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One reason digital media is particularly suited for observing the ordinary is because it is cheaper and easier to produce and distribute than traditional forms. With the availability of digital media tools, everyone can participate in the creation of digital media. Nowadays any amateur can buy a DSLR, move to Provo, and call himself/herself a professional photographer. Unfortunately, the market is overrun with "professional" photographers, so they are left to photograph the ordinary and post terabytes worth of ordinary pictures onto blogs and popular social networking sites, like Friendster and Hi5.

Also, digital media platforms are a great distribution medium for students--such as ourselves-- and other aspiring artists to cheaply and easily publish material. I can't afford to have my short film published on 35mm reels and send to all my family members and friends to watch. But I can afford to post digital copies on YouTube and Facebook to share, not only with friends and family, but the world. Also, I can't afford to stage a large production on a professional set, but I can film my nephew's birthday party with my HandyCam and cut it with a cheap NLE. The ordinary events of life are at my disposal for practicing my craft, and digital media platforms are ideal for distributing the content captured from those ordinary moments. 

An Ode to Dark Matter

Dark Matter, you are so ordinary. So ordinary, in fact, that I rarely even notice you. You carry on, without fanfare, taking up 83% of the Universe. Though unnoticed and under appreciated, you do not complain, no. You are humble, meek, and full of love. You are love. Are you love? Are you the burning in my chest? 

You are the missing 23% of my mass energy.

Dark Matter, can I see you? But how? Ayahuasca will make me sick. I am not a shaman. Best to see you naturally. I dream of you. I dream through you. You are the medium of dreams. My pineal, free at night, releases DMT, and I see. We see. I see we. We are me and you are beautiful. I smell your colors and taste your music. I feel your touch, you are everywhere. 

You are the light of the tunnel. You are the alien abduction. You are shared.

You are the other realm.

You are here.

And yet, you remain hidden.

Dark.

But you matter, Dark Matter.

You matter to me.

Dark Matter, Hubble Space Telescope, 2011