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<\/p>\nWow!\u00a0 This was a tricky task. – Thank you for a thought provoking week!<\/p>\n
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Emoji Book Summary<\/a> (this is a link to a PDF)<\/p>\n “The main point is that the relationship between word and image is becoming unstable” (Bolter, p.49).<\/p>\n Bolter discusses at length how the relationship between words and images is tenuous and constantly shifting.\u00a0 I was quite inclined to agree with him about the power of the visual image, being a visual artist myself, but having worked on this week’s tasks for hours and finding no sense of success has really changed my thinking.<\/p>\n While films have much power and cultural importance (p. 57, Bolter), I would argue that images without language haven’t the same weight and that pictures and words will be interdependent for years to come.\u00a0 Emoji’s have a place in sending messages and adding tone, but I was unable to string together any real sentences or detailed descriptions.\u00a0 In trying to summarize the latest book that I read, I found that I had to keep removing details that I felt were important to the characters and the story line.\u00a0 Now, I have a brief summary of what could be any ‘whodunnit?’\u00a0 style of mystery.<\/p>\n In short, using generic images resulted in a generic plot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Though this seems obvious to me now, I needed to complete the task to truly understand what Bolton meant when he wrote, “…picture writing lacks narrative power” (p. 59).\u00a0 \u00a0I am relating this back to a self portrait project that I am working on with my senior Art students this week and next, where they use Typography or written words to create the value ranges in their images.\u00a0 We discuss how a simple portrait describes what they look like and the words they use describes who they are.\u00a0 These can be quite powerful when completed.\u00a0 \u00a0Another timely art lesson!<\/p>\n