Miranda

Miranda

Glenn Ligon’s //Untitled: (“I am an invisible man”)// is a picture of what looks to be an old newspaper clipping. The paragraph starts out very clear and very visible. It is easy to read the first three sentences. The next sentence gets very hard to read and the sentences following are nearly impossible to read. The paragraph starts out by the artist telling of how he is an invisible man. He clarifies that he is not literally invisible like the ghosts that haunted Edgar Allen Poe, but that others fail to notice him. The artist is speaking through art. What do people do with art? They admire it, analyze it, and pay great attention to it. These actions are the exact opposite of what people are doing to the artist. Nobody pays any attention to him. People see the outer shell of this man and look no more. No one gets to know what is on the inside of this man, but the inside is what matters, right? The artist is sending out a message to everyone, whether these people be old timers or men of the future. The artist is asking that the viewer/reader take the time to know somebody instead of making quick judgments, just as he/she stopped to try and figure out what the blurred words were saying.

Grant Wood’s //Daughters of Revolution// is a picture that captures three women standing in front of a picture that includes army men and the American flag. One woman in particular is holding a cup. To sit around while drinking tea is a tradition for many British people. One could only imagine that inside this cup is tea. The American Revolution consisted of the thirteen British colonies breaking away and becoming the United States. So, the British and Americans were not likely to be seen with each other. The juxtaposition of the American flag and British tea reflect upon the clashing of Americans and British. These are women from three different generations. The woman in the foreground is the grandmother. The woman with glasses is the mother. The woman holding the tea is the daughter. These women have been able to witness a lot in their lifetime and have lived through many things such as the American Revolution. They are independent just as the thirteen American colonies became independent in on July 4th, 1776 after the American Revolution.

Miranda Dickerson Ms. Woods AP Language 5 December 2012

I once saw a doll in an art museum. The label said this doll was made of wood, mud, resin, cloth, yarns, glass beads, coins, buttons, bells, metal, and coral. If someone gave this to the child version of me, as mentioned in my paper, I would probably hate it. I would not look at the importance of it nor would I care what the importance was. To me, it would just be ugly and boring. However, the present day me has changed. If this doll was given to me, I would love it. These dolls were a gift to many young girls to teach them about the idealized qualities and appropriate body adornment expected of adult women. To me, the meaning of this doll makes it beautiful. I have learned to appreciate gifts like these. Next time grandma gives me a fairy figurine, I should value it because one day, that fairy will be of great sentimental value to me. Who knows, maybe she is trying to teach me a lesson by giving me the figurines. In the art museum, I also saw a painting titled //Mount// //Auburn Snow.// In my paper, I talked about how happy I am during Christmas time. While I am happy, I am also overcome with a sense of solitude. There is a certain calmness that I feel on Christmas and I felt the same when I looked at this picture. There are a whole bunch of houses that are covered by a thick white blanket of snow. The last picture I saw was one of a young girl and boy sitting on the chimney conversing with each other. This one is titled //The Chimney Corner.// The girl is tending to the fire. The way that she has her hair in a neat bun and is wearing an apron suggests that she has grown up. She is the present day me. She has realized that the importance of Christmas is to be thankful for what she has. She has to teach others younger than her that Christmas is not all about toys.