Digital Storytelling

Be the Media Project: The Social Media Empowerment Guide for Nonprofits

Yesterday, I began participating in the Be the Media Project: The Social Media Empowerment guide for Nonprofits. It’s a collaborative project curated by N-TEN with wiki curation by Beth Kanter. Here’s the blurb from the site:
The Be The Media Project is a community of people from nonprofits who are interested in learning and [...]

Culture Is Your Operating System

Terrence McKenna - Culture is Your Operating System
I think this is a great meme - culture as an operating system. You can choose what ever plug-ins work best for a given context. Even switch operating systems if the need arises to run a particular program - such as when learning a new language [...]

Lightheart: A Symbol That’s Important To Me

Some people may carry around images of their family.  Other people may wear crosses or get tattoos.  I have this:

This is an image that I have had in my head and heart for a long time.  It’s like a personal icon and for me and represents what I would like to see in the world.  [...]

A Girl Named Kai

Kai Ling Xue - A Girl Named Kai
This is hands down, one of the most moving pieces of media I have ever seen. Poetic, profound, inspiring and beautiful. I live to see things like this created in the world.
This piece (taken from YouTube obviously) was created by Kai Ling Xue and submitted to [...]

In My Language

I found this video after watching the CNN special on Amanda Baggs. I thought it was one of the more profound statements about humans I’ve ever seen. I was attracted first to the noises (being the sound artist that I am) but after watching it through to Amanda’s final commentary, I was left [...]

The Putu Man

I used to live in Indonesia in s small village called Gunung Sari. Everyday in the early evening, the putu man would come walking along a path that came near our house…

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Renuka’s Story

I currently work for the Media Arts Center San Diego’s Digital Storytelling Station, helping people tell their stories. I had the fortunate pleasure to meet an amazing young woman by the name of Renuka McGovern. Her story, ‘Why You Have a White Grandma’ can be seen below. It’s probably been one of [...]

Part of Me

This is a digital story I made while working as a CTC VISTA at the San Diego LGBT Center. In it, I explored the noise I sometimes see in the world around me. Where are we going? What is important?