Kidd, Hickey, Weschler

Kidd:
     I had a hard time understanding who "the enemy" was. Are they the people trying to oppose the way artistic people think? The article referred to "the enemy" as viruses so they are not a good thing obviously. I don't understand what/who these "enemies" are and how they are so different from everyone else.  According to this reading the non enemies are to make the "enemies" obsessed with their thoughts. I like this line but I want to know more about these so-called "enemies".
    What I did like about this reading was how the author made us think about the order in which we do things just because it is always how we have been taught. Writing from left to right comes so natural to us and we never think about why we do it that way. Also the writing from top to bottom, it kind of makes me want to write something that way just to see how interesting it could be. In the article it even says that writing from top to bottom was originally un-American.

Hickey:
     I liked the part of this reading where he says "...the trick of civilization lies in recognizing the moment when a rule ceases to liberate and begins to govern". I know this author is mostly referring to the game of basketball but I would like to think of this quote in terms of the many laws that people in this country or other countries have to obey. In every country laws are made to govern, so can anyone in the world really truly be liberated if they are constantly having to follow rules? This makes me wonder how "civilized" humans would be without rules or laws in general.
    I do not really agree with basketball or other sports not having rules or guidelines. It is clear that the author of this writing is very interested in sports so I can understand why he would be aggravated that rules are put in place to limit the "beauty" of the game. I think that there should be specific rules for any sport. To me it makes it more competitive and entertaining. I think if there weren't rules for sports games, it would not be as fun to watch.

Weschler:
     I found it interesting that according to this article we have 44 facial muscles and with them we are able to make around 5,000 facial expressions. Digital programmers are trying to replicate these expressions on video games and movies. It is amazing how much can be done with the computer and how closely the programmers get these digital characters to actual human mannerisms. It is interesting to think about how far technology has come.
     I got sort of confused when the article talked about Jensen's views about milk. I was totally lost when he said that 'Dinosaurs are easy, compared to milk'. I would think that milk would be more simple to make digitally because it doesn't have much of a shape as opposed to a dinosaur. He says that soft is hard, referring to the milk. This whole thing throws my mind through a loop.