Week One

We began class by discussing the differences looking and seeing. We basically decided that looking is the physical act of seeing and seeing is looking in depth. We also discussed interpretation and how there is no meaning in a text until someone interacts with it. I thought that this was interesting. It almost sounds like the old question, if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around does it make a sound?



The reading for class basically taught us how to see. One text gave questions to ask when looking at thingss such as, What do I describe? It stressed asking these questions until it becomes habit. I think the idea of learning to see things on a different level is really interesting especially in pop culture. It's so easy to look at something like an advertisment and then forget about it but when you stare at it and ask questions it becomes really interesting. We experienced this in class with a Calvin Klein ad.