Artist Statement

As a media artist and activist, I plan on using my blog as a platform for inspiring people to live a happier, more self-aware life.  By integrating video and text from media and various internet outlets, I hope to aggregate motivational content that people will not only learn from, but enjoy reading.  Whether it be a particularly moving song, music video, article, quote, or personal story, I would like to enrich reader's lives in small, but hopefully profound, ways.  In a world where we often get lost in all the noise, I think it is necessary to sometimes be brought back to what is important, and I believe that being in touch with yourself is a good place to start.  The internet can often be a overwhelming place where we get lost in all the information that available, good and bad.  As a student of media and a product of the tech-generation, I often get wrapped up in things like social networking, or spend countless hours reading blogs.  While I absolutely praise the benefits of digital media, I believe that due to it's power it can sometimes have negative effects.  When you are able to get a message across with such ease and efficiency, this can result is a lot of superficial, incorrect, negative etc. information that we must sift through in order to get to the good stuff.  While I am in no means the compass of what is beneficial and what is not, I believe that starting with an uplifting, positive message is key.  By using content that enriches people's minds instead of idling them, digital media can be used in powerful, lasting ways.