When I first got to know the "six degrees of separation" from my friend, I challenged him, "So, how do I connect to Bill Gates?" -- The then Microsoft CEO, richest person on earth, a man that seems so far away from my life.
My friend thought for a while, then said, "You are in touch with your organization head (our organization is a student organization that has a close tie with google), he is in touch with Kai-Fu Lee (founding president of Google China), and Kai-Fu Lee is in touch with Bill Gates."
Only three steps.
Sometimes it just freaks me out when thinking of social network as a canvas. You cannot really see anything, yet everything is there. Things like seven deadly sins are like the palette, concepts like politics and religions are like the brushes. Everyone is the painter, and everyone is being painted.
And that may be the reason for the term sociopoetics to be born. Although I still doubt whether it could be categorized as "artwork", it certainly does take positive steps exploring the society we are living in. It may seem crazy, but is it really THAT crazy? Or are we educated in a way that we no longer view such kind of actions as acceptable?
So I am very confused. But like that you need to stand away from an oil painting work to appreciate it, you probably need to leave your surroundings -- the society -- to observe what has been happening.
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