Saturday, April 28, 2012

Modern Media Musings~


So, recently I’ve been having issues with my beloved BBC, recently I just don’t feel part of that world anymore. I do have this love for immediate news yet how the editors and journalists work their words just... gets me. Lately, reading recent news from them has become a bit obnoxious to the point I just have to stop and breathe. Maybe now I understand why people continue to tell me that they are sort of… biased and somewhat emotionless in some aspects. Yet, I still want to believe that the BBC has that power that got me from the beginning.

This week I was looking for a multimedia story that actually made some journalistic sense and was not history oriented. Last video that essentially caught my love for art and color theory based, yet now, the British seem to be boring. So I went and searched for good stories out there. Some said to look out for the NY times, some the Seattle Times, and others just simply told me CNN has great reviews. Yet, living to close to Seattle, I decided to go and check the Seattle Times.

The stories there caught my heart, they contain a fragrance of amazing culture and they do speak to the people. They are opinion-based news and yet they try to have the one on one interaction. Therefore, I found good videos that just simply communicated effectively to the people. “A Ride on the Seattle Center Monorail” contained the cultural and touristic path. They show the amazing views of the city and the emotions of people reacting to them. Just wonderful.

Loyally yours,
The Wandering Terrier~

Friday, April 20, 2012

Effective use of slide shows~

During the holidays we all want to portrait this colorful positive and cheerful side of us. WE are guided though the seasons, showing that inner child of us at the moment we are decorating the Christmas tree. Who doesn't love the aroma of recently baked cookies coming out from the oven?Well I can raise my hand on that one, I certainly do love it!

The BBC did a very interesting history of the colors used in Christmas, the traditional red, green and white. The red and green dating back the farthest to the ancient pagans. The red and white a bit more modern, and fully blamed on coca-cola's image of Santa drinking their product. but even those pop culture images 'harken' back to the red and green with the background being green more often than not. Although they still emphasize each other in the color wheel, they still have this convenient media factor.Today the traditional colors of Christmas are beeing blinded and drowned out by the many colored lights that we decorate our homes with.

In this 4 minute video, the BBC is portraying the past history of those natural and most delightful colors chosen for this holiday. From the 14th-15th century to the mid 90's were the pop culture simply used it in a mercantilism strategy. This video just gives the exact and precise story line, beginning from a simple detailed sparkling light to a deep concept of "why's" of this colors. The fluency of the video does actually give you this sense of traveling through the years, effectively capturing the attention of the viewer.

Loyally yours,
The Wandering Terrier~

(Original video:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16189761 )

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Recently I have been finding out that in this world we aren’t that golden ticket we have been dreaming of. I have realized that we are all unique in a way, yet we aren’t the biggest one among all. WE do dedicate to our dreams, competences and abilities like a mighty lion in the savanna, running towards the innocent gazelle trying to get the meal of the day, although, sometimes we may not be as fast as the gazelle or a leopard to catch it. There will be always someone better and faster than us that will show us that our abilities will be seen as weak as possible.

Most people I’ve known, they react in a ‘negative’ way, creating a venting point of rage and a tornado of emotions. (I aint saying that everyone around me may act this way, yet we all have our ways to show ourselves to the world in a positive or negative aspect.) Although, its completely comprehensible to act this way, to let our emotions flow like the mighty river. We do have the freedom to express ourselves as high as the sky, to give ourselves to the world and even to make a scene out of a particular situation.

Why am I writing this? Perhaps to debate myself into the portion of knowing my own edge, my own evolution and my own strength within this aspect. We are all different in so many ways, we work our asses off for our dreams, works, families and even the social groups that surround us. We all have different levels of strength, different ways of reacting to 'stuff’, and we are all different among this world. We are surrounded by different cultures and different social interactions that may contradict our own self, yet we all have dreams that are unique to us. We may have the same goals to other human beings but dreams are unique in their own way, especially in us.

Either way, I have seen ways why people fight towards their dreams, to be the best they can be among society. Although, sometimes we may not be the expression of the world or the golden coin that the entire world will like us for who we are and what we do. Yeah, there is someone over us that knows more and shows more experience, that’s why there are teachers, directors, bosses and even parents. They are there for a reason, because they actually broke their backs to work in this world to be where they are. Sadly, some may take it as a negative emotion, taking it as a threat.

It’s kind of pointless in my own way yet it may be right to their eyes, yet to mine, it’s quite emotionally and physically tiring. We all have to fight and keep going, trying to reach our goals and maybe our dreams. After all, the thing we all have left is our pride. That’s the only reason we keep our journey through the yellow road, trying to find our Wizard of Oz. Not everyone can be Doroty, but you can have the mightiest heart, the biggest brain or even the courage to continue battling your way against the BatMonkeys! Me, personally, I’m proud to be Toto: small, scrappy, and probably the most determined of the bunch. The small silly little dog that has no clue what is going on most of the time, but sticks with Doroty no matter what. Now, that’s love~

But for some, maybe fighting is a way to keep their pride up high, believing that way they will be the biggest of them all, the biggest around the earth. Well, let me tell you something guys, at the other side of the world there might be a Japanese dude or girl who might even be 10 times better than you. No, not trying to be racist, actually I have a Japanese friend at the university, which I admire, she is insanely smart! I just love the fact that there are great minds out there trying to change the world.

Yet in other cases, others who have actually the potential to do something great don’t even try to continue the journey. Instead, they are conformists who won’t even look back and notice what they have in their own hands and yet complain about others surrounding them. Sadly, they won’t even try to change and fight for what they have and who they are. Fight for what you have! Be proud of what you do! Fight against yourself instead of others, because the only person who will succeed is YOU not the person next to you. YOU are the one who will win and don’t compare yourself, you are unique in your own way, stop complaining and do something for YOURSELF! You are valuable for who you are! Pride is all you have and pride is the only thing that will keep you from falling.

Have a nice week guys and don't forget to smile!

yours kindly, 
The Wandering Terrier~
PEACE
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