Words and images - Li Jen

I am going to talk about “words and images”. The following key terms that I will use in my essay and help me to think. Word: a single unit of language which means something and can be spoken or written. Images: A picture of somebody/something seen in a mirror, through a camera, or on a television or computer Calligraphy: The art of producing decorative handwriting or lettering with a pen or brush

Abstract: not representing people or things in a realistic way, but expressing the artist's ideas about them 

Subject matter: the ideas or information contained in a book, speech, painting, etc.

I choose this topic because it is intensely interesting for me. However, this idea would help me

to know art from another way.

First, these ideas give me thinking about art. Art would be a life style, just like drink cup of

coffee, it is include part of art. Second, “picture’ gives people image is very quickly because you

can see. If word with picture that would have different thinking.

Words and Images 

            Art is a lifestyle, it include everything. Painting is art work. Statue is art work. Cooking is art work too. Therefore, word and image is part of the art. Not only calligraphy can name art. Not only famous image can name art. Everything you can read, and everything you can see. It is art. Just depend how you define.

 “Words and images” is important to show how people think and their opinion. Before human being creates character, how did they communicate? They might use picture. However, some pictures you don’t need to describe in words, and then you will just know what it means. (See picture 1) when people see this picture, they will know it means “hush” and “quiet”. Therefore, some word have “picture”, also include another meaning inside. (See picture 2) you can see the logo “FedEx”. It is a “word”, but you also can see an “arrow” between E and x. The reason is “FedEx” not just “FedEx”, it also means “keep going, never stop”. It is a promise with FedEx. In my opinion, when people see the same word at the same time, they will not think about same image. For example, when I see the word “apple”, I would think “iphone”, but some people would think about “ipad”. When I see “mother’, I will think about my mother, for some people they will recall their mother. It is a reason about same word, but it has different picture mirrored their mind.

On another hand, if picture with strange word that would be another thinking. “This is not a pipe”, it means something is not a pipe, but on top of the sentence is a pipe. You see a pipe, but you also see a sentence that tells you it is not a pipe. Which one is correct? A Sentence or a pipe? Compare to the logo “FedEx”. When you know there is an “arrow” between E and x, you will focus this arrow more than the word. In this pipe, when you see the pipe’s picture, you know it is a pipe. When you see the sentence “this is not a pipe”, you may confuse about what you see.

This pipe gives me something to think about. Most of the time, my opinion would bind to be subjective. If I want to understand something, I need to put down my subjection. Just like a cup. If a cup has water already, it is difficult to pour new water. If I have too many personal opinions, it is difficult to see everything, even just see an art work. However, this is not a pipe because pipe is not a “this”, pipe is a pipe.