"BRAINWASHED"

Brainwashed- Seth Godin


In the section "Acknowledge The Lizard," Godin says that the part of our brain that is designed to keep us safe is comparable to a lizard's tail. He continues to say that artists are afraid of being laughed at, people don't want to be demoralized.  Which results oftentimes in the depletion of creative ideas and art. The resistance is when we abandon our creative desires and our art for fear of being judged or punished. All of us are forced into lines, to live an "average" life, it is what tells us to follow the directions we have always been brainwashed to follow. In order to resist the resistance, we must acknowledge its presence and accept that it is an obstacle we must overcome to become a creative outspoken mind.


I personally think these exercises are both good and bad. I believe that they have a specific time and place, but I would not say that they are appropriate for blogs. First of all, I thing blogs in general are waste of time and are filled with useless thoughts of people that I don't care to hear from. The only point the author makes that could be applied to these blogs is 'connection'.  By spewing your stream of consciousness to millions of people, the probability that someone will read and maybe enjoy it.  The resistance lives in all of our brains. We were all born with it. The resistance is the little voice in the back of our heads telling us to follow instructions and by doing so it shuts down our art. Working on this blog has helped me be a better artist because it has given me the chance to ignore that negative voice in the back of my head, making me able to create my own art and deconstruct other works of art, to better my own creativity in the long run.   By using the “Be Generous” layer it can make you become a better person by learning to give without planning on getting something back.  If people plan on always getting something back when they give then they don’t put all the effort into what their giving but if you learn to give without getting back you can create things way better than you could with your new mindset. Art is a gift, it is a change that someone like me truly enjoys and strives to become involved in.  Failing is what I believe a majority of people are afraid of.  Taking the easy way out is always something you hear to those who want to avoid failing.