TED

While I'm not sure what exactly the TED Award honors, I do know that the pictures James Nachtwey were extremely powerful images, the kind you might see on some LIFE magazine spread or the kind you might think of when the horrors of warfare subject comes up. Of course, all of the images were powerful, but extremely depressing. Maybe it was his presentation, but I think he should have focused on the rising-up against a war torn society, even if the residents caught in between are trapped within it. Some people are born into that life, and so they have to make the best of it of course. I'm sure there have to be some moments of laughter or hope, he should have had these in his presentation as well. Sure he showed people getting treated in hospitals, but they still seemed to be screaming in pain. Maybe I am just being a little too optimistic for these people who are doomed no matter what they do, it's all just part of making myself feel comfortable in the midst of tragedy. 

The Removal Act

Well, it was actually nice and  refreshing to hear a female singer/songwriter have more to say in her song then something about love or jealousy or bootyshakin. Women with an actual voice are a rare commodity these days, this ain't the 60's anymore and also the fact that she puts her own personal Native American input into her video as well. Speaking of the video, it was really well done how the drawings came alive, I'm not sure if she did it herself, but if she doesn't make it in the music industry she should try for some computer animation career!

Sometimes, I Get Bored...

This book has no summary, no keywords linked to it that describe what is inside. Just the title Sometimes I Get Bored and that is it. I don't know why, but it intrigued me. The photos inside are pretty mundane in their content. They're really just pictures of nothing. maybe something the author saw while walking down the street, he just happened to have his camera with him so he decided "why the hell not". The thing is, these photographs, are almost exactly the way I take photographs of objects. The content, for example, a couple open doors in a laundromat might just actually be an interesting beautiful photograph if exposed correctly with the natural lighting and the framing of the area was done well. This photograph is exactly my style and now that I've found this book I'm going to have to push myself even further than what I might have wanted to do before.