A not so average Average

in[SPIRE] | You will be expected to add three works to the ds106 Inspire site, and then blog about each work in a separate post detailing how and why it inspired you. INSPIRATION #1 For my first inspire submission, I… Continue Reading →…

I’m a Man: The Wire Season 3, Episode 5

Red, Yellow, & Blue

Carver is wearing a red shirt and there’s blue and yellow on the badges on the uniformed police’s shoulders that we see at either edge of the shot.

The drug dealers are wearing shirts in the colors.

Stringer is wearing a red shirt, there’s guy wearing …

A Commercial led to Inspiration #2

Ron Livingston once said, “Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don’t think he is not capable of hurting you.” That’s what basically D’Angelo said in The Wire when he was teaching chess to Wallace and Bodie. Alison did a commercial about it for …

A Remix led to Inspiration #1

Lao Tzu once said, “Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.” After listening to what we will do in Week 9, I was quite happy that we get to submit posts that we thought inspired us on the ds106 inspire website. The first …

Inspiration #3: Stronger Breast Cancer Assignment

Here is my inspire submission for this creation. You can find the original blog post here.

I’ve always loved hearing the personal stories that inspire or influence art. Some people might argue that you should appreciate the piece on its own and not just because there’s a great meaning …

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Planning the Show
We knew that we wanted to discuss the theme of corruption throughout all that we’ve seen of The Wire so far, but we weren’t sure how to turn that into a show. During our Google Hangout with Paul Bond, he suggested that …

Inspire #2: Dunkin Donuts Commerical

Here is my inspire post for this creation. The original blog post can be found here.

This might come across as bragging about how awesome our radio show is, but I LOVE THIS COMMERCIAL that Jessica created. It’s a hilarious, well crafted mash-up of a culturally insensitive scene from …

Inspiration #1: Accessorizing Your Waterfowl

Here is my inspire post for this creation. You can find the original blog post for this creation here.

I love how Paul took a simple detail from The Wire–Ziggy’s duck–and made something smart, creative, and comical about it.

The orange, black, and white color scheme really catches your …