If content is king, then context is queen.
We can all enjoy creative work as a pure sensory experience. YES.
But it’s when we get context for that work — who made it, how it was made, what ideas, scenes, and history surround it — that joy turns into a deeper appreciation — one of love.
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instagram.comIf content is king, then context is queen. We can all enjoy creative work as a pure sensory experience. YES. But it’s when we get context for that work — who made it, how it was made, what ideas, scenes, and history surround it — that joy turns into a deeper appreciation — one of love. Context is the missing element in culture today. We consume giant feeds that flatten everything — advertising, harrowing news, self-promotion, life updates, creative work — into a never-ending stream. The content is endless. The context much harder to find.
I didn't get to witness the Renaissance or the Enlightenment. I grew up in a room, in front of a computer, fantasizing about the combination of art and technology. My generation doesn't produce pieces with the power to symbolize wars or revolutions, like 'Guernica' or 'Liberty Leading the People', because I am - or rather, we are - the byproduct of... See more
The information I encounter there lacks context, both spatially and temporally.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
content that matters more than the format.
Margaret Saponaro • Collection Management Basics (Library and Information Science Text Series)
“Content” is the black hole of the Internet. Incredibly well-produced videos, all sorts of songs, and articulate blog posts — they are all “content.” Are short stories “content”? I hope not, since that is one of the most soul-destroying of words, used to strip a creation of its creative effort.