Madama Butterfly

Interesting video...

The video pretty much opens...with doll sex. It seems like it's very emotional doll sex too. At least until you know the ending. Then, it could have been puppy love doll sex between two dolls that believed they were in love...or the male doll tricked the female doll, leading her to believe he loved her. Meanwhile, his only intention is to get some cotton out of his stitches (if you know what I mean).

Even his pose afterward. She's at a distance and he looks like he just conquered the world...or at least part of Asia (Horrible pun. Sorry). Notice how he has to leave (I mean run) right away.  She's probably in a state of euphoria. Everything is just torn away from her suddenly. She waits and waits. Then Mr. Barbie doll comes back, newly married, takes the baby and leaves. She's left so distraught that she takes herself apart.

That can be taken in a couple ways. It could be a metaphor for her mental state. In other words, she feels like she is falling apart. Maybe she is literally killing herself. Or maybe...just maybe...She's tearing herself down so she can make the new version of herself we see at the end of the video.

It is possible that the girl at the end of the video is symbolic of life being repetitious. We are constantly making the same mistakes in life. You can apply that to an individual level, but a worldwide level as well.

Rome. Germany at one point. Even the way America is going.

We all make the same mistakes. Great nations that eventually seen (or are on the path to see) their downfall. They say if you don't learn history, you're doomed to repeat it. What if it's in our nature? What if there may be only so much you could prevent? Many alcoholics know they are alcoholics. Many drug addicts do as well. They've seen what happens to other people. They know what has happened to them. Yet they continue. Maybe, one of our ultimate flaws as humans is that we are doomed to repeat our inability to learn from every mistake we made.

Or maybe we just need to tear ourselves down to become something better...something new. I don't think we can learn or stop ourselves from repeating every mistake we made. But I believe we can have a combination of both. Sure, we aren't perfect. But we can definitely try.

First Day

     My name is Jonathan Mojica and I believe Art and Technology will be an interesting class. I won't lie, I feel like I don't have that "out of the box" thinking that Santiago is expecting, but I'm hoping this class can help me get to that point. For those of you who don't know me, I am an EMAT major. This is my 2nd semester of my 3rd year. I am heavily involved in recording music. I have recorded about 30 songs (I would guess) in the last two years. I also have an interested in graphic design and recently sparked an interest in film.
     I'm expecting this to be a hard class. Not simply because of the amount of work (that does have a lot to do with it, I'm sure) but just the creative aspect of it too. I tend to think of myself as a creative person, but I feel it's in a completely different way that this class will be introducing me to. Santiago thought the game during the beginning of class was brilliant...I was struggling trying to figure out was going on. I'm not saying it was art, but it was something that I, myself, am not used to. I'm definitely expecting to learn how to think differently.