This was a lot.
First off I hate arguments. I’m a super laid back person so I don’t really
get into arguments and try to avoid other people’s fights/ debates.
This was a lot of
information than I thought I could ever receive about the subject of
arguing. The only way I could see an
article like to be helpful is if you are looking to become a lawyer or want to
win a debate with someone. Other than
that I don’t see how this can really relate to the photography I want to
do. I guess learning all the facts of
arguing could be useful when someone wants to argue if your work is real art or
maybe argue the meaning behind it. But
one thing I can’t get behind is everything being an argument. Ok if I wore a white shirt today I’m just
wearing a white shirt, maybe I just like it, maybe all my clothes are dirty and
I need to do laundry. And how is the
belated birthday card an example of an argument? I hate this part of English or Art subjects
of learning. To find a meaning or a
point that everything is dissected and thought of to a point that you are
thinking too hard about it. I feel like
you won’t appreciate the art enough if you’re thinking too hard about it. Once in High School my English teacher wanted
to know why the writer described the curtains as red. Then the whole class was going off on all
these ideas about red curtains for 30 minutes.
How about they wanted to add a pop of color to the living room or red
went well with the color scheme of the room.
Anyway learned a lot about something I don’t like to do, different
types, different times, arguing for your type of audience, and a whole lot
more.
Great post. We can talk about this sort of over-analytical stuff in class tomorrow and for the rest of the course too. So you know, I agree with you that not EVERYTHING is an argument -- at least not an intentional one that requires crazy between-the-lines analysis.
ReplyDeleteThe reason why I assigned this reading is to prepare us for the final paper -- that needs to be a thesis-driven *argument*, so I'm trying to get us in the mindset of how we can evaluate something and dig for deep(er) analysis.
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