Homework 2: Experiment: On/Off

If we use technology, it puts us on "user" mode and we often get addicted to it. As a result, we forget to use and even lose some abilities. 

Can we think without machines?

Step away from technology. Then, turn it on again and observe yourself.
How long can I stay away from it?
What do I do while I am on "off mode"?
Come up with a written statement and a visual representation that represents my responses from this experiment.

Ideas for On/Off Experiment
Although I may not be a great chef, I love to make food. When I cook, I often find recipes from online although I have recipe cookbooks including this stack of recipes I got from my mother. It was about 26years ago when she first learned how to cook. 

My Mother's Recipes

There were no online cooking recipes or tutorials back then, and so she had to go to these culinary lessons and get these recipes from chefs and other people. Now, almost everyone can learn how to cook at home just by watching cooking tutorials on YouTube. 

I talked about this with Seung Hee and she told me that this reminded her of a movie called Julie & Julia (2009). So, I downloaded the movie on iTunes and watched it. The film contrasts the life of chef Julia Child in the early years of her culinary career with the life of young New Yorker Julie Powell, who aspires to cook all 524 recipes in Child's cookbook in 365 days, a challenge she described on her popular blog that would make her a published author.

So, for this On/Off Experiment, I was thinking about making food just looking at my mother's recipes and even digitize her recipes. In that, I think I can: (1)stay away from technology->(2)go back to the tradition (which is cooking in this case)->(3)use new media (digitize recipes and share them with others?? use recipes online, combine it with my mother's recipe, and come up with a new/updated recipe on my own??)->(4)keep the tradition