The Artistry of Karson

       For our debate on  The Matrix, my team took the blue pill. To conclude the debate, I want to state my main claim as to why I support the blue pill. If one decides to continue living within the matrix, they will never know the difference. To them, they are in reality, and truly, that is all that matters. Life itself is all about perception, and making the most of what you have. If you decide to take the red pill, then you will have to live knowing that you are up against a race of artificial intelligence that are impossible to defeat. You would have to live knowing that no matter what you do, you are at the mercy of a robot. By taking the blue pill, you are making the active choice of living without the weight of inevitable defeat. Sure, it may not be the truest form of reality, but you wouldn't know that. You wouldn't have to to be happy.

Creative Process:      Creatively, I really enjoyed this process. I took the lead on the design elements of our project because in high school, I LOVED to do mixed media art. While I was most definitely rusty in my skills, I still had so much fun planning out how to build this, and deciding what was best for decorating in order to get our ideas across.      My team worked together so well. After sharing all of our ideas, I implemented all of them equally into the design. I did a lot of measuring, cutting, and gluing to make this all come together after our hours of deliberation, and I'm SO happy with how it turned out. We worked together to create something we are all super proud of! How I Interpreted Roy's Quote:   “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the  Tannhäuser  Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to d...

            In my opinion, out of all the films we've watched,  Blade Runner has most successfully made robots "human".  Sure, the replicants have their inhuman strength and abilities; they are the perfect rendition of the uncanny valley. Yet, what the replicants want is something all of us can relate to: they want to live.  How can replicants have no understanding of humanity if they so desperately want to live, to exist, to thrive? The main replicants—Roy and Pris—both do whatever they can throughout the film to gain survival, and I think their barbarity is one of the most human elements about them. It reminds me of William Golding's novel The Lord of the Flies. Like the young boys in the novel, Roy and Pris have fallen to hunting and killing humans to stay alive. They are barbaric, yes, but so are humans.     What struck me the most about the film was the final quote from Roy, what we based our project on: “I’ve seen things ...