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Colin, I enjoyed your piece. I felt a bit funny about the ending, but it helped bring a conviction of mine to light that I hadn't been able to articulate previously: Archaic tools have no added virtue. Around the 5 minute mark there's a vague blurring of arguments; an implied meaning but then safe retreat.
The implied argument : something about labor hours being proportional to the virtue imbued in the product. (But that argument is just a distraction.)
The safe retreat : I agree with the lines directly afterwards about personal investment in an idea making all the difference regardless of special effects, etc.
My medium just happens to be digital. And yes, it does enable us to produce garbage *much faster* than traditional physical typesetting. The funny thing is though, it doesn't enable us to produce GREAT things any more quickly than in the past. The real challenge of making good work is never about a tool itself. It's about what tools are right for the job and how well you use them to tie appearance and concept together. That's always been the hard part and it will always be the hard part. And I find that really exciting.