Blog Assignment #3

Brainwashed is an article by Seth Godin that is about seven ways to reinvent yourself.
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Acknowledge the lizard is the related to the previous blog that I spoke of the Avett Brothers song it is the fear of being laughed at and not being taken seriously that is imprinted in our brain.  This fear holds us back from practicing our art and creating something to be proud of.  Ship is the layer that is crucial to success, it is the ability to be the number one person in a field and get your product out there while your competitors shake in fear.  But that fear of not producing something that people like is what holds you back from shipping.  The third layer is fail, this layer is necessary in order to succeed you must get knock down a couple times before you can be on top.  To fail is to be challenged to make something better than what it is make something bad once and you know what not to do the next time.


There is no doubt in my mind that these three layers connect to the creation of this blog in many different ways.  Acknowledge the lizard, ship, and fail are all layers that I face when creating for this blog.  Throughout the duration so far of the creation of this blog I have faced failures and success' that I believe have helped me grow as a person as well as an artist.


The first and I believe most important layer is Acknowledge the lizard.  A blog is something that can be seen by anyone who desires too as well as my peers and classmates I had to teach myself to acknowledge the lizard with my every post and not care what people say or think of my input on different artistic subjects as well as my creations.  This blog would be much harder if with everything I posted I was worried that someone might laugh at it or not like or agree with me.


The second layer in relation to this blog is ship.  Keeping updated on the weekly blogs and producing good thought provoking work is important to success artistically.  Also, having the ability to look at my classmates blogs and see their creations gives the feeling of a little friendly competition that is capable of constantly moving the bar upwards in order to compare and contrast the qualities of work between fellow classmates.


The third layer is fail, this layer is crucial to the success of an artist.  While doing this blogs I can get input back from my peers in order to see what I'm doing wrong or "failing" at.  Although I may lose a couple points here and there it is helpful in the way that I know for a fact that I won't let it happen again.  I believe that failure is critical to making something better the next time until something finally clicks and works out.


This blog as a whole is undoubtedly helpful to me as a student, artist, and as a person.  I gives me the oppurtunity to read and look at things and then expand on them and all there aspects is helpful to the creating and reasoning behind future projects and endeavours.  Reading the interesting articles about arts and the creative process as well as being able to see my peers work and what level that they are at is a big help to me as an creator and artist.