Chapter One-
Honestly, the first part of chapter one was boring to me. The thing that interested me the most was Giotto’s paintings of facial expressions. I appreciated his way of showing the emotional perspective of whoever he painted. Relating to certain things or events can be hard for some people, but I feel as some level everyone can relate to emotion. I understand Giotto did a lot like: discover the vanishing point, help bring forth humanism, and showed both emotional and visual perspectives in his work. For some reason the quote, “And vanishing point gave us perspective. And perspective is a point of view” was stuck in my head when I finished reading. Maybe it will be useful one day.
The second part of chapter one was more interesting. I enjoyed the section on narrative. As a writer, the section about metaphors interested me a lot. That may be odd, but I relate to this section. When writing poetry the weirdest metaphors will come to me or ill sit there all day trying to come up with one to portray what I want to say without saying it. The strange thing is that metaphors can be both very difficult and very easy depending on the topic.
I may not be getting out of the book exactly what I am supposed to be getting, but I’ve enjoyed certain sections a lot. Random things I’ve appreciated are the pictures and the quotes throughout the chapter. I was surprised to see a scripture quote because it seems now a day’s someone might be “offended” by that. But I liked studying Giotto’s paintings and reading the quotes throughout chapter one.
The second part of chapter one was more interesting. I enjoyed the section on narrative. As a writer, the section about metaphors interested me a lot. That may be odd, but I relate to this section. When writing poetry the weirdest metaphors will come to me or ill sit there all day trying to come up with one to portray what I want to say without saying it. The strange thing is that metaphors can be both very difficult and very easy depending on the topic.
I may not be getting out of the book exactly what I am supposed to be getting, but I’ve enjoyed certain sections a lot. Random things I’ve appreciated are the pictures and the quotes throughout the chapter. I was surprised to see a scripture quote because it seems now a day’s someone might be “offended” by that. But I liked studying Giotto’s paintings and reading the quotes throughout chapter one.
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