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life68-wearable tech.doc

70-applications.app

72-how tech defined me.doc

48-stuck in a pixel.jpg

58-cmyk.jpg

62-painted rooms.mov

fashion

music34-data howler.mp3

40-macaroni island.doc

38-tech gear.doc

8-poetic justice.jpg

10-ryan polly.mov

12-titanesque.doc

14-from the future.doc

16-irby pace.jpg

18-little docc.jpg

20-icky antics.doc

22-maria razo.doc

24-bell and oak.mov

26-dyemond o’bryan.tiff

photo by vicky andres.

We handpick ten creative individuals to share the story behind the talent.

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In 2009, Dwight James and a few other students at The University

of North Texas began congregating at a hidden spot on campus

known as 'The Rocks'.

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- a Tuesday night event in which any student can show up and

rap, sing, speak or just listen. There are always newcomers; in

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enough room for everyone who shows up.

"I was a freshman when a friend from my hometown who

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remain the same.

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By Jordan Thompson

POETIC JUSTICE

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Reggie Lewis, a poet at UNT, had audience members

crying during his poem about Rwanda. Everything I didn't

know about the holocaust of those people is cringe-worthy,

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knowing more about the world and the people I share it with.

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but I went and watched and afterwards at home, I wrote."

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painting a story with words, and then look at their notebook

sitting in their empty seat and think, "I can only imagine what

is in that thing." You watch them as they sit back down and

become part of the audience again, but this time you know

them in a way that you didn't before.

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your poetry. You know what they say about virgins to the mic.

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are treated with respect, and if they are nervous or they forget

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expression and self redemption.

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for rap. Rap is poetry, and that is why lyricists feel at home at

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when she was in elementary school, and started a poetry club

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better than I do just talking." PJ

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Denton’s creative minds. This self-taught documentarian decided against

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friends who decided to turn their love of geekdom and

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transform oneself from a human to a character is not an

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order to follow through making the costumes I have to fall

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celebrating their fandom. There are unspoken hierarchies

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really changed how I view life," Bukoski added, “but more

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without this. “I know this is just the beginning to really

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64 back in the early ‘90s, and continued to adapt their skills to create for

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audience before deciding to make the move to Denton and focus more

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on web-based and mobile phone games. From “Trouble in Tin Town,” with

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“Best Forgotten Island,” in which a giant hobo ape mingles with dinosaurs

and abominable snowmen, “From the Future” goes to every length to

capture and entertain their audience.

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from scratch, take on an entirely new idea and make it personal.” “From the

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based game where each dwarf has a different ability to achieve the task

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with each other though a simple shake of their phone. The third work in

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either competitively or as a team. “From the Future” is also working with

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from their games are connected and displayed through the TV screen and

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“From the Future” also creates business apps and work for hire when

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companies try to play it safe, “From the Future” is working on getting more

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says his team wants to do mobile games consistently, all the while diving

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Google Glasses, and wearable computers.

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being around all the creative minds Denton has to offer. The Jupiter

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the Future” is here to stay. www.jovianminds.com/

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LIKE TO PUT OUR OWN SPIN ON

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TO START FROM SCRATCH, TAKE

ON AN ENTIRELY NEW IDEA AND

MAKE IT PERSONAL.

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University of North Texas, and that he had hoped to eventually become

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was his dedication to his art.

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store and then left behind in order to explore the ways people capture

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medium and be a part of the process.”

PHOTOS BY LAURA HALL

Everyone sees the same thing, but then they take that and recreate it into their own meaning. Art is universal that way.

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startup tech community meets at the various coffee shops around town.

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attracting startup tech lovers, both old and new, to share, create and grow.

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outlets for you to progress in the tech world.

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Weekends, which is a global organization that the Denton tech community

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is that it's more comfortable,” Galdo said. “The people that do it are

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the brightest lie at the bottom of the stack- and when you

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her peers and professors and is looking to gain momentum in

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places to do everything.” Razo displayed this in her own

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the most authentic gift, really, because its pleasures are ultimately free. For

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does not suffer over the ideals of money.

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he was, just giving me art, as if art was always meant to be given.

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of Friends- just to name a few.

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to focus on work, enjoying the outdoors and drawing new

inspirations, spending time with the homie Bongo and learning

more programming and languages (which he hopes to sprinkle

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realized that the message Datahowler is trying to convey is

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"music trends are cool but there are certain types of art that capture the human conditions so well that it's forever."

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how we interact with our surroundings. I guess to make a long

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they can play any other instrument.”

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stickers stuck in his fur and the sun kept shining. The soccer game

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food, our appreciation for art culture, and our wish that people

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culture as it is moving instead of being a part of it.”

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via Twitter (@datahowler) and Facebook.

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By Cameron TrevinoWith editing by Jordan Thompson.

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praised as one of the best DIY venues in the Denton music

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photographer - taylor scott

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photographer - mike carpenter

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generation has allowed these advancements to help shape our identities

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about our lives in digital format, from breakfast foods to break-ups; we

put it all out there for the world to see. With each post, with each new

upload, our identity changes ever so slightly. It is as if we are creating an

“identity prosthesis” for ourselves, letting the technology stand for who

we are rather than taking a stand ourselves- that is, we often let what is

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day lives. It is no longer an extension or a piece of our identity, but rather

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While we have choice in how we distinguish our identities, we are

ultimately still placed inside a box. The box can only contain so much

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are great, and they serve to direct awareness to options that the majority

of the population were not aware of, but they also limit us and do not

allow for self-proclaimed gender roles- such as tree philanthropist.

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brought countless pieces of our identities together on one platform. By

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familiar with, we can forge connections and relationships that we did not

know existed. These puzzle pieces can enrich our search for those people

we felt had been lost in the past.

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that took a chance in order to make a search for a family name and then

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conversations, a generation was recovered that was thought to be lost,

and the identity of a family was reshaped through the power of technology

and social networking.

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it can be, at least when we play by the rules that have been laid out by the

game maker.

Each post matters, from your wall to mine; they add to our identity,

whether it be genuine or a prosthesis. We are all shaped by this, and we

must continue to evolve and break the rules that have been set out for us.

"With each post, with each new upload, our identity changes ever so slightly."

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9:00am this morning

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photographer - laura hall

asst. art director - stephen petrey

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photos by daniel parker.

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