast. Accidental Courtesy parallels this idea of radical hope in a man's goal to change the minds of those who are ignorant and afraid, *SPOILER* American Horror Story: Cult has a theme of "setting off the bomb" that is the pent up rage of an oppressed group, Maniac explores the human psyche via sci fi which is exactly what Junot Diaz loves about the genre so it really feels like Diaz is in tune with society today in a way that is present, is focusing on the long term but also taking in the the entirety of the past (his own experiences and general history) to look at the now.
I found a lot of joy in my artistic practice recently doing work for animations, and being a part of that process and helping animated films come to fruition. I would want to work towards working on and providing a space for more animation because I think it's a perfect medium for an idea like Diaz's radical hope since there's no limit to what you can make. It can speak to the multiplicity of what can be said and who's story can be told and to work on telling every story in every way would be really fucking dope.
1. How do we work toward "waking up" those in comfortable positions?
2. Where do I start the conversation on how to dismantle the systems at hand? like the cannibalistic economic individualism? where do we start tearing that down? is it a continued conversation as society adapts?
3. How do we continue to introduce the acceptability of subtlety and nuance as to avoid shouting v. silence which has been present for so many decades.
Observations:
It's hard for me to narrow it down to just 3 observations because I have been watching a lot of different television shows and movies that contain versions of messages Diaz stated in this podcast. Accidental Courtesy parallels this idea of radical hope in a man's goal to change the minds of those who are ignorant and afraid, *SPOILER* American Horror Story: Cult has a theme of "setting off the bomb" that is the pent up rage of an oppressed group, Maniac explores the human psyche via sci fi which is exactly what Junot Diaz loves about the genre so it really feels like Diaz is in tune with society today in a way that is present, is focusing on the long term but also taking in the the entirety of the past (his own experiences and general history) to look at the now.
I found a lot of joy in my artistic practice recently doing work for animations, and being a part of that process and helping animated films come to fruition. I would want to work towards working on and providing a space for more animation because I think it's a perfect medium for an idea like Diaz's radical hope since there's no limit to what you can make. It can speak to the multiplicity of what can be said and who's story can be told and to work on telling every story in every way would be really fucking dope.
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