Rarely have I meet people who can read hard theory after a long day of work, even comrades. Expecting the general membership of the working class to won't get one anywhere, and we have to meet them where they are and not where we wish for them to be. In this case, you will have an easier time reaching people who have engaged in similar media, even if you're nitpicking it. It pays to be aware how things can be said, such as "With great power, comes great responsibility." On the one hand, someone could look at this line and argue for Imperial intervention abroad is an obligation of every superpower. On the other, if you point out Billionaires could end starvation but don't, this line will resonate with a lot of people that the capitalist have failed to be responsible with their wealth and power. Allegory has always been historically powerful to talk about sensitive topics people otherwise wouldn't talk about, it is not a bad communication tool to have and utilize. Meet the working class around you where they are. If they are not reading dry theory, do not expect to meet them at that point. Chances are, they are engaging in alot of entertainment to distract them from poor material conditions, so you will have an easier time building class consciousness and unity through that shared entertainment.
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Some of the best environmental storytelling in gaming is when you are introduced to the Flood in HALO for the first time. Now that is a masterclass in environmental storytelling.
Because it comes up alot and accurate information is painfully scattered, I'd love to see a few pages about different LGBTQ+ progress made under socialist parties, policies, objectives, and within AES (past and present).
I felt the same way. I would liken it to the author technically living in the same city, but they were describing the other side of it and mistaking their small sphere and local description for the rest of us in that city. Their idea of the art world was similar yet very foreign. A few proverbial landmarks could be seen from both our relative places, but they lost me with their inaccuracies so their critiques and conclusions didn't land.
Art has already been industrialized. Content, which is the only thing AI can make, is not all of art. Art and the creative fields are part of an evolutionary survival strategy to impart experiences to others. If you've ever wondered why the Greeks had only two genres, Drama and Tragedy, it is because Drama was about helping people navigate the world, and tragedy was a warning of what not to do and why. So if class consciousness will help people the most, then the most substantial form of art will pass that experience along (e.g., Social Realism). Modern narratives are mainly content—and we can see that they are unsubstantial because they are "just entertainment" (Fun fact: American films had their right to free speech revoked in 1952 for this reason). They exist for profit. Art is much more than that, and if art helps us, the working class, better navigate life with experiences we don't yet have, I would argue such art is inherently revolutionary. That is why the ruling class can't make new stories; they only make entertainment and content, lest they risk imparting valuable lessons to the working class. And yes, this is a summed-up version of a fascinating thread of soviet art philosophy but one that the author of that article has either never encountered or has a more limited audience (i.e. western lib artists) the article is applying to than let on in the preamble.
Beautiful!
In addition to the other responses, we don't have much nuance in our political conversations. Partially because we hear the same thing repeatedly but also because other views don't break into our bubble that often. It ends up framing everything much more like a script to be followed. If you're challenging the "left-wing" candidate, you must be doing so from the stance of someone who supports the right-wing candidate. That's the script. And very often, those roles come with baggage (eg, 'trump supporter', 'misogynist', etc.). So because you have put yourself in one of those roles/boxes, the script in their mind is being followed, and you've taken on that baggage.
You can see this in our media discussions as well. Who likes what movies, franchises, why, etc. Many people are unaware that they are acting this prescriptively, so we often talk past each other and rarely act in as good of faith as we think we are engaging in. Neo-liberalism is built on flexible word choices, slogans, and terms without meaning. This results in a lot of reverse terminology, empty words, and a clinging of identity and labels around more solid terms. The latter has the effect of simplifying people and positions into boxes that result in script-like behavior due to regurgitating known responses and interactions with people in that label over there. The implication that you might not fit that label demands an immediate and intense examination of the subject matter in a few seconds or risk not appearing smart/moral/etc. So not only is that a threat to their image, but it's a lot of internal pressure in a short time—hince the response you got from them was very reflexive and combative.
"We lost the war politically but not casualties." How to tell people you've never read Clausewitz.
Oh this takes me back. We used to play everyday before school. Its a classic
Welcome to the world of having studied film and other narrative-driven art forms....only, without having the media literacy and technical knowledge to make the tradeoff worthwhile. At best, it sounds like false knowledge based on elements, such as surface trope patterns. On the one hand, I kinda feel for them because it's a legit industry hazard....on the other, they brought it on themselves.
Of the ones presented, 2.... But I think having the high saturation around the man/center of the piece and lower on the phoenix (so man and background 2, phoenix closer to how you have it in 1) will help most of these in general. The natural value of a hue will have the most saturation, but the closer you get to white and black the more saturation of a hue will be condensed as indistinguishable—so to blow out the pheonix, go with more desaturated lights instead of super-saturated color.
Looking good.
Comicfury is alright for indie mirroring, spiderforest is a good collective i personally enjoy, but a comic’s own website is usually the best.