{"content":[{"text":"Response to David White’s “Meaning in Art” Essay by Marta Nammack","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.093939,"width":0.5615770000000001,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"I agree with David’s premise in his essay, “Meaning in Art,” that techniques and skills designed \n to highlight human feeling are used by the creative artist to express himself or herself in a much \n more fundamental and human way than possible with expository language. But, I think other \n literary forms, such as novels and poetry, can express and evoke feelings in the reader as well \n as any visual artist. Therefore, I do not agree with David’s assertion that one cannot describe \n one’s feelings within the limitations of speech. Charlotte Bronte, Thomas Wolfe, and Amanda \n Gorman are only a few authors whose works are full of feeling.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.130934,"width":0.7637400000000001,"height":0.12621300000000002}},{"text":"Having said this, I agree with David that “[t]he power lies in the work itself as it interacts with \n the artist and, ultimately, with the individual consumer in real time.” David noted that Picasso’s \n “Guernica” expresses the dynamic feeling of events as they happen, and he explained how \n Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” “pushes the listener to interact with the \n performer and, ultimately, with the artistic work on a foundational level, intellectually and \n emotionally.” Similarly, photographers who want to go beyond simple documentation will use \n various techniques to express feelings about what they see and evoke feelings in the viewer.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.278965,"width":0.7601169999999999,"height":0.12609899999999996}},{"text":"Sam Abell, a National Geographic for 33 years, said: “But there is more to a fine photograph \n than information. We are also seeking to present an image that arouses the curiosity of the \n viewer or that, best of all, provokes the viewer to think – to ask a question or simply to gaze in \n thoughtful wonder. We know that photographs inform people. We also know that photographs \n move people. The photograph that does both is the one we want to see and make. It is the kind \n of picture that makes you want to pick up your own camera again and go to work.”","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.426881,"width":0.7549060000000001,"height":0.10772799999999999}},{"text":"I am a photographer, so I will share several of my images to illustrate my points. I use the \n techniques of composition, texture, color or monochrome, and tones to create images that \n reflect the feelings I have when I take the photograph.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.556452,"width":0.7251110000000001,"height":0.05212200000000011}},{"text":"1","bbox":{"left":0.49518,"top":0.939212,"width":0.009937999999999947,"height":0.015152000000000054}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}