Saturday, November 28, 2009

My Maiden Jam Piece




This is my maiden piece from Art Jamming at MyArtSpace.

I realised something about myself, I have a knack for self-referential humor.

A quick search reveals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-referential_humor
Self-referential humor or self-reflexive humor is a type of comedic expression that—either directed toward some other subject, or openly directed toward itself—intentionally alludes to the very person who is expressing the humor in a comedic fashion, or to some specific aspect of that same comedic expression. Self-referential humor expressed discreetly and surrealistically is a form of bathos. In general, self-referential humor often uses hypocrisy, oxymoron, or paradox to create a contradictory or otherwise absurd situation that is humorous to the audience.
Self-referential humor is sometimes combined with breaking the
fourth wall to explicitly make the reference directly to the audience, or make self-reference to an element of the medium that the characters shouldn't be aware of.
I am so glad I've discovered this about myself.

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