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October 07, 2005
Words and Pictures
Words and pictures can have so many different meanings. They can mean something solitarily or they can mean something in combination with each other. This is what makes their meaning have such variety.
I think that both words and pictures can be powerful in their own way. Words tell the reader exactly what is meant to be interpreted, like for instance "the sky is blue". If this statement is read, then the person reading it will know that the sky is blue. If someone see's a picture of the sky that might not be so blue, maybe grey, the picture would have a completely different meaning. The picture could mean that it was a gloomy day or that maybe it was about to rain. In this case the picture and words have very different meanings. When a picture and words are together, the words can sometimes explain what is going on in the picture. This can be beneficial for anyone.
I also love how the reading on words illustrated that photographs can at times be subjective. A photograph is essentially a capture of a moment in reality. However a painting is a copy of reality. The difference in these two can be extremely different or very similar. They can either cause descrepencies or very realistic imitations. There is so much variety to words and pictures that two people can interprete so many different meanings from the same subject.
--Yasmin
Posted by lcisperez at October 7, 2005 06:28 PM
Comments
With which are you more comfortable, Yasmin? Words or images? With which do you find it easier to express yourself?
Posted by: Ellen Grabiner at October 9, 2005 07:44 AM
I find words easier to express myself, because I can write about anything in a number of different ways, and to me it gives me great variety of expression.
--Yasmin
Posted by: Yasmin at October 10, 2005 02:28 PM