Okay, so we
choose to sit down, relax, and watch TV.
I feel this is no different than if we choose to sit down at a
particular restaurant to have some food.
TV is serving us a bit of programming, commercials, or whatever is cooked
up, just as a restaurant is serving whatever they cook up. When we choose to
watch TV we sometimes know what is on, take what they give us, or scroll down
the program guide. The same goes for a
restaurant, but we usually scroll down a menu instead. Along the way, a waiter tries to sell us a
little more to drink or maybe a dessert or something to complement our
meal. When we are done, we pay the
check. As for TV, “the check” is the
cable bill and or the electricity bill or anything else associated. Then, we get up and leave the restaurant or
the couch.
The most powerful ingredient in the
media kitchen I speak of is the human being and how he or she is
perceived. With just one bite, it can
start growth. What message went to the brain that started the growth process? Millions of messages go to the brain;
therefore, the messages we receive are the ones the chefs have decided to cook
up. Love could grow, fear could grow,
hate could grow, joy could grow, and the possibilities are endless because
every human’s taste buds are so different.
Let’s say one bit equals one second. One of first things I learned in
“cooking school/film school” is that, for every one second of TV, there are
29.9 frames (or pictures). So, in that
one spoonful, there are almost 30 images to use. And just one of those thirty
ingredients can change the taste of what is being cooked up.
Has
someone ever asked you what you had for dinner last night and you could not
remember? What you should realize is that, even though you may have forgotten,
your body remembers because you are still digesting. TV can work in the same manner, but instead
of our bodies, it sits in our minds and spirits and can take some time to
digest.
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