This lecture was good but it didn’t spark my interest as much as others did although some good points where made. I liked the quote on refusal “refusal is the everyday practice of saying no to the structures that consign us to death” I thought this was very poignant as it made me evaluate the everyday infastructures and institutions that we are made to conform with from birth without having a choice. Also, acceptance of societal norms without consciousness, this is something I have been thinking a lot recently and it aligns with my meditation practice of mindfulness and the act of trying to be mindful about the things that I consume and the things I take for granted. Also being a creative there is a lot of pressures that we must act a certain way or have a certain way we deliver our art. Maddisons views on aesthetics and ways of delivering art to the public raised these thoughts in my head and made me think of new more unconventional ways to release my art into the world.
