How we see ourselves is conditioned by the images around us. This images reflect and reinforce in our minds societies values.
Game : take photos of the world around you (adverts, pictures, places, things, events... but not reel people please ! ) on the theme of contrasts.
- Ugly : Beautiful
- Weak : Strong
- Dumb : Smart
- Nasty : Nice
- Ill : Healthy
- Bad : Good
- Quiet : Loud
- Hot : Cold
- Etc...
Put your pictures on the blog with comments.
We often think in terms of opposites, like "ugly" vs "beautiful". Beauty is perhaps in the eye of beholder, but advertises reinforce our simplistic-binary-vision of the world, to condition our way of seeing things ; we end up thinking in stereotypes... Should we not nuance of vision of things ? Are people just "ugly" or "beautiful". Our way of seeing others can be destructive of others... When looking at a portrait or someone's self-portrait, go beyond juging a person by their appearence. Who they are is more important than what they look like. Ask yourselves : what can I learn from a person appearence ? How is his/her life, his/her feelings "written" on his/her face ?
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