We covered a variety of material in mass media Tuesday, but the one that I liked best was the mini movie "Love without Talking." At first, I was surprised that we were watching it in mass media - to be honest, I kind of expected the class to be more of a reading and writing class (I'm definitely not complaining, though!)
Not only was the movie super cute, it was also informative as well. It displayed a lot of types of communication, something which has always interested me. Of course, a major part of the movie was nonverbal communication, such as body language, but symbols/symbolism was also utilized as well. The other thing that really intrigued me in class was the pipe painting by Magritte that reads "this is not a pipe." At first glance, I thought it was mildly humorous, and after we discussed it in class, it provided me with further insight about how things are not things per se unless we make them so. We, as humans, create meaning in the world around us; meaning is not automatically created. This reminded me of the clip we watched, "Waking Life," when the woman in the video talks about how people relate things (emotions, physical objects) to previous experiences. What I find so amazing is that no two people will ever relate the same things in exactly the same way. It's interesting to me to glimpse into how people view and perceive things, since I perceive things in a different way from them. I'm excited to see what else we cover!
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