Whenever I hear the word remix, I think of Girl Talk who I blogged about once upon a time in Course 2. Girl Talk has got to be the most talented remixer I know. The man is a legend. So, of course, when thinking about writing about remixing, I wanted a little video or sound clip of “This is the remix.” What I found instead made me so happy.
Someone else remixed the remixer. You can and should start your journey reading about it here at Pitchfork and then let that lead you to the Girl Walk All Day page where you can watch the whole movie. Here is the first chapter:
So okay, all that aside, I’ll go back to my original point – Life is a Remix.
I can’t get through a day without using 8 different people’s ideas. Okay, I don’t count but I use ideas I get from people on SmartExchange, images from a creative commons search, something my partner teacher told me she was doing that she got from somewhere like Project Wild, an artist or a blogger or a Youtube channel that inspires me, and for sure an idea gleaned from one of these courses. I mean, it just doesn’t end.
I’ve long given up reinventing the wheel and fully embraced the remix in my work and in my life. The last original thought I had turned out to be one that tons of people have already had and done quite well with. But okay. What’s important is how I take it and shape it to make it work for me in my situation. How do I remix what I find to make it further whatever I am doing? That is the ultimate question and that is where the creativity sparks, burns and spreads.
So thank goodness for the culture of remixing. And thank goodness someone had the creativity to take Girl Talk’s album and make a movie out of it. And hopefully we, as teachers, can serve as inspiration for remixing and provide a respectful outlet for it happening in our classrooms.
