As I have said this is my first foray into blogging and I really don't expect anyone to read my blog , this is just for me. So I've been thinking is a blog the wrong medium? should I instead join something like livejournal , would it be more appropriate? I think these thoughts came about from firstly reading a blog created by a former varsity classmate and secondly the blog not turning out to what I imagined it would be like. So far I think my post have been very self-involved and even though this blog is about me , I wanted to showcase things I find interesting and ponder about. I love reading blog posts which are like essays , which discuss contemporary issues or even posting a cool video. I know I can do that , I know thats what I should be doing , but why am I not doing it?
I've decided that I'm going to rethink this blogging thing and see what I can create which will be a more honest reflection of who I am. Until then , sayonara!
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Sofia Maldonado
Sofia Maldonado , is a woman who has a lot of people talking about her murals in N.Y. This morning when I went to a certain "african-american" site, they had a post entitled"
: http://bossip.com/227726/does-this-offend-you-mural-in-nyc-getting-a-lot-of-heat-for-portraying-black-and-latina-women-in-a-negative-light/#more-227726 and me being me , I obviously had to read the post , comments and all...First of all I love the fact that her work has people talking . As to what I think of her work , it reminds me alot of what Fafi does but unlike Fafi its gritty, Fafi's work has alot of attitude but its become too cutesy for my liking.Not that I mind cute since living in Japan has made me accept all that is cute. I googled Maldonado and found this gem of a video via http://vimeo.com. What really got me laughing though was some dude I think around 0:33 mark , he says something along the lines of "this is nasty , this is not right, we don't treat females like this..." Wow , really dude in which planet don't they treat women like that , but anyways I'm looking forward to what Maldonado is going to come up with next
I really do hope she doesn't become one of those artists we hear about and then forget later. It seems like such a common occurance especially with female artists and especially those in a male dominated medium such as graffiti.
: http://bossip.com/227726/does-this-offend-you-mural-in-nyc-getting-a-lot-of-heat-for-portraying-black-and-latina-women-in-a-negative-light/#more-227726 and me being me , I obviously had to read the post , comments and all...First of all I love the fact that her work has people talking . As to what I think of her work , it reminds me alot of what Fafi does but unlike Fafi its gritty, Fafi's work has alot of attitude but its become too cutesy for my liking.Not that I mind cute since living in Japan has made me accept all that is cute. I googled Maldonado and found this gem of a video via http://vimeo.com. What really got me laughing though was some dude I think around 0:33 mark , he says something along the lines of "this is nasty , this is not right, we don't treat females like this..." Wow , really dude in which planet don't they treat women like that , but anyways I'm looking forward to what Maldonado is going to come up with next
"42nd Street Mural" - NY reactions from Mykwain Gainey on Vimeo.
I really do hope she doesn't become one of those artists we hear about and then forget later. It seems like such a common occurance especially with female artists and especially those in a male dominated medium such as graffiti.
Friday, 19 March 2010
What is Bushi's do and Who is bsama
The name of my blog is bushi'sdo and in the following post I'm going to briefly explain and reveal a little of myself. So at the moment I'm living in Japan (which is a somewhat long story that I will divulge one of these days) and my name is Busi , in Japan when my name is written in katakana its often pronounced as Bushi. This then reminds most Japanese people of Bushido which in translation means the way of the warrior / or way of the samurai.Secondly since my name is pronounced Bushi and do means "the way" the title of my blog could basically be understood as Busi's way...So that's that about the title of my blog
Well about me , you can check out my profIle if you want to know some arbitary things about who I am but I'm also willing to say a bit more about myself in this post. My name is "Busi" (not really is was a moniker given by my white friends because they couldn't pronounce my real name and it was a name I later identified with because it became a connection to my mother's ethnicity). I am currently 24 years old , I live in Japan and I have a job which I will talk about once and when I leave Japan. I am originally from South Africa even though I cringe at calling myself a South African because I feel I dont know what that really means even though I know what it entails (but thats for another discussion on nationality and so forth) I think I'm done for now
Well about me , you can check out my profIle if you want to know some arbitary things about who I am but I'm also willing to say a bit more about myself in this post. My name is "Busi" (not really is was a moniker given by my white friends because they couldn't pronounce my real name and it was a name I later identified with because it became a connection to my mother's ethnicity). I am currently 24 years old , I live in Japan and I have a job which I will talk about once and when I leave Japan. I am originally from South Africa even though I cringe at calling myself a South African because I feel I dont know what that really means even though I know what it entails (but thats for another discussion on nationality and so forth) I think I'm done for now
Thursday, 18 March 2010
So why blog...?
Okay so this is my foray into blogging and I am still trying to figure out what drew me to bloggersphere. Well I will admit I have been a fan /cruiser of blogs since I first found out about them and I have been a dedicated follower of some blogs. In fact , I have even been inspired by some blogs. As for why I am doing this , first of all I'm not looking to became any sort of internet celeb or internet flameball. I've come to a point in my life where I needed a place to express who I am in term of my interests and opinions. I could have easily bought a journal like we used too back in the days but to tell you the truth after many futile attempts I now know I'm not a journaler (is that even a word?) so I've decided to try something new. I don't expect any followers or people to be even interest in this personal project of mine (this blog) I'm just doing this for me. Maybe its a way for me to valify my existence or better yet to make my own space in this virtual space
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