The idea of using recognizable patterns in word choice as a hallmark of writing style isn’t anything new in today’s age, although it appears it may have been in 1963. Mosteller and Wallace’s statistical approach to the authorship of the federalist papers was revolutionary and proved that James Madison was, in fact, the author of […]
How to Support Artists: NFTs vs Commissions
I personally think the idea of NFTs is completely idiotic; it creates false scarcity, doesn’t actually do anything that would traditionally regulate the consumption or make a difference in consumption for those who own NFTs as opposed to those who do not, and overall, as pointed out in Everest Pipkin’s article, “Here is the Article […]
“REMIX” NATION
While “Everything is a Remix” makes a good argument about the collaborative nature of ideation and creation, “When a Remix is Just Ole Plagiarism” makes some excellent points regarding the thin line between remixing and copying. However, I think the delineation between the two ideas is incredibly clear if we substitute the word “Innovation” for […]
Deformation Can Only Take Us So Far
If I ever want to feel extremely frustrated for seemingly no reason, I read Jacques Derrida’s theories about Deconstructuralism, a philosophy and way of textual analysis that, in a very incomplete way of summation, basically means looking at how a text contradicts itself and that words can only mean more words. I was forced to […]
