Thursday, September 20, 2012

Seeing 1&2 Pg. 94

What stood out to me the most from the image of the fabricated room had to be the vast number of basketball cards coding the wall. this let me know that there is a passion for basketball as well as the basketballs everywhere and the posters. I think the most prominent detail would have to be the worn down shoes that to me, say the room belongs to a young athlete thats very active often.
I think that Osorio succeeded at making it appear as a teenager's room because everything implemented is related to one thing which says the persons whos room it is has alot of time on their hands which would more likely be a teenager.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Magazine-Related Post

The magazine I brought to class was "Hip-hop Weekly". I can not honestly say it is my favorite magazine, but it is a magazine that I do pick up from time to time and glance through to view what is currently happening in the music industry as far as the hip-hop arena is concerned. My magazine mainly talks about What hip-hop celebrities are doing weekly and relationships between rappers and other celebrities in the hip hop world.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Seeing 2 (pg. 91)

I think Cole ends her essay by quoting another author because the thoughts expressed in that quote struck her and sparked a lot of the thoughts and ideas she expressed in the essay. I think she quotes the other biologists and authors in her essay for the same reason, and because she uses the facts and philosophies she quotes from them to develop her own ideas and philosophies. I think there would not be as much of a difference if she were to end the last paragraph with the first sentence of that paragraph because it expresses the same ideas.

Seeing 1 (pg. 91)

From reading "A Matter of Scale", K.C. Cole finds the idea of an "invitation to a world where everything measures much bigger or smaller than ourselves", to be "magically seductive". I think what intrigues, her the most is the the fact that there are entities and organisms that can be so small but capable of actions that require massive strength for their size; and that we do not think about it because we normally only perceive things that pertain to what is applicable to our size/what we can see at a short distance. For example, something as small as a flea being able to lift 160,00 times it's own weight, and jump 100 times it's own height, is something that can change our perception of our own capabilities if we actually attempted to grasp the complexity of the tiny universe they live in. Facts such as this and other facts Cole stated in the reading change the way i think because now I am viewing the world and the universe and it's size differently because I am finding it all to be much larger than I perceive it to be.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Andrew Fridge- Seeing 2

Out of the photos that Peter Menzel took, I have found the photo of the Aboubakar family from Chad and the photo of Medoza family from Guatemala to be similar. They are much alike to me because they both have only fruits/vegetables and plants. There appears to not be any technology around them, which can indicate many specific nuances about their culture/enviornment and morals.

Andrew Fridge- Seeing 1

I would describe Menzel's photo's as very distinct/cultural, and personal. They were very detailed, and told stories about the people/families in them. I think these pictures say that these families are grateful for what they have, and that that gratefulness can bring a family closer together. My appreciation for the photos are enhanced by Faith's summary because it is understood that food is starting to become more available in  of countries that struggle with poverty.