Day 2

     Visual Literacy was the focal point of our class today. I got to learn that images speak a million words. Looking at an image for 20 minutes is different than reading about the image for 20 min. When looking at the image itself, people get judgmental rather than focusing on the actual image itself quickly, but then we are able to focus on the nature of the image. The importance of communication is vital in the setting we grow in. When there is a comparison between color and black and white, that is another story within itself. Imagining a colored image to be black and white is interesting to me. In class, there was a bit of a dispute about it being more powerful when it is in color or black n white. It was in image where an American flag is folded around the casket, and is being lifted by the military in uniform, in honor of the deceased. This image is very powerful since it is in color, when i imagined it to be black and white I felt like it lost its power. The colors on the flag and the colors of the hats and belts according to rank was what made the image have that oomph. When it becomes black n white, that detail translates as all gray.  
     With these in mind, comics came to play a huge role in creating visual communication. Where people learn from everyone, follow no one, watch for patterns, and work like hell. It is a place where placing images instead of words, to create a story with emotion. After everyone in class drew there comic version of how they made it to CSULA, it made me think, if someone had written these out, I don't think they would've gotten the same impression from it as they did when they looked at them. Images gave it more of a personal touch.