Thursday, October 30, 2008

VL: postcard 3









VL: research summation

Curtis' new addition to image interrelates with an obvious index of the pastry blender equals flour. The most common use of flour is to make bread. Bread is a staple food that has a historical,social/cultural. Bread is the baking dough of flour and water, dating back to the neolithic era. Socially/culturally, bread has become a staple in a different way among classed societies. For generations white bread was the preferred of the rich while poor ate dark bread, the connotation has reverse in the 21st century, dark, whole wheat bread is preferred among the middle and upper classes as having superior nutritional value, versus the white bread that is associated with the lower class ignorance of nutritions. Relating bread to phrase such as:

"Gives us today our daily bread" meaning necessities and living conditions in general

Beatnik community (were members of a sociocultural movement in the 1950s that subscribed to an anti-materialistic lifestyle) uses "bread" euphemism for money, much like today's hip hop/pop culture

other phrases bread winner, and putting bread on table relate on a class system of the wealthy and less fortunate.

Bread
Bible- King James Version

Monday, October 27, 2008

VL:Postcard 2 response

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This image gives a off a dark feeling, although it shows itself in somewhat full detail the noise around it as well as the lighting gives off this tone. Allow light into this image gives the object a background, a setting. Other noise such as the dust, smokey, powdery material gives off a mysterious, scary, feeling (YES HALLOWEEN IS FRIDAY.....hmmmm that might sound to cheesy), the torn paper add a second layer of noise. Although it is not clear what these objects are I can assume that it is flour, since this is a pastry blender. I this noise is affecting and assisting the image. I do not no what this noise really is, but can assume, and since the noise is not clear, I left speculating. Curtis image has allowed this object to become apparent as far as what the object is and adding other component associate with it.

Friday, October 24, 2008

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Sunday, October 5, 2008