From the reading, I found the concept of images as representation especially fascinating. Rene Magritte's painting of a pipe followed by the text "This is not a pipe" I think is quite genius. Furthermore, the relates to "the myth of photographic truth" as images (and even exact pictures) will never simply show the object as is. There is always a purpose behind each image, to in one way or another, manipulate the reality. There is always the separation of the paint, the lens, or some sort of medium between the actual truth and the truth that is being told.
As a creative writer, I find this idea of representation to be very applicable. In whatever I write, there is a purpose, and to best fulfil that purpose, I'd do whatever I need to, even if the genre is nonfiction. Afterall, who's to say what is true and not true if one thing signifies another and another and another?
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I enjoyed your response to Magritte--and the ties to your creative writing.
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