Assignment 4

Yes I think a photo is like a visual appropriation because one usually takes a picture for one self. Sometimes we do share the images we take but usually only to show off what we have taken. We save a moment or memory that we want to keep for ourselves as an image to show the event. Well truth is hard to explain especially in a photo. Truth is having everything how it is and not how it seems. A photo that shows this, it’s hard to say if there is any. The truth can be spoken or written but still it depends on the person speaking or writing. For a photo the truth may be show or hidden, maybe on purpose or by accident. Photos can show truth but most of the time not the whole truth. Document can tell truth or an opinion or a fictional tale, I think it all depends on the person writing. A person can try to get as close to the truth as they possibly can when writing or they can ignore the facts and write a crazy fantasy. A painting, I think, also tells what the artist wants to tell. If they wish to paint a historical event, does that not show truth? It really happened right? So isn’t there some truth to it? Perhaps but I still think it depends on if the artist want to show truth or paint something completely full of lies. Truth isn’t always plainly there. Even what we see with our eye, or hear with our ears may not be the truth. The truth is hard to find when it isn’t plainly given, and sometimes truth can be trivial or it can be important. Truth can be purposely hidden or accidentally hidden. Truth can be many things, so should we look for a truth in everything? Maybe. It’s hard to truly know what’s true and what’s not. Sometimes people think it’s better when others don’t know the truth, or we know the truth but won’t except it. Aren’t this times when the truth is thrown aside? Is it really that important that we have the complete truth out of everything? I sometime look at a photo and like it for what it is, not what maybe true or what might not be. So am I wrong for liking a lie?