The Secret Language of Comics: Visual Thinking and Writing
ENG101.04 Fall 2018
My fascination with mummies is something that most people don’t know about me. I can never explain to a person why I have such an interest in preserved dead bodies, but I just do! I like to think that I am very knowledgeable about the history of mummies, and all of the movies and TV … Continue reading Mummies Can Be Intellectual →
Read moreHaving watched this video opened my eyes to the obstacles and obstructions women across the country still face. While some might claim that there is no more discrimination against women in the United States, this film proves otherwise based on anecdotes of women who have faced prejudice based on their sex and/or beliefs. This film […]
Read moreI walked into the screening of “Yours in Sisterhood” by Irene Lustig very skeptical about the content of the film. I thought, “It is just going to be a film about women reading letters from years ago… How powerful can the message be?” Instead, I was blown away with the raw and simple content of…
Read moreEarly this week in my chemistry class I noticed that the battery level on my calculator was running low. I rarely use it throughout the week so after the class I completely forgot about swapping the dying batteries out. It was not until I brainstormed ideas for this sketch that I realized how I could … Continue reading I Have to Replace my Batteries in my Calculator →
Read moreFor this week’s Sunday sketch, I was introduced to the art works of Christoph Niemann. Niemann is an illustrator who creatively makes 2D art around 3D objects. Niemann’s art seemed to me easy to recreate at first. I thought about finding a round object and just turning it into one of the tires of a car.…
Read moreYours in Sisterhood is a powerful body of work that shines light on controversial topics regarding sexism, racism and other societal issues. The production design of the documentary was somewhat simple and did not venture far from basic nature scenery. The backgrounds of the documentary are very active and Irene Lusztig even suggested that she … Continue reading Yours in Sisterhood Film Reflection →
Read moreSunday Sketches was very interesting and amusing to me. When I first looked at Christoph Riemann’s worked, I was awed. He was able to use simple, everyday objects and make them into cool sketches. At first I was a little scared. I thought to myself, “There is no way I can make something so cool […]
Read moreI am a “sister to freedom.” This thirteen year old girl’s comment really caught my attention when viewing the film by Irene Luszig: Yours in Sisterhood. Her remark is aimed at all of the people that believe she has no say because of her age. Similarly, a woman in Virginia stated that: “People feel like their… Continue reading Extra Credit: Yours in Sisterhood Film
Read more“Walking back in case I die”
When you watch things on a screen, they seem distant, almost fiction. It’s not that I don’t believe that the women that were shown, one after another, did not experience the discrimination and frustration that they claimed, I simply felt that it existed in their universe and not my own. Irene Lusztig goes to great lengths to bridge that gap between women, most notably between those of the past (1970s) and of the present. … Continue reading “Yours in Sisterhood”, Ours in Life
Read moreWhen watching ‘Yours in Sisterhood’ by Irene Lusztig, I was very moved by the raw simplicity of the film. This type of documentary is not something I would typically gravitate towards, because often feminist pieces tend to not acknowledge specific issues faced by POC and other marginalized women. However, I think Lusztig did a great…Continue reading »
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