Katey Workman's Media Blog

After the Social Media discussion, I realized it'll kill me unless I figure out the way to articulate the belief I have in the importance of tangibility. This may be rough-- stick with me: when people don't touch physical things (books, articles, pencils, pens), then it's easy to think that the things they're delving into don't matter. The information they contain is as easy to forget as the internet windows are easy to close. ease of disengaging (being to scroll faster, cruise, cruise) becomes habit off screen as well-- not engaging with people. people are experiencing more ambiguity (disaffiliation) in their identities because there's something definite and identifiable about physical things that is absent when everything's present only on a screen. I will add more as it comes to me... More: A Pair of Shoes- Van Gogh Philosopher Heideggar says about them: "From the dark opening of the worn insides of the shoes the toilsome tread of ...

Wearing yellow Lacoste pants as a Who and knickerbockers as a member of the boy's band in Harold Hill's Rivercity-- that's the extent of my acting career. I suppose we could count the occasional church road show if we wanted-- though I usually do my best to forget them. I've never been a "theatre person" and to be honest I always thought of theatre as a dutiful homage to the past, remembering what the bored people did before television. Nothing more.  I have felt the change creeping in slowly though. Back to the 80's my Senior year got me pretty psyched. BYU's production of Beauty and the Beast had me crying (*twice*) my freshman year. But I'd have to say the biggest turning point was when I took a Shakespeare class where we, obviously, were required to attend some performances of Shakespearian plays. When my teacher explained that no matter the actor's performance, you will never  see the same show twice because you will never ha...

Confession time: I binged. Prior to this weekend I'd only watched (I think) about 2 TV episodes and only a few movies (and those were with friends). This weekend however, I had a dangerous mix: a pinch of free time, a dash of mindless jobs around the house to do, and a heaping spoonful of scary assignments that I wanted to avoid. All these concocted in a way that overpowered my self-control and had me drinking in episode after episode of the West Wing. In my defense, the Vice President had just resigned, the president's daughter was captured, there was a serious terrorist threat, and Donna was asked if she loved Josh. It seemed my patriotic, and personal obligation to see each of these things through to the end. But even as I was watching the show I couldn't help but wonder, "What is it about TV Shows in a time of stress and inactivity that makes it hard to click the red x  in the corner of my browser instead of 'Next Episode'?" 1) I think TV is ...