story

As you may guess from my major, as well as my group project (CCC), I love stories. I find that a story brings meaning to many situations. For example, when you find out that someone is engaged, or you even simply see their ring, do you accept that and move on without questions? no! You have to know how the guy proposed and how they met; you find out how long they have dated and their life stories. You have an innate desire to know the story behind the ring and how it got on that finger... at least, girls do.

Now, the thing it self is still very important - do we ever really consider a couple engaged if there is no ring? -  but without the story, it is rather meaningless. I'm sure you have all experienced this with a plethora of things, but with three cousins engaged, this is the one foremost in my mind. So, I ask myself, why is the story so important? Why would a story give credence to an item that has its own meaning? Because we live stories. Our lives are not stagnant, they are not proprietary. We are constantly moving through stories of our own, and the stories allow us to relate to any given thing.

How does this relate to digital culture? How do you think? Digital culture is all about the evolution of the human psyche in regards to technology. It is not about how the internet works now, but how we are changing it and how it changes us. Why did you join facebook? Was it so you could have another online presence, or was it so that you may see what others are doing and understand their life story (even if only in part)? We don't care about what the internet does, per se, but we care about how it has developed and changed the stories of our own lives.

Another part of this is the new iterations we are creating of our group projects. We are not simply creating something to create, but to experiment and experience. There is a story behind our endeavors, and it needs to be told. This is now people can find credence is what we are doing. The story gives the thing it's meaning. 

"Why would a story give credence to an item that has its own meaning?"

We live stories. Although our projects will have meaning of their own, they may not be interesting for a wide range of people. The story of how we made them, however, has an everlasting effect. People can gain inspiration from our ideas and discover how to create the items themselves. "Story" is everywhere. We must simply find it.