Leon' Abstract

hi,
I'm happy with the look and whatever, dont really mind. but is there anyway we can make the column width for the text thinner? i find it laborious reading all the way from one side of the page to the other.

does anyone know if its possible to link this blog to the one i already have, so anything posted on one automatically updates the other?

anyway, here's my last post on my other blog (it includes my abstract thing we did in class)


"this is my first attempt at an abstract:

Love, and and it's Discontents

This graphic design project will focus primarily on love: love for others and the love for the self, and where these sit in relation to the contemporary consumer society in which we find ourselves. In Status Anxiety, Alain De Botton (2004). suggests that consumerism is perpetuated by our desire for love and affirmation from others. By researching both historical and contemporary philosophical rhetoric concerning this matter (ie. love), this project will question the legitimacy of De Botton's proposition. Furthermore, this project will attempt to examine how visual communication has been used to promote and propagate love. Ultimately, it will question whether promoting love, and related virtues (eg. selflessness and empathy) through Visual Communication can have a positive impact on the society in which we live today. Can, for example, making individuals feel loved slow the insatiable appetite we have for consumable goods?

I think maybe i'd like to focus more on apathy or moral code more. here are some scratchings at apathy:

Attack on Apathy

This graphic design project will focus on Apathy: what causes it and what can one do to negate it, can promoting love, selflessness and empathy do anything towards solving this issue? Does Visual Communication, one of the mediums that is in part responsible for mass apathy (Adorno, 1947) have any relevance in providing a solution for this matter.

In class yesterday, Joel talked about a book he'd been reading called Social & Personality DEvelopment (i think). in it he'd found a couple of chapters on "Altruism and Pro-social Behaviour". This sounded interesting to me. Some things joel mentioned made me want to, perhaps, focus more on my apathy.

After that, Matt commented on research he'd done. he said he'd read an article where it stated that our generation (cant remember the name) felt almost unanimously like their generation cared drastically less about morals (ie were less moral) than their parents'.

Both their topics sounded interesting to me, and i'm looking forward to being in a group with them."