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2.2: DDR2

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DDR2:Morning Dew or Petro Smog: This post I read at 11 o’clock on March23, just checking to see what was due for the week with English.

Draft:

My interpretation of the photo was that it was possibly early morning hours in a season where the sun doesn’t come up until late. Around some mountainous area, where we can view the fog running down the mountains from afar watching through a window. The house window located on some other geographical side of a populated village. Saying I never saw fog down a mountain. Ah guess not, I am instead in a parking lot and someone left the grocery cart way out. Guess they didn’t feel like pushing it all the way back to the store. Read a few lines down and they mention it was petrochemical related so there is possibly an industry around. It could be photochemical smog. Awh! This changes my look on this parking lot, it’s not natural dew its being smogged and smothered, sucks that this is the equivalence of the carbon monoxide can put out. Climate change has been on the LP for the longest while and we still need to fix so many things apart from the climate. Another opinion.  I am supposed to be descriptive about this picture. This picture two looks like the shopping complex had to be large, I view the sport type flood lights in far distances and so many of them. Even if there are no shopping places for the shopping cart around, and let’s say this parking lot was maybe somewhere near a stadium. It hard to say I see no surrounding details. It is hard to tell since the smog smothers all the detail. For certain we know it is a parking lot because it has the line markings that are descriptive of a parking lot.

Revision:

This picture two looks like the shopping complex had to be large, I view the sport type flood lights in far distances and so many of them. Even if there are no shopping places for the shopping cart around and lets say this parking lot was maybe somewhere near a stadium. It hard to say I see no surrounding details. It is hard to tell since the smog smothers all the detail. Certainly, we know it is a parking lot because it has the line markings that are descriptive of a parking lot.

Reflection:

I know I did not watch the video for this yet but will do so after. On reflection I still have a undecided view that this shopping cart could have very well been placed in a stadium, I do not see many parking lots with those types of flood lights. Just my opinion. I do note that I changed my view of thinking it was in the morning, dew hours to may be a tie in the afternoon where the photochemical smog could be thick at that hour. My first interpretation was that it was early in the morn and misty conditions prevailing. Good time for the weatherman to say put on those fog lights and drive safely. The description of DDR was the view a got from glancing on the other posts. Nicely done.

 

Empty Shopping Cart Tells a Tale

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Draft

There is a shopping cart in the middle of an empty parking lot. It’s very foggy as well which makes it difficult to see beyond 50 feet of the shopping cart. The cart seems to be empty inside so perhaps someone left it there instead of putting it with the other carts. The parking lot lights are on so it might be night time. The parking lot is big as there are many street lights glowing in the distance. There are however no signs of people or cars nearby. It’s a small cart left in one of the solid lines dividing the parking space for two cars. One of the light poles towards the left of the cart seems to not be lit. There seems to be a few trees in the distance.

 

Revision

This is a shopping cart found in an abandoned Tanger outlet parking lot found near a petrochemical factory. There are no people or cars to be found nearby perhaps because of the pollution from the factories, that might also be the reason behind the fog in the parking lot. The visibility is reduced to roughly 50 feet. The street lights are kept on perhaps because it’s nighttime or because of the fog. The lot itself is clean and free of most marks due to the absence of shoppers. Some of the light bulbs aren’t lit. Maybe there isn’t much maintenance done. The employees might also be limited as there is no one to put the cart back with the rest.

 

Reflection

This activity challenged my ability to think about the story behind a picture that I initially wouldn’t have taken time out to examine. It is a good practice in my opinion because it proves that pictures speak a thousand words. I revised what I wrote because the title gave me the setting of the picture which explains why it is abandoned and when and where it was taken. I was able to understand that it was by a factory which explains why it’s so foggy or smoky in the parking lot. I enjoyed the activity because everyone has a different version of the story behind this picture.

Post 2.2

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Draft

 The focal point of this image is the shopping cart surrounded by fog. The fog encases everything around it even the light posts in the distance. No matter how close or far the light just gets lost within the fog’s grasp. The shopping cart is singular with nothing around it but emptiness. All of the lights but one are on and shine through the fog. As one peers into the fog visibility gets lost bit by bit until nothing else can be seen

Revised

The focal point of this image is the shopping cart engulfed by fog. The fog appears to be inescapable, swallowing everything in its path until there is no visible sign of what once was. Not even the illuminating street lights are spared as its once bright lights now get dimmed by the unknown. The shopping cart is solitary with nothing around it but emptiness. The deeper in the fog one goes less of the surrounding area can be seen.

From my descriptions the feeling that I get from this is despair and hopelessness. The lights represents hope however as the fog consumes this hope and they get lost in the fog this feeling gets weaker and weaker until completely engulfed. The one light that has been dimmed out represents hope that has already faded.

The center of attention being the shopping cart in the the empty parking lot embodies fear or isolation. It shows how this fog leaves the  area to be excluded, untouched, and abandoned by humanity. After knowing the setting and the name of the image I would say my thinking isn’t really influenced much because I felt like my ideas what is line with what was trying to be presented.

Reflection

This activity for me was difficult at first because at the moment that I started the first activity with having to describe the image as is, I could not help but already try to find meaning or a reasoning why this image was taken or why it meant. However once it came to the revision I found it easier to write as I already knew what ideas to expand on because I’ve gotten used to the idea on trying to find meaning in different types of media. I chose to revise my description with words that I feel better illustrate my ideas because the use of different words might have the same meaning might have a different feeling or sentiment when used.

Photograph

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Marisol Simon

 

Draft 

          The focus of this image is an empty shopping cart. You might think it’s the lamps like even the one right behind the shopping cart may look like the focus since it’s the closest but if that were the case then there wouldn’t be more lamps shining light and for the shopping cart there is only one. The fog on the background also hides anything and everything besides the light of the lamppost. The shopping cart is alone, isolated making a reader think focus on the cart. 

Revision

       The photograph of this image is an empty shopping cart, which is the main focus of this picture. You might think it’s the lamp in the middle because it’s the brightest, if that were the case then there would only be one lamp and many shopping carts. The lamps provide this light that just bring the shopping cart into view. Everything is dark, there is no other source of light but the lamps and the light of the moon. The fog blocks out background details, giving off chilling vibes. Makes you wonder why there is only one shopping cart in the parking lot.

Reflection

At first I was confused because I didn’t know anything about the picture so I didn’t know if we had to describe what it meant to us but then I read the instructions (LOL).  Describing what’s in the picture wasn’t hard but the revision was, I didn’t think I did enough and I chose to give more supporting facts to why the shopping cart is the main focus because I don’t know if we were suppose to bring our own feelings and thoughts to this, and I know we shouldn’t generalize but i don’t know if I was going to maybe go off topic so I just stayed safe and wrote about why the shopping cart is the center of the picture.

POST 2.2

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DRAFT

It’s foggy
Abandoned
Dark and cold
Not a single soul outside
Not a single creek or murmur
A mist of fear and absence
But the lights , the bright lights that led the way
The lamp posts were like stars in the night sky
The cart hangs alone
Still and quiet
The star of this dark show

REVISION

What was once so natural is now depleting right before my eyes. We used to play around with the carts while my parents shopped for sales and antiques. The lot was large, noisy, lively. The lot doay, is now a dark place. The crisp, raw air wreaked of petrochemicals. The fogg was intense and powerful, covering the area around. A mist of fear and absence. The lamp posts glistened with their bright lights. A torch through the fog. The cart stood alone. This was an abandoned lot, a cursed lot. What was once so lively was now so grave.

At first I wrote out what I saw in a poetry format, it helped me list details and describe the visuals. The challenge was incorporating concrete descriptions and to expand on the ideas. I choose to change the writing style to elevate the story and to bring out the descriptions.

2.2

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Draft

It’s cold and wet. It feels like the perfect  horror scene, a deserted eerie night full of fog that that creepy neighbor that know one ever sees pop up and snatches you. It is creepy and unnerving but yet it is peaceful and simple. The fog blurring everything in the background except for one single carry cart. No logo indicating where it belongs and nothing in it indicating that someone used it is. It is just there in the middle of  the fog, in the night, alone in an empty car lot. The colors bleak white with light post blurred in the back with dark gray concrete and a black pushing cart in the center of the photo.

 

 

Revision

The night is still and you are in the middle of a parking lot. There is nothing in site, you look out into the lot and you see fog. Fog so thick that the only thing you can see is the lights in the lot in the background and a very lonesome cart. Positioned perfectly, centered is a cart with nothing in it. It looks eerie, one single cart in the middle of the lot surrounded by fog with no one in sight. Alone. The simplicity of the view and the hard contrast of the dark gray concrete and the misty cloud white fog make it seem unreal and unnerving.

 

Reflect on this activity

At first I thought I did a good job in describing the picture however, after watching the video I realized that I still managed to put my own input. For instance in the draft I start of by saying it is cold and wet, but I do not know that I am simply assuming based of  what I felt would be appropriate in the context of this photo. So in the revision I tried to still get the creepy feeling I got across while just describing what I see without my own personal input.

Post 2.2:

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Draft:

To me, this image symbolizes the coronavirus and its scare on people. This is a good picture that shows quarantine and how it is supposed to be. It also reminded me of a zombie movie, because in the movies the streets and parking lots and just outside, in general, are desolated and gives a very horrid feeling. I get the feeling of emptiness and social restraint when I look at this picture because the parking lot at a supermarket is completely empty and there is fog; the fog amplifies the effect of the “danger” of being outside at this time in history. 

 

Revision: 

I see an empty steel shopping cart in an empty parking lot. The paint that is used to put the lines in the lot is white. There is so much fog that the lights in the parking lot look like they are far away but you can tell they are close because there is one that is close to the cart. The fog is so hazy that the light from the lamps is getting blurred and distorted. This scene looks very scary to me. It makes me feel that something bad has been happening to the area and in the area and the weather is always like this. Now that I’ve read the title of the picture, I think this might represent some effects of climate change and how climate change will make the future dark like this. 

 

Reflection:

I decided to actually include some visual descriptions to make it imaginable. The lights and the fog really speak to me so I gave that more than one sentence. And honestly, I still don’t get the point of the picture.

Something was coming !

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Draft 1

It was a cold and gloomy night , the sky was so cloudy no one can even see past the mist . A closer look at the picture show the weather was extremely unpleasant , a empty parking lot cover by heavy mist , light was shrouded in the mist . Among the barren parking lot , one shopping cart stood , nobody out , no cars seems like a curfew night , the ground was dump reminiscent of a rainy night .

Revision .

The picture showing a severe weather , nobody outside , the sky whispering to the world about the danger that was about to unleash destruction upon everything that came in his way . The clouds growled with the thunder .

 

Reflexion .

The picture was clear enough to describe , and i understand that the author wanted to show a potential storms , you can see at the horizon something was coming.

 

Post 2.2

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DRAFT:

This picture is gloomy. It’s very grey. The sky is grey, there is grey fog, the cement is grey, the light poles are grey. It is obvious that the picture was taken in a parking lot because I can see the white lines on the floor to mark the separation for the cars. I noticed that there is no cars. The only source of light I see is from lamp posts. Some of the lamp posts do not work. In this picture, the center of attention is a shopping cart. This probably means the picture was taken in a super market parking lot. It looks very lonely, probably because of the fog and empty space in the photo graph. It makes me wonder what has happened, or what has caused the super market to be so empty. It reminds me of this time. Because of the recent events caused by the corona virus, this picture maybe has been taken recently. The corona virus has isolated people in their homes and trapped us in it. The picture could be recent. The parking lot is empty and lifeless, there are no people around, I don’t even see trees. Although this picture was clearly taken in the day light, it feels like night time. Everything that man has done to the earth, putting cement on the ground, putting light fixtures in place, building supermarkets, etc. is still. Everything is still and somewhat at peace. It’s kind of sad to think that maybe us being entrapped inside our houses is giving the earth a break. No humans are around to litter or pollute the air with their cars. Everyone is stuck inside. Im getting off topic. In this picture there are a few prominent lights, but no vivid colors. All in all this is a lonely looking parking lot. No cars, no people, I don’t even see the supermarket in the distance because of the fog. At least it’s fog and not pollution. 

 REVISION:

This picture is gloomy. It’s very grey. The sky is grey, there is grey fog, the cement is grey, the light poles are grey. It is obvious that the picture was taken in a parking lot because of the white lines on the floor, marking the separation for cars. I noticed that there is no cars, so the picture looks lonely. The only source of light I see is from lamp posts. Some of the lights from the lamp posts have burst and don’t work. In this picture, what catches the eye is the lone shopping cart. This probably means the picture was taken in a super market parking lot. This picture gives off the feeling of being isolated, due to the fog and empty space in the photo graph. It makes me wonder what has happened, or what has caused the super market to be so empty. It reminds me of the COVID19 epidemic. The corona virus has isolated people in their homes. This image however was taken in the Tanger outlets in Louisiana in 2010 from photographer Richard Misrach.The parking lot is empty and lifeless, there are no people around or nature in the surrounding area. Overall, there are a few LED light fixtures, but no vivid colors. All in all this is a lonely looking parking lot. No cars, no people, or even the supermarket is seen in the distance. 

DISCUSSION:

For me the draft was more writing my thoughts down, I was typing every thought that popped into my head. I related it to what’s currently going on with the corona virus. When I went to revise it I read it and noticed how dramatic I sounded. To make the paragraph better I changed a couple sentences and deleted sentences that I thought were unnecessary to my point of the argument. I noticed that my draft was side tracked from the assignment question– which was to describe the photograph. It wasn’t difficult to find sentences to take out because a few were obviously unnecessary, but editing my sentences to flow better took some work. I also added the true setting of the photograph which was the Tanger Outlets.

Class 9.1 Blog Post

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Class 9.1

Paragraph 1 (draft):

Immediately, my eyes catch onto the lone shopping cart. It’s the only shopping cart in the entire parking lot. There aren’t any cars crowding around the shopping cart and there aren’t any individuals walking around either. The place is entirely empty, except for the single shopping cart.  It’s extremely foggy; I can’t see past the fog and it only makes me wonder what else is around. I can only assume it’s cold as well, because the fog is so strong it must mean it might’ve rained or it will rain. There are bright lights, which are clearly street lights to show some sort of light within the picture. There are multiple streetlights, maybe around ten, and there are some that are rather close to the shopping cart and some that seem about half a mile away from the main object of the picture.

Paragraph 2 (revision):

            Given that I now know where the photograph is taken, it makes me curious as to why there is nothing else around, people or cars or even a wondering animal, considering it’s at an outlet center. Outlets are usually packed with people, even if the weather is glum. The entire picture is depressing to see because there’s only one shopping cart surrounded by streetlights. The lights remind me of spotlights, large and bright, like on a stage with singers and actors. But the imagery of a stage gives off a delighted feel because most actors and singers love doing the things they do; they bring joy to other people with forms of entertainment. This lone shopping cart, gray and motionless, depicts how loneliness can be so dull and gloomy. It’s showing that even if the light is so close, it’s always so hard to get to. I see that the shopping cart is facing away from the bright, LED fluorescent beams. Sometimes, it’s hard to see the light when one doesn’t want to see it. The weather plays a large part within the image. Assuming that it’s a brisk winter day or maybe the beginning of spring, the shopping cart must be chilly and damp to touch due to the coming perspiration. It is so entirely foggy that seeing past the dense murkiness is almost impossible, except for the lights. They are burning bright. The lights are the one positive structure in the image, almost like they embody hope – it’s not always going to be dark and cold.

Paragraph 3 (reflection):

Describing the picture wasn’t hard for me, it’s the ‘in depth’ part that always seems to get me. There’s always so many interpretations and you want to think that you made this great discovery, but it barely scratches the surface. There’s so much more going on and the more you look, the more you want to read into it. I would say the revision was challenging, given that it’s always hard to understand the deeper meaning within pictures and literary texts but it’s also fun to see how far one’s mind can go. I chose to revise my description by portraying the hidden isolation within the image. It felt clear to me that the shopping cart was alone, and the photographer wanted us to see how lonely it was and how cold it must’ve felt. I felt like I could relate to it, the shopping cart, because I remember times where I felt cold and alone, and the feeling was horrendous. But just as the light depict on the picture, there’s a brighter side to everything.