Recently, I was talking about cultural views with an acquaintance and listened as he spoke about the german language as if it was an angry, hate filled language. A language is as much of a tool for communication, just as any object used for symbolism can be representative for a different cause no matter what angle it's portrayed. Judgemental words spread like the fondant on a six tiered cake and people still eat it! People are what make a culture and judging those people can delute the befit. To me the chair in this picture is made by the many layers of people bound together to make a society. It's up to people to make it good or not. Sensativity to the world around us is getting lost in a selfconciousness developed by our peers and continued by them. People seem to care more about what the colors of each layer are, rather than the realization that they're still the same components as every other layer in the chair.
Ashley,
ReplyDeleteI love how you put your piece together. Yes, language is a tool, and how we use it, or interprete it, or abuse it, as in slang, hateful, demeaning ways will determine our attitutes. We need to be educated and well diversed in any perticular language or subject before we can toss our opinions around to others, and into that cake. Good work. Pat Kaehler.