My friend Lina came back from Chicago and went to my apartment this morning. It is a box of mooncake she bought in China Town in Chicago.
This is where I live, Olentangy Village.
I love the sky.
This is the sky above the street next to the upper picure. The streets are close to each other but they have totally different sky.
I donot know what is this.
An asian market near my apartment.
The dinner! I am the cook tonight and my friend said they are delicious.
Responds to Walker and Barrett articles
Walker
What makes me feel interested is that the author said big idea is not always same as the theme and subject matter does not mean big idea. Actually, I always consider theme as the most important role in a work of art because the artists have to follow their theme. But now, I come to realize that there is big ideas that beyond the theme. Big idea is kind of a series of theme. The author used the example of Motherwell's art. The theme of his series is death but the big idea is human emotions. In addition, I think it is easy for us to tell the differences between subject matter and big idea. Subject matter is what the painting seems to talk about but big idea is the things the work really about. For example, if a painting is about sunflower, then sunflower is the subject matter. However, the big idea could be happiness, strength, or anything that reflect the spirit of sunflower.
I do not find anything difficult or problematic in this article actually.
The description of black Sambo reflects the stereotypes. Because of fears, the racists may create the black images with various violent tools such as guns or knives. The racists may also said black men are good at sports which, on the other hand, imply they are poor in brain. That kind of phenomenon shows envy and jealous. In fact, it is not rare in our daily life. One may give the demagoguery that his colleague or classmate are dangerous to persuade others they are bad only because he feel threatened by their talent.
One thing that I feel a little confused is the example of Barthes' analysis of the Panzani spaghetti ad. In fact, I could not recognize how this ad reflect the distinction between denotations and connotations. From the article, I know the ad shows the freshness of the products and the Italianicity. Is the freshness means the denotations and Italianicity refers to connotations? I just think it does not illustrate the true meaning detailedly and appropriately.
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