My name is Maribel Madison and this is my embarrasing story.
About ten years ago when I was in high school, I used be part of the cheerleading team at Kennewick High School. Every year the team participated at the Benton Franklin County Fair Children’s Day, and we would do a short 3 minute performance.
The first three years of high school memory performances at the fair are a complete blur to me except for my senior year in high school. It was a hot Wednesday afternoon. I was wearing the typical cheerleading uniform: a short pleated skirt, spankies- what looks like boyshorts - and a thick restricting shirt known as a shell. The usual routine before a performance for the team was to check each other and make sure you were wearing the right attire as sometimes there was miscommunication between the girls and some end up wearing the wrong uniform. For others it could have been simply overdoing their make-up and needed a little assistance from a fellow cheerleader. The purpose of this routine was to keep us all uniformed.
This year’s fair performance started no different than the rest. I felt a little nervous in the huddle as I visualized the entire cheer routine in my head- making sure I had it down. The last few seconds before we went on stage for the performance, I bent over to make sure my cheer shoes were tied. I did not want to embarrass myself in front of the crowd by tripping on my laces. While I was so busy concerned with my laces, a bee stung me right on my butt cheek- making it swollen and red the size of an apple.
I knew it was an extremely short notice to be removed from the performance or for someone to swap spots with me, and- of course- I was in the front center. Shortly I hear the crowd cheering us on. The music begins! All the cheerleaders move to their positions and I move rapidly to mine. I pulled through the entire routine with pain and a familiar smile that you had seen on the movie “Bring It On”. And NO! this smile was not an intentional one. I was trying so hard not to show my pain.
After the performance, I told my coach what had happened to me. She took a look and ended up sending me to first-aid to get an ice pack. I spent the rest of the day walking around the fair with my friends and an ice pack on my swollen derrière. Despite the pain and discomfort, I was not about to let a stinging bee ruin my day.
#2 the dangers of amplification through simplification is that "As we continue to simplify our image. We are moving further and further from the "real" face of the photo(4. My understanding that these simplified images become one exaggerated layer of the entire picture. And the question is did the right one get represented? which to me becomes the danger in the simplification.
McCloud, Scott. The Vocabulary of Comics. Print.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
DTC 475 Post One
Foss, Foss and Trapp describe Rhetoric by stating, “It is an art and a discipline that facilitates our understanding of the nature and function of symbols in our lives. How we percieve what we know, what we experience, and how we act are the result of our own symbol use and that of those around us; rhetoric is that term that captures all of these proccesses.For us,rhetoric is the human use of symbols to communicate."(1).
In my previous post I mention that rhetoric to me can be anything captured in our lifes and used for an audience. Almost as if we capture a picture in our mind of a moment in our lifes, process a thought about something,and then fire an intent to respond in one or more mediums to a particular audience.
I am connected to facebook regularly.... for the most part I find this culture to be quite informative for the most part. The first thing you get greated with on Facebook is... what's on your mind?. Making it inviting for you to project your thoughts. Not only do I get to project my own for others to read but I also recieve I get updates like a virtual newstand on whats going on with my friends, family and favorite art galleries. All filtered to my own personal interests.
In my previous post I mention that rhetoric to me can be anything captured in our lifes and used for an audience. Almost as if we capture a picture in our mind of a moment in our lifes, process a thought about something,and then fire an intent to respond in one or more mediums to a particular audience.
I am connected to facebook regularly.... for the most part I find this culture to be quite informative for the most part. The first thing you get greated with on Facebook is... what's on your mind?. Making it inviting for you to project your thoughts. Not only do I get to project my own for others to read but I also recieve I get updates like a virtual newstand on whats going on with my friends, family and favorite art galleries. All filtered to my own personal interests.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
DTC 355 Post One
Blog #1
Foss, Foss and Trapp describe Rhetoric by stating, “It is an art and a discipline that facilitates our understanding of the nature and function of symbols in our lives. How we percieve what we know, what we experience, and how we act are the result of our own symbol use and that of those around us; rhetoric is that term that captures all of these proccesses.For us,rhetoric is the human use of symbols to communicate."(1).
My understanding from the above, I believe that rhetoric is everything and anything captured in life and then used to communicate with an audience. The three authors mention the human use of symbols to communicate as their meaning for rhetoric. For example I picture valentine's day, if you get red roses from a significant other you know you are loved. As an american girl you associate red roses with love and passion.
rhet·o·ric /ˈrɛtərɪk/ Show Spelled[ret-er-ik]
–noun
1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
2. the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech.
3. the study of the effective use of language.
4. the ability to use language effectively.
5. the art of prose in general as opposed to verse.
6. the art of making persuasive speeches; oratory.
7. (in classical oratory) the art of influencing the thought and conduct of an audience.
8. (in older use) a work on rhetoric.
Work Cited
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rhetoric
Foss, Foss and Trapp describe Rhetoric by stating, “It is an art and a discipline that facilitates our understanding of the nature and function of symbols in our lives. How we percieve what we know, what we experience, and how we act are the result of our own symbol use and that of those around us; rhetoric is that term that captures all of these proccesses.For us,rhetoric is the human use of symbols to communicate."(1).
My understanding from the above, I believe that rhetoric is everything and anything captured in life and then used to communicate with an audience. The three authors mention the human use of symbols to communicate as their meaning for rhetoric. For example I picture valentine's day, if you get red roses from a significant other you know you are loved. As an american girl you associate red roses with love and passion.
rhet·o·ric /ˈrɛtərɪk/ Show Spelled[ret-er-ik]
–noun
1. (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
2. the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech.
3. the study of the effective use of language.
4. the ability to use language effectively.
5. the art of prose in general as opposed to verse.
6. the art of making persuasive speeches; oratory.
7. (in classical oratory) the art of influencing the thought and conduct of an audience.
8. (in older use) a work on rhetoric.
Work Cited
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rhetoric
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