He believes that Joel Meyerowitz saw and was channeling the Three Flags in his inspiration for the photo. While I am not entirely sure that that was the case, I do believe that certain images that spark a connection can make you feel an emotion. For example, in the above photo taken by Meyerowitz, the colors of red, white and blue pop out and, even if you had never seen the painting Three Flags, a sense of patriotism and America are immediately established.
Another example occurred in my own life on Friday night. I was babysitting and the kids wanted to watch The Incredibles, and I was probably as excited as they were. But when watching the scene where Mr. Incredible was captured, the image stuck out to me.
I know the image is rather fuzzy, but it was his position that inspired the post. Upon looking at Mr. Incredible here, there is an immediate sense of his helplessness and persecution. I realized that it was not only the content of this part in the movie that inspired the emotion, but the way that his pose seemed to link to that of the crucifixion pose. Because the image of Jesus on the cross has been so engrained in my memory from years of Sunday School and Church, the bridge of the two sparked an emotional connection to what was being shown on the screen. Just by seeing him in this pose, I had already determined a mental and emotional response to the character being shown. The connection between the two was used as a tool by the filmmakers to spark a mental response.
To what extent does the repetition of familiar images spark an emotional connection? And how does this change the way that way we perceive the art and media around us?
Nice connection, Anna. Here (and throughout the quarter) you do a good job of anchoring your post in a text. That this occurred to you while babysitting also attests to your claim that you are seeing the world more critically in your everyday life.
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