Online

In today's lecture, we watched various videos that exhibit the diversity of online content. While the videos were quite similar in the fact that they captured noteworthy elements of texts and movies (such as the performance of "Afrika"), they differed vastly in their form. While some videos appeared rather cohesive and easier to comprehend, others lacked a structure and therefore were very difficult to understand. Upon watching the latter videos (the more difficult-to-follow videos), I felt as though I needed to watch these videos a few more times to begin to understand their meaning. There is so much to unravel, and therefore simply watching these videos one time is likely not enough to contemplate all of the possible different intentions that went into their creation. However, with that said, I simultaneously believe that there is no way to understand every possible meaning and idea that went into the creation of the videos, as well as the symbolism that these videos evoke. In other words, the videos we watched in class today, which take varied forms and therefore differ in their complexity, are not easily understood; nonetheless, this is not a problem, but instead, complex videos offer multiple viewpoints and a sense of mystery that is actually rather profound.