How are we Connected to Our Spirits?
How are we Connected to Our Spirits?
Connecting with the spirit relates to connecting with one's inner-self, how they see themselves or want to be seen and what brings them fulfillment. When engaging with technology, users are able to feed their spirit as they are able to use inventions to create, share, connect and get to interact with people who have the same aspirations. “Like music coming from an instrument, it is invisible, it is valuable, it can’t exactly be reduced to physical structure, nor located in one part or another of the physical instrument. And yet one can “kill” a harmony by physically damaging the instrument.” (Hochschild 2022). In addition to this, people are able to be themselves more open online in how they present themselves as being behind a screen makes people less concerned about the repercussions, which can be seen as a blessing and a curse. “In the case of psychological characteristics, on the other hand, there was a clear tendency to assign idealized attributes to the avatar” (Online-Redaktion 2022). This gives individuals the opportunity to be more themselves and feed their spirit.
The spirit is often manipulated and broken after prolonged use of technology, especially over the internet. Algorithms search for what is an interest of the spirit and use that to their advantage to advertise and lure individuals with all consuming content. In addition to this, people who are more susceptible to persuasion can fall for scams or feed into the negative parts of the internet where their spirit strives for connection to itself. “Indeed, computers are so sophisticated we started by comparing their functions to human ones: storage as “memory,” and processing as “decisions.” But now that the computer is more familiar and comprehensible than the mysterious brain, it has become the root of the metaphor for human “processing” and “retrieval.” Many have imagined that human consciousness is software that could, at least in principle, be uploaded to run on another platform” (Hochschild 2022). The additiveness to technology, the internet and all that comes with it takes advantage of people's inner self and exploits it, making the human soul and brain appear as just another piece of software.
Connection to The Nether
In The Nether, the avatars of characters can be whatever the user's heart desires. It gives them the opportunity to escape and become people they wish they were in their real lives which makes the realm so appealing. In addition to this, realms within the program allow people to live out their greatest desires, fantasy, dreams and make them a reality, no matter how the action is viewed in the real world. People are able to feed their souls by fulfilling who they are inside and what makes them happy, whether it is viewed as morally wrong or right in the real world.
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“That we are trying to cast off the limitations of physically and become pure spirit” (Hailey 35).
“The guests may choose from a wide range of appearance selections” (Hailey 35).
Connecting with the spirit relates to connecting with one's inner-self, how they see themselves or want to be seen and what brings them fulfillment. When engaging with technology, users are able to feed their spirit as they are able to use inventions to create, share, connect and get to interact with people who have the same aspirations. “Like music coming from an instrument, it is invisible, it is valuable, it can’t exactly be reduced to physical structure, nor located in one part or another of the physical instrument. And yet one can “kill” a harmony by physically damaging the instrument.” (Hochschild 2022). In addition to this, people are able to be themselves more open online in how they present themselves as being behind a screen makes people less concerned about the repercussions, which can be seen as a blessing and a curse. “In the case of psychological characteristics, on the other hand, there was a clear tendency to assign idealized attributes to the avatar” (Online-Redaktion 2022). This gives individuals the opportunity to be more themselves and feed their spirit.
The spirit is often manipulated and broken after prolonged use of technology, especially over the internet. Algorithms search for what is an interest of the spirit and use that to their advantage to advertise and lure individuals with all consuming content. In addition to this, people who are more susceptible to persuasion can fall for scams or feed into the negative parts of the internet where their spirit strives for connection to itself. “Indeed, computers are so sophisticated we started by comparing their functions to human ones: storage as “memory,” and processing as “decisions.” But now that the computer is more familiar and comprehensible than the mysterious brain, it has become the root of the metaphor for human “processing” and “retrieval.” Many have imagined that human consciousness is software that could, at least in principle, be uploaded to run on another platform” (Hochschild 2022). The additiveness to technology, the internet and all that comes with it takes advantage of people's inner self and exploits it, making the human soul and brain appear as just another piece of software.
Connection to The Nether
In The Nether, the avatars of characters can be whatever the user's heart desires. It gives them the opportunity to escape and become people they wish they were in their real lives which makes the realm so appealing. In addition to this, realms within the program allow people to live out their greatest desires, fantasy, dreams and make them a reality, no matter how the action is viewed in the real world. People are able to feed their souls by fulfilling who they are inside and what makes them happy, whether it is viewed as morally wrong or right in the real world.
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“That we are trying to cast off the limitations of physically and become pure spirit” (Hailey 35).
“The guests may choose from a wide range of appearance selections” (Hailey 35).
BACK
BACK
We acknowledge that this theatre and the university that holds it stand on the traditional territories of the Attawandaron (also known as the Neutral), Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is in Block 2 of the Haldimand Tract, land promised in 1784 by the British Crown to the Haudenosaunee of the Grand River in recognition of their alliance during the American Revolution.
This territory, which includes six miles on either side of the Grand River, is governed by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum, an agreement that teaches that the land is a shared dish from which we all eat, and that we carry collective responsibilities: to take only what we need, to ensure there is enough for others, and to keep the dish clean for those who come after us. It is an agreement rooted in care, reciprocity, and stewardship.
Gathering here in this theatre, on this land, within this agreement, means recognizing that welcome comes with responsibility. It asks us to consider how we move through shared spaces, how we care for one another, and how the systems we build shape access, safety, and belonging as equal partners.
We acknowledge that this theatre and the university that holds it stand on the traditional territories of the Attawandaron (also known as the Neutral), Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is in Block 2 of the Haldimand Tract, land promised in 1784 by the British Crown to the Haudenosaunee of the Grand River in recognition of their alliance during the American Revolution.
This territory, which includes six miles on either side of the Grand River, is governed by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum, an agreement that teaches that the land is a shared dish from which we all eat, and that we carry collective responsibilities: to take only what we need, to ensure there is enough for others, and to keep the dish clean for those who come after us. It is an agreement rooted in care, reciprocity, and stewardship.
Gathering here in this theatre, on this land, within this agreement, means recognizing that welcome comes with responsibility. It asks us to consider how we move through shared spaces, how we care for one another, and how the systems we build shape access, safety, and belonging as equal partners.
