Ep. 1: Kafka's "A Hunger Artist" and the Intention of Getting Attention
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High school students Kahlia and Kyler discuss Franz Kafka's story "A Hunger Artist" by questioning why we put so much stock in the value of social media. They also address falling prey to trends, the importance of perspective when it comes to social media, feeding our brains on background noise, the epidemic of low attention spans, how trends influence our perceptions and cheapen the value of things, what defines "Good Art," how we form group connections via mindless art, abstract art,  intention vs perception, and how the "intention of getting attention" factors in to the art people produce. Maybe a little Whip and NeNe, too.
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