The concept of good ideas, in my opinion, lies in the eyes of the beholders for the most part. When I am presented with something that I feel is a good idea it is typically something that solves problems many people have, solves many different problems at once, entertains a wide variety of people, or provides a wide variety of entertainment. Personally whenever I am trying to come up with a good idea of my own I have a period where i brainstorm and write down all of the ideas I come up with then I go over the list and the ones that stand out to me I explore and try to work with. I like to see connections between many different points and love thinking outside of the box. Ways I might improve upon my idea process would be to bring in another viewpoint. I feel that by having another person to work with would provide different ideas and opinions that would cause my own creativity to spark up bigger and better thoughts. Getting feedback on my initial ideas I feel would allow for further development or realization that perhaps the idea is not as good as initially thought. Research is also a thing that can never hurt if one understands about the current needs and wants of the world around them coming up with an idea that will solve these issues would be most beneficial. Moving on I have decided to go into making a sort of youtube channel in collaboration with my colleague and fellow actor and together with this youtube channel we hope to document our education at UNCSA as well as showcase our talent through various skits and short films. We hope to cover the social aspect and learn what we can from it as there are many working actors and artists today who were discovered or began their career on youtube. We have not worked out the specifics but we are on our way in terms of brainstorming ideas for the channel and what direction we want to take it. 

After reading about and observing various new media artists and their creations and goals I am beginning to see how big of an impact on the world new media art can have. Before learning about these individual artists and how they started for example JR and Bansky I did not conceive that two teenage graffiti artists could come so far and become so influential and well known throughout the world. Not to mention all the other artists with their own respective art fields. Another interesting example is Paul Vanouse who combines science and art by creating unique computerized images. Two new media artists that caught my attention were JR and Bansky. JR started off as a teenage graffiti artist who was more interested in literally making his mark on society rather than being an influential figure. He later began to portray photos of his work all over and eventually his illegal postings were made official when Paris started putting his portraits up on the walls of buildings. JR believed that by putting his works in the street he could reach people who couldn't or wouldn't go to museums. He refers to himself as a urban activist as he portrays social economic and moral issues in certain parts of the world and posts them upon the walls and rooftops of cities. The second is Bansky who combines dark humor with graffiti in a distinctive stenciling technique. Apparently he uses stenciling because it takes less time to complete and he discovered it while hiding from the police. One of the most interesting things to me about these two artists is that even though they are largely known their true identities are not most likely due to their artwork being graffiti. The reason I like these two artists is because I myself really admire graffiti art and those who can pull it off. even though it is illegal these two artists show that their work can be used to send messages and spread awareness of problems in different parts of the world. Nowadays with so much technology at our disposal it is now more simple than ever to create complex works of art. You can make and edit together entire films you can create complex digital murals and collages and compose beautiful music with a few keystrokes. I myself have drawn many different cartoons and pictures by using software like Microsoft paint or sketchbook express and not to mention the short sketches I have put together using imovie.