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The Vibrant Distinction

Submitted by ErinDoppelheuer on Wed, 09/05/2007 - 7:38pm.
At first when I looked at this picture in class on Tuesday, I saw the puzzle pieces coming out of the sphere.  The sphere represented the world of knowledge and the pieces were parts of knowledge that we did not know yet, but are being taught to us.  As each piece leaves the sphere it darkens from multi-color to a certain bold color or either green, red, or blue.  These pieces of knowledge represent the things that we do not yet know.  On the pedestal which the cube is attached to reads UNDERSTANDING and then beneath that are question marks.  I interpreted this as the phrase "understanding is asking questions."  When it came time to write this assignment, I now look at the cube and sphere and see something different.  I see the pieces falling out of the cube and into the sphere.  The pieces of the cube still represent pieces of knowledge, yet however these pieces are our own pieces of knowledge that we are sharing with others of the world.  As the pieces fall from the cube, they change from their bright distinct color into the multi-colors of the sphere.  This struck me as interesting because it is as if our bold pieces of knowledge that we are sharing are eventually being meshed with others.  I also thought it was interesting that the cube had vibrant and distinct colors and that the sphere was less vibrant and multi-colored.  The vibrant colors of the cube make it stand out and each person’s knowledge is different, unique and that is what makes them stand out.  The sphere is multi-colored and not as vibrant because it is a mixture of everyone’s knowledge and not as unique. 

 

 

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