Salad, sepia pitt pens and colored pencil in kraft paper sketchbook, 12/13/2008
I’ve been without an internet connection for the past few days and it has been frustrating. My wireless internet still does not work and I have to plug myself into the wall to get on right now. I’ve been thinking a lot about how dependent I’ve become on the internet, and modern conveniences in general. I’m thinking of trying to stay off the computer for a few days, or as long as I can manage, as I don’t like to be dependent on anything. I’ll probably still go on once a day to check my email but I want to try to get away from spending hours reading all kinds of blogs. I don’t want to read about others living exciting lives while I’m sitting on my carpet not living an exciting life of my own! I’ve practically given up tv which is a good thing because there is not really anything good on anyway and it is a huge time waster. It is so passive–even the internet is better as it requires more active participation than changing the channel.
Interestingly, a lot of us New Englanders are realizing how dependent we’ve become on technology as there are thousands without electricity after the ice storm. Luckily, it didn’t hit me personally, but my parents have refugees at their house for the weekend as a lot of our friends don’t have any heat–very scary.
This sketch would fit in for EDM 135, draw a salad. I strongly dislike salad and will only eat it if there is nothing else available. In this case, I made the salad just so I could draw it. I screwed up the plate, but it was fun in any case.
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