YOUR WEEK STARTS HERE #5
How’s everyone’s lockdown going?
Inspiration can be hard to come by right now, and content is getting as repetitive as Groundhog Day… as repetitive as that phrase is tiresome.
Not to worry, because we’ve reloaded our weekly quality content to help you survive quarantine!
Once again - stay safe, stay healthy, and get stuck in!
1) A HERO’S JOURNEY
Stories make up most of our lives. They are foundation of books, songs, art, our ancestry and history.
Stories are like all forms of art, they reflect life, forming a symbolical mirror.
The book ‘A hero With A Thousand Faces’ or better known as ‘A Hero’s Journey’ by Joseph Campbell, tells the tale of the Transformative process that a hero embarks on, and how he then returns as a changed person.
Like Stories Of Old - Stories Vs. Reality
However, this concept of having a ‘hero’ as the protagonist, seems to mainly exist in stories.
But what happens when we approach our own experiences as stories? What are the implications of viewing our life as a Hero’s Journey?
2) IS INSTAGRAM CHANGING ART?
Instagram has grown to become one of the most influential and used social media with over 500 millions daily users and roughly 1 billion monthly users.
As most of you know, Instagram is a platform which is centred around images. This allows people to create and share their own visual diary about their life or their work.
Many contemporary artists on Instagram have adapted to exhibiting their work in this free digital gallery space, as it has given these artists the power to represent themselves outside of traditional systems.
However, it is no secret that Instagram runs on its own algorithm- which recently has shifted more and more towards advertising and marketing purposes, establishing a stereotypical rule-of-thumb that the value of an image is determined by its amount of likes.
This raises the concern: Is instagram changing the way we view art?
3) ARTISTS LOOK INTO THE FUTURE l CREATIVITY THROUGH THE TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION
In this Genesis feature, we will explore how exactly science has been influencing art.
How the marriage between art and technology has given birth to its innovations: Prophesising concepts of the future,
Artists Look Into The Future l Creativity Through The Technological Revolution
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4) DO MORE BY DOING LESS
Have you ever experienced that moment when you feel like you’ve spent a whole day being busy, but in the end, you look back and realised that you haven’t actually gotten that many things done?
It may be frustrating as the general logic should be that the more effort we put into something, the more we should be able to do.
However, that isn’t always the case. This video explains a theory called the Pareto Principle which states that actually only 20% of out inputs of activities, produce about 80% of the output or the result.
Wondering how exactly that works? take a look!
5) MAKING SENSE PODCAST WITH SAM HARRIS AND YUVAL HARAI
Sam Harris is a neuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author. In his Podcast ‘Making Sense’ he explores some of the most important questions about the human mind, society, and current events.
In this episode, join him and his guest star Yuval Harai as they discuss the Covid-19 pandemic and its future implications, the failures of global leadership, the widespread distrust of institutions, the benefits of nationalism and its current unravelling in the U.S and many more!
6) A BOB MARLEY DOCUMENTARY
Bob Marley's legendary status goes far beyond his pop culture iconography.
He wasn't just a hero. He was a prophet. Kevin Macdonald's groundbreaking documentary is an inspiring look into the impact and power one man can have for the forces of Good.
Particularly at a time when our leaders are proving to be hollow, unimaginative false idols - the stories of real heroes are our only hope in inspiring the leaders of tomorrow.
7) START YOUR OWN CREATIVE PROJECT
Bored, but full of ideas?
The craziest April in recorded history has seen a burst of creativity, and we’ve been lucky enough to facilitate the first ounces of Creativity in the time of Corona.
But often, theses ideas require a collaborative effort to see them realised to their highest potential.
If you are in need of technical, practical and creative assistance - check out the wide range of Creative Services we offer.
Let us help get those dreams out of your head and into reality!