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On page 29, it talks about signs and meaning. One thing I really notice often with myself being an active Facebook user,  is seeing posts that draw one meaning to me. Then I share it and it has a completely different meaning to a friend of mine that posts or shares. I think this is one of the best things about art. No one person sees the same, everyones seeing with a different imagination.

:-)Jocelyn

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My favorite part of the reading this week is about the myth of photographic truth. I've always been big into taking pictures capturing moments. Enjoyed the Trolley photo on page 19. Being an emotional person that sees pictures and really feels them. The story in these old truth photos really mean more than just a picture. It shows struggle,  heartache, and strength through a troubled time. 

A tragedy that has taken place this year that photos really draw attention and brought not only a state but also a nation together is the Boston Marathon Bombing, which a student and I where talking about in class. Two of my cousins where running this particular morning and took photos of this tragedy, luckily they weren't injured, but the photos when I saw them on Facebook really hit home, reality, truth in the making, captured forever. 

Less than a month after the bombing a little girl in Disneyworld, Florida  was wearing a picture of a person, and under it said Boston Strong. I asked her if the shirts where for sale and if she knew the person in the photo. Her words was that it was her father. That really was a moment, a face not forgotten to this day. Her wearing that shirt made a statement one photo, two words.  

We may forget tragedies they're on the news one day and gone the next but photography catches that moment and makes a statement in the eyes of everyone differently and is a remembrance when its hard to remember. 

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Well I had plenty of reading time tonight in the ER with my little girl. We sat there over 3 hours for antibiotics! Got to love healthcare. 

Anyways heres what I've found while reading the text tonight:-)

While reading the text I've really grown fond of the KEY QUESTION boxes. They not only are a great source of knowledge but easy straight forward questions that are easy to come back on later after reading text. I think these boxes are going to become helpful throughout the semester for refreshers. 

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Well, I have read the required chapters and feel the book is great in information in a easy to follow way which is great for me since I am a beginner DTC student, and have 0 prior prerequisite in the Major. I was brought up with a large family of medical, science, and engineering family members and math and science is the field I was pushed into. Two credits away from finishing at CBC in Business I changed majors and school. Art, though I have never studied it has always been my passion and hobby, I've always been rewarded in my work for thinking outside the box and using imagination. A lot of the names and artists from the reading I do not know, but am truly amazed by how lines and color changes appearance of viewers prospective. For an example on page 11 they explain line use and share example of cover images, I can see that the lines shares the plot for the story taking place and how important understanding how different shapes and line shift meaning in art.