Contemporary media—be it books like 1984 or movies like HAL,
Terminator or Matrix—has projected our world’s growing use of computer and Internet
technology to have disastrous consequences as computer networks take over the
world and dehumanize it.
Fortunately, the human race is shaping up quite brightly in
light of these technologies– in place of destroying humanity, emotions and
creativity, the tools, platforms and applications enabled by ubiquitous
connectivity and the cloud have enabled the democratization of human creativity
and it’s expression at an unprecedented scale.
First, easy web publishing led to the rise of the home journalist/
eZine publisher via blogs, allowing practically everyone who wanted to share his
or her expertise or opinion to do so. Blogs are your personal online portal of
verbal expression, where you can share your creative or journalistic writing
talent with the world.
The next advent in the acceleration of creative expression
via digital platforms was around videos led by YouTube, Vine, and other video
sharing websites. These allowed people to share their funny and crazy videos, thoughtful
videos, educational videos, music, dances, sketches – allowing connection from
the artist to the admirer – be it the rare wildlife caught on camera in “Battle
of Krueger” or the bizarre top hit “Gangnam style” or even stranger subject
matter where young women post a short video clip of their
pretty feet to be admired by thousands of foot lovers with foot fetish.
Apple, followed by Google, fueled creativity among people
with some software skill, allowing downloads of cheap apps via their app stores.
And last but not least, eBook publishing platforms, such as
Kindle and Nook have given unbounded power to the millions of us who feel we
have an interesting story to author, but are too busy to take years of manuscript
propositions to high brow editors at established publishing houses only to be
rejected. Kindle, Nook and other e-publishing platforms allow pretty much any
one with writing talent to share their book with hundreds of millions of
readers across the world.
Recently, I stumbled across “Private Emotions” erotic romance trilogy by a new British author Elize Amornette that is an extremely
good example of the power of platform. This new author has already won the
hearts of thousands of readers across the world, her erotic series both appeals
to our emotional side and sensual sides, whetting and fueling our passions.
The
author and her series was covered at Boston Globe’s Boston.com news website
last month. With her book getting to the coveted top 0.25% sales rank recently,
I am sure Elize Amornette is another star in making, powered by the benevolent
matrix that connects the creator, the artist, the author with his or her
audience. Long live the platforms!
