I found this article to be a little confusing. I thought that it jumped from topic to topic and pretty hard to follow. I read it a couple of times and then I started to understand what she was meaning. Kim Zorn Caputo has made very interesting points about how the human mind works with memories. I believe that when she is explaining how clipping her toes brough her back to her adolescence years, that a person's brain triggers memories in any situations. That doing tasks, seeing images, or even hearing soemthing can trigger a memory for that person. Also another thing is your memory is an art in itself. What a person's memory has stored is like a piece of art, and it will vary with each individual. Also I believe that she is saying that with memory we tend to make memories or "art work" out of mostly the good things in life. People tend to rewrite the memories they have to make it not seem as bad. I believe that we have a camera in our head that captures the memories.
This picture stood out to me because I feel likt it symbolizes a lot about a human's life. I believe that the table symbolizes a human and their life. The sand on top of the table of the memories that they have built up over years and experiences. The sand on the ground are the memories that have faded away and the memories that a person has not yet made.
Great perspective of the sand above and below the table.
ReplyDeleteWow. Very well written. I really liked how you explained the picture with the table and the sand.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw this picture with the table and the sand I just saw a table with sand on top. I wondered why and what is the point to this picture. But with your explanation it makes so much sense and I think that it is a great view on this piece.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your analysis of the photo above. The sand on the ground could also represent the memories people have decided to put behind them. I'm glad I read your post because this photo wasn't very clear to me when I first looked at it.
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