I enjoyed the article “Understanding Comics” by
Scott McCloud. It was entertaining, funny, a little complicated, but true. I
agree that “we” do program ourselves to believe that a representational symbol
is the actual object or person. Take a look at how street signs have an affect
on us. If the word Yield was in the red octagon with white letters, we would
STOP instead of Yield. Why? Because we would associate the symbol and not
read the sign. Think about it!! We are so used to seeing the red octagon
as STOP that we don’t read the signs, we just see them. It would be the same as
taking a minute to comprehend what we are actually seeing versus what the word
says when we have to read the words red,
blue, green,
yellow out loud. It will be difficult. If
we took more time to examine, read, and process information then our lives would
be much smoother to live.
anonymous on 14 Apr 08my problem with this is that it's defying nature. I am a huge naturalist and I belive that we have earthquakes for a reason. In fact, anything that happens naturally but in considdered a disaster happens for a reason. Us knowing when an earthquake might hit prevents the earthquake from doing what its meant to do. Despite the fact that kill, maybe that's just what they are meant to do.
