Consumer of Culture

In today's society it is often difficult to create your own identity as the social world around us tells us what we should like or dislike. Individualism seems like a stretch as it is simpler to conform with the status quo. However, I choose to embrace my individuality and create my own culture. I do not indulge in the commercial, money oriented world. Instead, I am a consumer of art, music, and current events. 

My personal culture is unique, and controversial. I am attracted to art and music that depicts the beauty of the world, the flaws in humans, and the injustices we live in. I enjoy debatable topics because I believe that my mind expands every time I challenge it. Every time I analyze and experience a new piece of music or art, I believe my mind rewires itself to a new way of thinking and that fascinates me. I seek challenges in different art and music because I believe these two are universal forms with many interpretations. In respects to this course, I cannot wait to explore the impact of industrialization to the humanities. I believe this is era is one that has brought a lot of what I am living today. In a way, it has stripped the world of many beautiful components of life. Industrialization intrigues me because oddly enough, it is a man made concept which has truly evolved the world to what I know of it today.