Exposure

Sitting in my living room reading I find myself returning to this morning...

A friend came round for band practice, I'd just got out of the shower so he waited in the living room. When I came down from my room he was coloring with crayons in a book (something he does occasionally). I couldn't help but look to see what he was doing as I walked in, I was looking at the page for what, I don't know, but now I find myself thinking how rude this may have been of me - It's not something I would of done if he was writing, I don't think.

So back to the present. The word 'Exposure' comes to mind. Someone mentioned it earlier in the week at a gig 'the band' played, when talking about their band, (this is slightly off the point but may prove to have some relevance as I continue). This idea of 'exposure' - getting yourself seen in order to be noticed, it's everywhere; in music, film and where this subject lies, the vast spectrum that is referred to as 'visual culture' (after research into the art/craft boundary, I guess you could say I'm in two minds as to whether genres or labels should come into effect here). As a visual culture student doing a contemporary applied arts course, there is pressure to show every little detail of your work to tutors, or else the obvious - you risk not being credited. Before attending interviews for uni we were reminded (by our tutors) how much tutors love sketchbooks, I'll be honest here, who doesn't enjoy looking at someones direct output onto paper and trying to see, if they can figure out just a little of what their about? But surely, we should realize this is all just a bit intrusive, perhaps understandably this is how you 'get by' when joining an institution dedicated to 'visual culture', but it would seem that, long gone are the days of personal journals with people posting work online to show progress and achievement in order to be noticed, unless of course there are people out there keeping their thoughts and other things to them selves.

So what am I trying to say... The Internet is a huge subject to even begin to fathom right now, it plays a massive part in our culture, and trying to decide if, when and how to expose my thoughts, will be a subject that my brain will continue to cut/paste and update it's opinion on.

One more thing:
Just in case I do decide to expose this 'thing', I'd like to state that I am not the sole author of this, for I couldn't have thought it, if I'd never opened my eyes, ears or mind to the words and thoughts of others, so this is not my idea alone, it's just something that I came to realize.