Kidd
In Cheese Monkeys, Kidd talks about how artists can play
with one’s perception even when only working in a two dimensional space. I found it rather interesting because I took
a psychology class on perception. We use
monoptic and dichoptic visual cues when viewing objects in space. Painters, drawers, etc., rely upon the same
cues to alter how we perceive these objects.
A good example is optical illusions.
I agreed with “Big and Small” as a way to signify
figure/background and importance, but I do not necessarily agree with the order
in which we view art. It could be that I
that I have never noticed myself looking at the top-left portion of an image
and then working my way over and down, but I am not convinced.
Hickey
This article did not do as much for me as the previous one
but then again, I’m not an avid sports fan.
I did like that “the liberating rule that civilized us yesterday will,
almost inevitably, seek to govern us tomorrow.” He compared it to Pollock and how he was told
to paint to show “soul.” I feel that idea
can be superimposed over a lot of things, especially in a college setting.
As I said, I’m not a huge sports fan so the basketball
analogy made it a little difficult for me to relate. This is not to say that I am completely
ignorant to the rules of the game, I just don’t find it to be too terribly
interesting.
Wescler
I found this article to be the most interesting of all. I do not game as much as I used to, but he
Wescler brought up a point that I hadn’t thought of. I assumed that when replaying a game that the
graphics looked worse because I was now comparing it to a newer game that had
come out. It may be the case that since
I already knew the story, the imperfections that were always present were now noticeable
because I was no longer distracted.
The usage of the word “soul” doesn’t do much for me. I understand that he and others are trying to
get at the “essence” of being human but why not use that word? Of course it is impossible to animate the
immaterial or maybe I’m just jaded from the Catholic schooling…
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