Response to the Kidd, Hickey and Weschler articles

    I feel the first excerpt  is hard to understand. The author may convey a philosophy of contrary which likes Taoism. The explaination of big and small, left and right, top and bottom may have allegory for life.
    To be honest, it is difficult to understand this article for the words are abstract and vague. It is really hard to claim what the aurthor's main idea he wants to discuss.
    I am a big basketball fan so I like the second article the most. It starts with the amazing dunk of Doctor J, then the author begins to recall about that play's uniqueness, basketball rules and the development history of basketball. It is very informative and intriguing.
    I think why the author list the orginal rule of basketball when Naismith invented this indoor game is deserve pondering. I guess the author wants to show the change between the beginning one and today's NBA.
The third article, Why Is This Man Smiling introduces the newest achievement that digital filmmakers succeed in making alive faces by applying the complex computer technologies. The face has always been the most part to animate for its complicated muscles organizations. I feel engaged in this essay when I find the fact that "the face's 44 muscles are capable of producing some 5,000 different expressions". I am shocked to know there so many expressions I could make.
    I got confused by Andrew Niccol's statement that "We're simulating a simulation". I thought he stresses the inreplaceable part of human playing althrough today's digital achievement is huge encough.

    After all, I am thinking why we read these three articles together. Maybe we can discuss in class about if there are some connections or relverance between these three.

Who am I

    Hey, I am Allen, orginally from China Qingdao, a beautiful coastal city. I am a sophmore majored in Logistics and I still don't sure what is logistics anyway. Glad to meet everybody here in Art252.
    I like playing basketball, soccer, tennis and other sports. Chinese food is my favorite and sometimes I cook myself. I like reading easy articles, listening music, singing, photography and watching movies. My favorite movie is The pursuit of happiness, Roma Holiday, Yip Man. I have been watching Friends for 3 three times now. I am always dreaming to direct my own movie or drama someday.
    I just come back from Boston this spring break and I love there. Its size is not too big and life rhythm is not too hurry. Wishing to live in a city like that.
I am enjoying sniffing the air of art in front of the fine art museum of boston.

    Recetly, I am fascinated by the song we are young and watching NCAA tournament, GO BUCKS!