Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Blog 2 of 12
I'm not sure why so many people wear texts on their clothing and on their skin. Perhaps they feel that such portable writing serves to make them more individual and unique. If everyone wears text it could be said no one is individual but its not so much the act of wearing it but what it says. If two people see each other wearing the same shirt on the same day they give each other a polite nod but deep down they're saying, "He's wearing MY shirt!" It's almost alike to when two girls where identical prom dresses to the same prom. That is a pressure cooking ego situation waiting to explode. The more varied and different the text, the more individual the wearer becomes. Wearing text can be used to stand out but also to fit in, when you go to a a major sports game everyone is in team paraphernalia and if you aren't you frankly don't belong.
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This is a hilarious post, thanks for making it so fun to read! I like how you took this the other direction and instead of agreeing and saying that everyone wears text on their shirts, you said "I'm not sure why so many people wear texts on their clothing and on their skin". This was a great opener as it let readers know what they are in for. Think about: Do people ever wear certain things? Do they wear clothing that "represents" them and why? If two people wore the same same shirt one day, what does that have to say about their personalities and them as people? Are they suddenly the same person? This was a super fun post to read and I'm glad you asked these questions and turned the original topic question back around.
ReplyDeleteVery insightful... This segment strikes me as very important: "Wearing text can be used to stand out but also to fit in..." Essentially, texting-one's self is a kind of branding, yes? How many mass produced texts are singular?
ReplyDeleteYou may want to look at this nonsense, an excerpt from the film _Notting Hill_ about home-made, wearable texts.
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