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Morphology of Images
What parts of the image do you see?
I see outer space, a naked woman, a star erupting, and a skeletal man smoking.
How do these parts interact with each other?
When I look at these images together I think it could possibly represent new life. In the first image it seems to me that the woman is in pain, which could possibly have to do with child birth. In the second image, I think that the bursting star against the earth represents the beginning of new life on earth. In the third image, a small child sleeps inside a skeletal head, which could refer to the innocence every child is born with before the influence of toxicity which is human life form.
Are these images telling a story?
Yes, I believe that each image tells the story of a beginning of new life. A woman bares a child, that child makes a permanent impact on the earth (represented by the exploding star) and that new life is within all human existence.
Which parts of this image are characters in the story?
I believe that the woman is the main character in the story, because she creates new life on earth. The small child in the last image represents new life and the characteristics which make new life pure.
Which parts of this image are crucial for the setting of the story ?
The parts I see which are crucial for the setting of the story, is the way that the woman is laying. To me, it looks like she is evoking a feeling of pain and bliss. This pain represents the physical pain of new life, and the bliss represents the joy of creation.
Which parts of this images are crucial for the plot?
The idea of the story is about the creation of new life. I think that the exploding star represents the moment new life arrives on earth which is what the entire story of images is based off of.
How do these parts interact?
The theme of new life interacts with the theme of outer space, in that with new life it can be changed in a small moment of life. Along with the small moment of emotion created by new life, the galaxy shows signs of new life as well.
What parts of this image are “root” or “stem” parts and which parts feel like “affixes”?
The parts of this image that feel like “root or “stem” parts, I think that the specific way the woman is laying is a root of the events which will soon occur; I believe that these events will be child birth and the formation of new life.
As far as the “stem” is concerned, to me it seems that the galaxy/milky way apparition that the woman is lying on come hand in hand with the root to form the affix.
In this image the affix is most likely the small stars which make up the galaxy in the middle image. If the image is blown up you can see small stars shooting from the large star, representing the different walks of life all new beings come from.
Of the affixes, can you say which are “inflectional” (they only exist to hold the grammar together) and which parts are “derivational” (they add some important information to the meaning, or change the kind of meaning of a given part)?
In the images I think that the only inflectional images are inside of the middle picture. I placed these images in this order for that specific reason. To me, the bursting star represents the woman’s child birth and the last picture of the small child inside the man’s head. The middle image serves as a means of communication between the woman and her child. For me the derivational images in the picture focus in on the last image. I really love this picture because I think that it makes the connection between new life and innocence, with ending life and toxicity. The fact that a small child is inside the head of a man smoking symbolizes the delicate balance of innocence and knowledge+experience.
By Julia McGonigal
Images from: Omni Magazine Reboot :http://theomnieffect.com/archive
The Morphology of Images
Take a look at the image “Minor Changes 50” by Todd Webb (all images by Todd Webb, take from Comics Workbook and Wall Drawing).
- What parts of the image do you see?
- How do those parts interact with each other?
- Is this image telling a story?
- Which parts of this image are characters in the story?
- Which parts of this image are crucial for the setting of the story ?
- Which parts of this images are crucial for the plot?
- How do these parts interact?
Now, look at Minor Changes 46.
- Does this new information change your interpretation of the morphology of Minor Changes 50?
- What do you know now that you didn’t know before?
- What parts of this image are “root” or “stem” parts and which parts feel like “affixes”? Why?
- Of the affixes, can you say which are “inflectional” (they only exist to hold the grammar together) and which parts are “derivational” (they add some important information to the meaning, or change the kind of meaning of a given part)?
Now look at” Minor Changes 63″–
- Did your opinion about the morphology of this image change?
Now look at the entire series of images in this group of “Minor Changes” (Minor Changes 39-63) and think about morphology.
- How does the visual morphology change?
- How does it stay the same?
One possible set of answers…
-doug