Love

To me, LOVE does not have a specific image that goes with it, simply a feeling. Love is just the linguistics. Just like McCloud says, we addd our own sensory to things. So, when I thought of love I immediately thought of all the "things" that I have love for. I love people, places, and even things. I could simply post a picture of my boyfriend, my car, or even pizza (all things in which I "love"). But, I chose to display a picture that embodies EVERYTHING that I think love represents.
I chose a picture of my mom and I. This picture is not only one of the people I love the most in this world, but also because we look like we're showing love back to each other. From our body language, to spacing between each other, this picture represents love to me...my mom. =)




PICTURE TAKE TWO:
To me this picture represents the Holidays. It displays everything the Holiday Season is to my family. Every time I look at this picture when I'm away, it gives me something to look forward to when I go home.
Because we assign meanings to things, as a Culture we see an object and assume one thing about it. For example, I look at the hat in this picture and auto think "Christmas." For someone who never heard of Santa Claus before and does not know that he wears one, would just assume my mom is wearing a red hat. This makes the red hat an icon. As a group or culture, we have given that hat a meaning therefore we all think similar thoughts when looked at.
All the happieness in this picture is how the Holidays are viewed in my eyes, everyone "joyful" and cheerful. The holidays bring everyone closer together, hence the reason my mom and I are sitting so close to each other. =)

The.Body.&.The.Visual.

The shapes and lines I drew thouroughly expressed and matched the music i chose to listen to. I feel as if the images we see in our heads go hand in hand with our musical choices. Whether those images are pictures, shapes, object, or even a person. The best way I felt to do this was to simply close my eyes for no distractions and see what my mind and hands come up with.
I listened to pop music and my box was not really filled. There were lots of circles and a couple of stars. I felt pretty happy and "bubbly" when listening so, I'm not too sure if they connected. My gospel box started with little lines, then gradually became larger lines. To me this related because that is how many Gospel songs form, very slow at first and "loud" at the end.
My rap box was totally different from all other boxes. It was filled to the maximum with lines everywhere! I found myself constantly drawing. Looked extremely more passionate than the other lines. Finally my R&B box was almost filled. It consisted of small lines and hearts. Very suttle and calm. Throughout this exercise I really feel like I connected with the music and images relate to not only music, but sound in general.

Talking to strangers

Personally, I have no problem talking to a stranger(kind of weird I know but...hey).
So I decided to talk to someone when I went home for the weekend at a bar. I walked up and met my cool new friend Dave. All I did was introduced myself and the conversation began. It was not hard or even akward. After a ten minute conversation, I learned that Dave wasn't from my hometown, that he worked in the music business, and that he liked my freckles. =) I told him to facebook me b/c I didn't want to give a complete stranger my number. =)

My Second Life

Second Life is a virtual world online where users may interact w/ different people. They have almost everything you would find in the actual world; plus a couple other things. For example, in Second Life users can fly, tel port, and even be fairies. The avatars you can make may be constructed to look just like you or the complete opposite.
I personally do not like Second Life at all! I find it hard to even move let alone talk to people. I also don't like how everyone can see your conversation unless you make it private(which I have not mastered yet. I thought Second Life would be similar to the Sims game, that in which I'm great at, but no, Second Life seems so much more intense. I did find it rather interesting that we were able to have class an interact online. I guess Second Life can be cool if I learned more about it, it just doesn't hold my attention long enough for me to want to learn more.

Twitter vs. Terror

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/01/06/twitter_vs_terror