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September 27, 2005
Semiotics And Iconography
I found these readings (the long one in particular) a bit confusing and difficult to follow. I cannot wait to discuss them in class and I hope to get a better handle on the topics being discussed.
Other than that, the main emotion running through my head when reading these essays (and also Chapter 1 of Practices of Looking), was that I cannot believe that all of these theories and ideas about viewing an image go through our brains so fast. I am always amazed at what our brain can do, and this certainly tops it all. We are able to spend as little as three or four minutes looking at an image and immediately form connotative and denontative ideas. That this goes on our brain without us even knowing amazes me.
I was also interested in the differences in opinion and belief between the book and the "handout essays". This just goes to show that although something is in a text book or an essay, it certainly does not have to be fact. --Brenna DeCotis
Posted by lciscotis at September 27, 2005 06:27 PM