Reading Response No. 13

Getting Ready to Read:
Since my internet never works and I can't provide a picture of the ad I'm about to describe, I'll do the best I can. the ad that I chose was the Microsoft ad that aired in 1984 during the superbowl. It was to promote a new computer that was coming out that year. I liked the ad because it alluded to the novel 1984, which I loved, but I didn't like it because I didn't because I didn't understand why a new microsoft computer would prevent 1984 from becoming like the book 1984, as the ad states.

Summary:
In her article "The Sticky Embrace of Beauty," Wysocki attemps to show readers how art and or pictures can affect people and their perceptions. She argues that either our or society's notions about beauty can spur different feelings within us as we look at a picture. She also states that this happens with everything we see; not just art.

Synthesis:
This piece could technically be related back to the Berger article we read about nudes, but also I think you could relate it back to the sponsorship articles we read as well. Like how sponsors shape our view of reading and literacy.

Questions for Discussion and Journaling:
2. This would qualify as a low-visual text, due to the few diagrams it contains. Other than these, I thought that visually, it was like any other essay that I have read.

3. This adverstisment doesn't really work for me as a consumer. The ad indeed catches my eye, but I don't feel the need to purchase the book or learn more about the erotic photos it contains.

Applying and Exploring Ideas:
2. I do believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This is because everyone has different ideas of what beauty actually is. I agree with Kant in some sense of what she is saying because no matter how much people diagree about beauty, there is still a general idea of what is at least visually pleasing and what is not.

Meta Moment:
I think that that statement fits this article quite nicely because Wysocki's arguement could be applied to many different types of art, or anything visual, really.

Personal Response:
As I do with most articles, I found this article interesting. However, I didn't understand most of it. So, I guess the parts that I could comprehend were good, but I had trouble wrapping my head around a lot of this article.