READING RESPONSES

1. Identify the article you have selected and why you chose it.

I selected "A New Way Of Walking" by Joesph Hart. I selected this article because even though it was interesting, I found some of his reasoning to not be correct.

2. What are the main points of the essay?

His main point is that by taking different routes than our usual routine we find out a lot more about ourselves. Although I agree with this idea of going outside the box I thought a way he said it was rather contradictory. He says that "chance and randomness are what's exciting" and proposes that one way to achieve that is by doing the walking strategies we did in class. I just don't like that statement because we are not being random if we follow a strategy. Even so, the idea that he is trying to get across is well meant.

3. How are the ideas or arguments in this article relevant to your own practice as a media artist?

I think that it proves that in order to really experience the world of sound we must search for it, we will not just walk upon it in our daily routine. There is much that is found when looking in places that we normally wouldn't even think of looking. Experiencing different things is the joy of all of life. That is the main message of this article.