We Feel Fine

My first experience with “We Feel Fine” was when Professor Sample demonstrated the site during my recitation class last year.  It has stuck with me every since then.  It actually was really interesting to me- such a different form of expression that I had never really been exposed to.  The first thing I could think of was that it reminded me in a way of Twitter, but the little spheres jumping all over the screen reminded me of people’s spirits floating around. There are so many of us in the world, and many people go day to day hiding their true feelings.  This form of media lets the user put their feeling out there- they can choose to identify themselves as far as age, specific feeling, etc.  or they can just be an anonymous female from the United Kingdom, for example.  What this site displays reminds me of all of the different energies surrounding us, but it is almost like we get a peek inside of those energies- which I find really cool and really bizarre at the same time.  The whole experience also reminds me of this pretty awful movie with Mel Gibson: What Women Want, where his character can “hear” the thoughts of women as they walk by.  The selections at the top where you can narrow down your search to certain things like: Feeling, Gender, Age, Weather, Location, and Date adds a whole new feel to the site.  I guess if you felt a certain way, you could find someone your age, gender, etc. who felt exactly the same way.  It is almost like a game of emotion- you can click any sphere and you will never know what you will come up with.  I think one of the coolest features is that you can choose the exact date and country that you want to find an entry for.  I looked up some entries for the 10th anniversary  of September 11th, and some of the ones posted show just how powerful a seemingly simple site can be.  The queries to narrow the feelings down are really what makes the site interesting.