Well, I finally made it!!

Hi Keri (and anyone else who reads this):

Well, this is my first time blogging and let me tell you the experience of setting this up was very frustrating but now I think worth it!

I am new to school and am an older student than your typical first year university student. Three weeks have gone by since beginning this course and I am finding it very interesting. Things I never really thought about when viewing the world around me is now different. The lecture this week on photography was interesting. I learned a lot but never really thought about pictures we take and what others might do with them. I was reading one of the seminar leaders entry about Kate Winslett and the picture of her on GQ .... I guess I have the same attitude towards photos .... once they are taken who knows what happens to them. Even before the technology we have today pictures could be altered .... airbrushing to make models look better than they appeared. I have three children .... when they get their school pictures done one of the questions on the form to fill out for choosing the picture is .... do you want it altered (remove blemishes and such). I don't think we should be altering the pictures: that is how they looked on the picture day - flaws and all - but its what makes my children who they are!

This course is certainly making me think about visual culture and what we see everyday in the news, tv, magazines, etc. I never realized before how much we look at things and view them as true (at least that is the case for myself!). It has made me think much more about the things we see around us. Loads of questions .... not many answers, yet!

Well, that's it for now .... but I am looking forward to class on Monday.