"Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be. This unique existence of the work of art determined the history to which it was subject throughout the time of its existence"
What this passage means to me is that no matter how amazing or beautiful something looks, it is never complete; there is something always missing. Many of the paintings used back in the day symbolize something, sometimes good; other times bad. Many paintings were made at a certain point to describe a certain event, when Hitlers was killing the Jewish community; several artist made paintings to explain what was going on. It was a way for the people to communicate without getting into trouble, the paintings would look like something positive; but explain a whole different thing. I chose this passage because many of the time things look a certain way but it's the complete opposite. It's like they say; " things aren't as good as they seem". In my opinion this is what this passage is about.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Junger 5/2
"In war, when shells fly past our bodies at high speeds, we sense clearly that no level of intelligence, virtue, or fortitude is strong enough to deflect them, not even by a hair. To the extent this threat increases, doubt concerning the validity of our values forces itself upon us. The mind tends toward a catastrophic interpretation of things wherever it sees everything called into question (pp. 5-6)."
This passage is explaining the way that soldiers feel during the time of war, but not only that; it explains the way that we feel when we have a problem. When ever we have a big problem, we feel as it is never going to go away because of the circumstances we are in. No matter how hard we try, the situations seems to keep on getting worst; and when it seems that it's going to get better, something happens and it gets worst than before. I believe that he used the example of war because when one is at war, deployed to an unknown country; things tend to get worst that before. As they start think that things are turning around, it back fires on them. This is what I believe that is going on in this passage. I chose this passage because I've been in that situation plenty of times. When I was overseas, I always had hope that things would of gotten better but they never did; until I came home. This is a very important passage to me because I could actually relate to it.
This passage is explaining the way that soldiers feel during the time of war, but not only that; it explains the way that we feel when we have a problem. When ever we have a big problem, we feel as it is never going to go away because of the circumstances we are in. No matter how hard we try, the situations seems to keep on getting worst; and when it seems that it's going to get better, something happens and it gets worst than before. I believe that he used the example of war because when one is at war, deployed to an unknown country; things tend to get worst that before. As they start think that things are turning around, it back fires on them. This is what I believe that is going on in this passage. I chose this passage because I've been in that situation plenty of times. When I was overseas, I always had hope that things would of gotten better but they never did; until I came home. This is a very important passage to me because I could actually relate to it.
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