Writing Assignment #1

1. What do you see? (Literally describe what is in the picture i.e. an old man sitting on a park bench in the winter feeding birds. There is snow, three trees to his left, and he is wearing a red scarf...go more in depth than this, though).

2. What does that make you think about? (i.e., that makes me think he is retired and lonely).

3. How does that make you feel? (it makes me feel sad that he is lonely, but happy that he is active and finding something that makes him happy).

Limbo 5, 2004 © Bianca Brunner

 1. There is a girl in a thin dress running into a body of water. It is very dark out, so it must be very late at night. She is facing away from us, and her arms are swinging as if she is trying very hard to get away from where we are. We can not see anything past where she is in the water, so we do not know where she is headed to. The water is not calm, but not very choppy. The icy blue-green color of the water makes me feel as if the water is very cold.

2. The image makes me think that she is trying to get away from someone or some thing, as she is not gradually wading, but rather is headed in to the water full-force. I think that she is scared of something, but brave enough that she is trying to escape. I feel as though she must be leaving some kind of big event or party, because she is dressed in what appears to be a nice event.

3. It makes me feel a little afraid and cold. What is coming after her? What will happen to her? I am afraid that she will drown or get hypothermia. I also feel very cold looking at this image because the water appears to be icy, and often water gets very cold when it is so dark out.

Watering Hole © Amy Stein

1. There is a big black bear staring at a little girl, who is on the opposite side of a chain linked fence, looking back at the bear. She appears to be frozen with fear. She is wearing a bathing suit and is standing at the end of a diving board of a pool which is below her, in what appears to be her backyard. There are no other adults around, and she appears to be all alone, other than the bear. The bear and the girl's body posture are mimicking each other, both standing tall with their arms and hands (or paws) at their sides.  

2. I think that the bear and the girl are both equally afraid of each other. I think the girl is wondering why there is a bear right by HER backyard, and I think the bear is wondering why this little fur-less thing is by HIS drinking hole. 

3. This makes me sad because the bear would probably be seen as the "bad guy" in this image, when it is actually the girl and her human family that have built their home where this bear naturally lives. I am afraid that the bear will be hunted down and killed, because he is seen as invading the people's habitat.