Ledger 2 - The Issue of Intersection

Reader: be warned. If you couldn't tell from the first ledger, my tone may a bit more candid than usual. I figure I work on my academic tones in all other facets of my life, but I don't get to work on my own voice often. So this voice will be inspired by academic themes, but my aim is to make the concepts more accessible to those who just want a fun afternoon read. 

My biggest challenge this week was an issue of intersection. It's a word used a lot more often now and I love it. Everything is blending and each discipline that used to be quite stiff in definition, have shifted into accepting multiple variations into the whole. Rhetoric is no stranger to this phenomenon. 

Rhetoric is sort of a catch-all vehicle for different movements. Each era has found its use for rhetoric and not since the ancient days did it stand alone. Even then, Rhetoric uses intersections, crossovers, and mixed bags to gain a better understanding of the whole picture. 

My personal issue of intersection is finding where I can mix my own interests in with the field. I'm still a vague stranger to it, so there's hope of progress, but it's slow going. Last week I presented a PechaKucha about the intersections that opened up with the birth of VR and artistic opportunities. 

I pitched the possibility of a VR photoshop of kinds that allows one to embed code within the objects the artist creates so that they could further the interaction. There are now technologies like Tilt Brush by Google  that allow the user to paint in 3D space, but it's still missing that extra "oomph" I was looking for. 

The intersection where technology enables a different creation process is an interesting space. Prior to a medium being introduced, theoretically, there is populous of talent that lays undiscovered until the medium provides agency.

Currently, I'm faced with another research opportunity for a class that explores the intersections (and differences) between the field of rhetoric and general technology. If I can successfully locate an intersection with digital humanities, rhet/tech and creativity, I could say I've found my ultimate intersection. Check in next week to see if I've figured it out.