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Art Is ResistanceArt Is ResistanceBelief
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I think of effective artists as people that can compel a community, represent the ideas of the community, translate them for others in  an accessible fashion for a chosen audience.  So, insofar as discourse about lefty ideas will spread those ideas and lead to their realization, the art representing them and inciting discourse is resistance against oppressive ideologies.  I did art in undergrad, so feeling that it's powerful, useful is self-serving, feeds into the pleasure I derive from creating.  But, I do think it's important that marginalized or oppressed groups use art to gain sympathy and understanding, even to garner pride in ones own identity.  That's the power of iconography that we see in commercial art (ad campaigns).  Some examples are more direct, like political cartoons, guerrilla art (like the grrilla girlz).  I became aware of art as politically powerful reading comics as a kid, and then playing with sequential art and narratives in undergrad.

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Critical Thinking: Seek Truth Critical Thinking: Seek TruthSkill To Teach
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I learned to think critically by deconstructing my religious upbringing, mostly.  I had to confront admonitions against all kinds of things (like premarital sex) and figure out what the guiding ideology was to all of those admonitions.  After that, I learned about semiotic analysis in undergrad, still one of my favorite methods for deconstructing, testing, and placing ideas.

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Blog entryChileno Judicial Reform and Economic Development Data does not contain og_description2008-05-29 01:300
Blog entryFirst Night in Chile Data does not contain og_description2008-05-28 00:491
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Blog entryBleached for Chile Data does not contain og_description2008-05-13 22:250
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Rachel MacCratic
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Anarchy, Feminism, Direct Action, Class Warfare, Learning things, Loving people
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