My thoughts about media are still a mystery to me. I don’t always want to be in a relationship with it, but trying to live without it is too difficult. Other times, I only see the positive aspects of media and can’t imagine a life without them. Media has always been a big part of …
Author Archives: Life in Media
A Letter To The MEDIA
Hello, media. We are old acquaintances. Despite living 20 years, I have never actively contemplated what you mean. You are both a friend and an enemy, most like the air. Few people think about the meaning of the existence of air, everyone just knows that no one can survive without it. Maybe for the rest …
Media is confusing
Media is something that I cannot live without. Since I am an international student living in a different country and a continent that I have never been to, 8000 km away from my family, makes me use media not as a want but as a need. For example when I video call with my family, …
Do I Love Media?
I love media. I love waking up and checking my notifications and scrolling through Instagram. I love media, it’s there for me every second of every day. Whenever I feel restless and feel my heartbeat rising, it’s there for me. I pull my phone out of my pocket and just scroll endlessly. It’s an escape. …
The Tiny Me and the Infinite Media Universe
I have to confess that i am living almost all my life in the infinite media universe. Media somehow recorded all the clips of my life. Form the pictures of my childhood, I realize i have so many relatives that i barely know them before . And videos, digital images had recorded all my family’s …
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WHY I HEART MY MEDIA
I love media as It causes me to seek, desire and search. As a child, I remember taking away my father’s laptop to play games, to see some cooking videos, or to watch previous episodes of Dora the explorer which I missed due to school and were not airing on the television again. It made …
Media love(story)
My relationship with media has drastically changed since my arrival in Amsterdam. Even though it is one of my biggest interests, I think that I have been scared of it most of my nineteen-year long life. As we live in media, I reckon that can be overwhelming for many of us, even unbearable at times. …
I ❤ my media. I really do.
As everyone else here, I grew up with a huge influx of media basically raising me. I ♡ my media. I really do. I may have my romantic, nostalgic memories of playing Minecraft with no worries on my mind when I was younger. I still enjoy playing this game and building contraptions until I forget …
I Heart Movies
I have a girlfriend. I love her. I love her so much. So how could I ever compare the love I feel for her to the love I feel for media? How could all of media form the same complex and beautiful relationship I have with her? Love is a very loaded term. Not only …
Media & I: A Love Story
Sometimes I think about breaking us up, but every time I do, I get sucked back in. Because how could I live without him? How could I live without his entertainment? Without his comfort? The belly laughs and the validation? He keeps me connected and makes sure I never have to miss anything. He makes …
Why I Heart My Media 