My Role in Art Department

As a General art editorial staff. I am responsible for art submission acquisition. At the beginning, I asked my friends to submit their photographs and paintings. After we decided the theme as photographs about “journey.” I submitted photographs from my friends and my own for our journal. Fortunately, one fifth of my submissions are selected. I appreciate that I have the chance to assist our editor to finish the job perfectly.  

As a student, I enjoy shooting generous photographs in daily life. I regard photograph as a hobby. As life is a long journey, everyday that we go through should be cherished. Therefore, at every day I went through or every time I went on a journey, I would like to discover beautiful scenes. I seized the opportunities for capturing these beautiful scenes. I appreciate that my works are selected to be publish. I will keep capturing beautiful moment. And I am trying to achieve the goal that my photographs may comfort audience’s soul one day.

My View on Electronic Literature

It was once thought that electronic literature would be hypertext essays. Do you think is true? Why or why not?

No, it is not true. Except hypertext essays, electronic literature also could be other formats, such as hypertext information.

Hypertext information could provide more explanation and information by hypertext, which is convenience for readers to capture more knowledge from essays. For example, we can click author’s name to know the introduction of the author. These explanation and information complete the essay to be perfect.

What does electronic literature look like now?

Electronic literature must has a website. And it is allowed that readers could comment its disseminating knowledge online. With the changing world, electronic literature has a bright future to develop.

How is it different from print literature?

Benefits:

Electronic literature is not printed. And it is cheaper much cheaper than print literature. Once you have technological tools, you can access whatever electronic literature you want. Therefore, it is very easy to access electronic literature.

Detriments:

Electronic literature has less value than print literature, because we don’t own electronic literature. It is disseminating knowledge online, so electronic literature belongs to everybody who can access it. Moreover, print literature is real exist so that it has permanence ownership. You own it forever.

My Ending of Killing Alec:

My Ending of Killing Alec:

“He climbed out of the hole, glistening in mud. He really was beautiful. We admired him. We exhaled smoke again, slowly this time. Thoughtful.”

“ It’s true that we can’t live without Alec,” I thought.

 Looked at Alec who was glistening in mud, we did not want to kill him anymore. Our pretty, funny and beautiful Alec, we adored him so much so that we could not imagine the life without him. Coincidentally, we rushed to him and hugged him. All of us were stained with mud from our Alec. Of course, we forgave him and decided to give up the merciless plan.

 We shared Alec happily ever after.

The Reasons:

There are two reasons for explaining why I choose the “shared“ type ending.

First，there are too many details show that “we” love Alec very much. “We” would be jealous of each other because “we” love him. So I believe that they don’t want to Alec really be killed in their heart.

Second, the term “our Alec” is appeared twice time and they use “we” as a subject, which reveals that we would like to forgive and share Alec.

Combine Images in Meaningful Way

The original picture is describing a really beautiful，charming girl leans against the underbrush in the countryside. It shows the nature, youthful girl is enjoying her life happily. Audience can gain aesthetic feeling from it. I want to subvert her beautiful face and break the aesthetic feeling so I add Simpson’s image. The Simpson's image makes the picture becomes funny and humorous. 

Response To The Class On November 24

Today, we have discussed the different between copy and imitation (copy vs. imitation.) Zoe proposes the idea about idea and expression that we can convey a same idea in different expressions. Then Tess says imitation would give the thing a new meaning. I agree with their ideas totally. In my opinion, copying is died thing without soul, but imitation is newborn.

Dr. J shows us three samples that are subverted by editors. The first one is a famous painting of a prideful and nobiliary madam. She’s original expression is bored, disdainful and superior. Editor changes her face to Mr. Bean’s humorous face. The second one is a portrait painting of George Watsontown, which is looking like detained, thoughtful, tired, distant, important and presidential. After the face is changed to Mr. Bean’s, the original meaning is subverted again. The new image shows challenge authority, energetic and intimacy. The last sample is Starbucks’ logo, which is showing uniformity (success and lack of authenticity) and a mermaid (root in Moby Dick by Herman Melville, which is peaceful, educated and enterprising.) Then, Dr. J draws two guns in mermaid’s hands. The peaceful mermaid becomes a violent and arrogant cowboy with maniacal smile who disregards rules.

It is interesting to give visual art a new meaning. And I have gained the knowledge about the different between copy and imitation.

What’s Love?

Love is defined by “a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure.” It is divided into four parts: “kinship or familiarity, friendship, sexual or romantic desire, and self-emptying or divine love. “

Love is a kind of emotion about care, loyalty, and goodwill. Of course we can love many people at same time, such as family, friends, lovers, etc. However, I think human beings should obey monogamy in romantic love. Love in the story Killing Alec, belongs to romantic love, but it is described ridiculously. The narrator reveals that Alec loves all of five girls. Besides, in the appellation “our Alec,” I realize that girls seem like loving exclusively but they also would like to share Alec’s love. They permit polygamy in their subconsciousness, which is ridiculous in a civilized society.

Love can be shared in familiarity or friendship, but not for romantic desire. In my perspective, romantic love should be monogamy. Monogamy is better for people’s relationships in marriage, and it is improving females’ status as well.