Paleoanthropsychobiological and “Making Special”

The term paleoanthropsychobiological was coined by Ellen Dissanayake.  This term refers to many different aspects that when combined describe art in a multifaceted way.  First paleo is humans history; the past.  Anthrop refers to human societies and cultures.  Psycho describes the feeling and the many psychological factors that may go into a piece of work to create art.  And finally biological is referring to the idea that art is in our biological makeup.  It is a part of human’s everyday life and world.  All of these factors together create the idea that art is all around us.  It stems from our history as far back as we can remember, it cultivates within our societies, it describes and brings forth our emotions and it is who we are as humans.

The phrase “making special” is referring to the idea that with anything in our world, humans tend to make events special because it is valued as important.  With anything people make things special.  Art is no different.  That by making things special they are remembered more, so therefore artists should make their pieces special.  They should bring to light their point of view and never forget that art has a place in everything.  By believing that their art is special, will therefore make their art special.

Life Values Assessment

My Life Values:  Family, Friendship, Leadership, Security, Health, Personal Accomplishment, Service, Loyalty, Integrity, Personal Development, Wealth, Wisdom, Independence, Enjoyment, Location, Community, Power, Expertness, Prestige, Creativity.

Today was a pretty common normal day.  I slept in semi late,  I got up and then cooked breakfast with a bunch of my friends (friendship).  Next I cleaned up my apartment and decided that I wanted to exercise because staying fit and healthy is very important to my life (health).  I worked out and while walking home from the gym I called my mom and dad (family).  Next I came home and got ready for the day and decided to start homework which is where I am at now.  I achieved 3 out of the 5 values so far within my day, even though some days my values may not always fall into place as they should.  Sometimes I find that I place certain values higher than other values even though they may not be as important to me.

I inherited very many belief patterns from my family.  They are the major factor in why I believe, cherish and value some of the things that I do.  They have always taught me from the beginning that family is the most important thing and should always come first.  This I believe very much.  Another thing they have taught me is being a hard-worker and showing leadership will get you very far in life which is why I try so hard in school and work.  Even though I believe being secure in my life in regards to money is important because there will be no need for worry later on down the road, I can acknowledge that money is not the most important value in my life.  It used to be pretty close to the top but as of now it is lower in my core values.  What still stands is being secure and taking charge of the life I would like myself to have.  I generally place goals that are attainable but not easy.  Like getting good grades for instance, that is very attainable but I have to push myself to get those grades.  That goal is generally always at the top of my list.  I will try as hard as I need to too make sure my work is acceptable.  Sometimes all of the extra-curricular activities that I wish I could be doing stands in the way of my goals, such as friends (which is somewhat ironic since they are my second most important value).  But even though I may have barriers in my way I realize that as soon as I get those goals done I will be able to go out and enjoy myself which always gets me through them.

Text messaging, causing poor spelling?

Text messaging has in some ways taken over many forms of communication.  Instead of calling someone up, many refer to their cell phones to text message their thoughts, opinions, conversations to others instead of conversing with the person face to face.  But that is not the problem here.  Some people think that text messaging causes poor spelling in teenagers because of the usage of slang and abbreviation.  I have to say I agree with this.  I am only 20 years old, but I find that a lot of people my age use text messaging in a lazy deliberate manner and tend to type things such as lol or rofl instead of things such as that is really funny or I am laughing out loud right now.  Yes it is easier, but I think why not spell it out.  It is making younger generations think that that type of conversation is okay and leads to poorer communication skills.  This blog feels that spelling and text messaging really do not have any influence on each other, but they have to right?  With so many people using their SMS text messaging to communicate there has to be some correlation.

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