Express Yourself

It's Carnival! The time of the year when we can most easily express ourselves without having to conform to the trends of urban society.

Carnival is my favourite time of the year. As members of the urban society, we tend to abide by strict societal 'rules' throughout the year. At Carnival-time, the game changes. There are no rules. We can be whoever or whatever we want to be at carnival-time. At this time we learn to appreciate and value our culture for what it is. Whereas, during other times of the year, we tend to conform to trends rather than embracing our culture.

Theory:  Barrett and Hall. Urban Geography (UK: Routledge, 2012), Valuing culture, 167-168

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFAagxfGleo

Display yourself as who you are, not who society wants you to be.

Cellphone or Sell Out

Poor Nokia! The original cell-phone brand, being surrounded by five Blackberrys on the hunt for blood.

There seems to be a smart-phone trend, especially when it comes to Blackberrys. Is it only a matter of convenience? Or do you want one because all your friends have one? Or is it because Bmobile or Digicel told you that you needed one?
Society influences want we consume. It influences our choice of cell-phone. What else is society making us do? Do we want this? Or are we convinced that this is what we want?

Theory: 1. Barrett and Hall. Urban Geography (UK: Routledge, 2012), Manufactured and organic cultures,    168-170.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJgOLu5iAFs

Echoes-Klaxons
Send out a sound for the wood between the worlds
Gently repeat as the boundaries start to swirl
Keep to the call that is twice now liminal
It's not the same where the trails lead to the outer regions

Echoes from the otherworld turn horizons into endless ever present
Echoes
Many otherworlds true horizon start to turn
Numberless names withe the force of the ninth wave
Keep to the call that's repeated in the outer regions
Echoes from the otherworld turn the horizon into endless ever present
Echoes
Many otherworlds true horizon makes the endless ever
Present echoes into otherworlds true horizons into the endless ever
Present echoes
Many otherworlds true horizon takes a turn
Echoes reflect and change they serenade

Echoes go out into the world and they come back changed. Everything happening around us impacts us in some way. How great is the impact of these echoes? How are we letting these echoes affect us?