Being a person that is very straightforward, I don't understand why writers feel they need to make what they write so poetic. I'll admit it took me several times to read through the article, but that is okay since a little extra thinking never hurt anyone. After re-reading and thinking about certain lines in the article, I found some points I find interesting.
My favorite part of the article was when Kim Zorn Caputo said, "Memory is the force behind making art—the drive not to forget." I feel that this is very true because whenever art is made its often in hopes of reviving old memories. These memories aren't always visual images, but can also be smells, feelings or emotions from the time. For example, taking pictures is the modern world's easiest form for anyone to keep a memory. When we see a photo, we are likely to remember a lot of our feelings from that moment or day.
The picture that I was most drawn to was the photo called Rockwood (the creepy tree without leaves). I was drawn to it more than any other because most of the other photos were so obscure that I was nowhere close to having a memory or logical thought when I saw them. This photo makes me think of a scary cemetery scene from a movie. I think this photo addresses the subject of memory because anybody can easily think of some kind of memory when seeing this image. Many people probably do think of a frightening scene from a movie or maybe a creepy old tree they have seen in the middle of a pasture somewhere. It goes beyond the visual aspect because it could also remind someone of feeling scared and getting goose bumps possibly. This isn't to say that images need to be generic for anybody to have a memory from them, but this particular tree photo was a good example.
That same quote was my favorite too, it really is about the drive not to forget. I like your comments on the tree photo.
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