{"id":2388,"date":"2014-09-12T01:49:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T01:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2014-09-12T01:49:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T01:49:43","slug":"a-snapshot-in-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/a-snapshot-in-time\/","title":{"rendered":"A Snapshot in Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stevens said, \u201cHumans do not live in a place but in the description of one.\u201d[1]<\/a> This quote has caused me to stop and reflect on my own worldview. At one time it seemed that my surroundings were defined by some preset order of things, but this is not the case. The environment does not define man, rather we define the environment. This has been the case since God created man. In Genesis 2:10-20 \u201cOut of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field.\u201d[2]<\/strong><\/a><\/em> Morgan, in his book, The Sacred Gaze Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, <\/em>explores how see the world through pictures, rituals, and human senses.[3]<\/a> Morgan focuses on art and the way culture interprets the images from different art forms, such as paintings, photographs, advertisements, and electronic media. Visual culture is the phrase that the author uses to define this area of study. It is the way \u201cimages, acts of seeing, and attendant intellectual, emotional and perceptual sensibilities in which people live.\u201d[4]<\/a>
\nI have to admit that this weeks reading was hard for me to get through. The study of art, and how it affects culture is not the highest on my priority list. However, as I read the book, I began to understand just how much art has actually shaped my life. I am World War II history fan, and I read material and watch many documentaries. For years, I have collected many American, German, English, and Imperial Japanese original military manuals. Within my collection are U-boat and American submarine operational manual \u2013 not written in English. Even though I can\u2019t read German, the books have a lot of picture and drawings and I enjoy comparing the differences and likeness of submarine operations. They tell a story about the state of humans at that time. These books illustrate technical advancements that took place in the world, but they are just one form of art from which we learn about this history.\u00a0\u00a0 It is significant that there were also color movies with sound, mass production color pictures, and aerial photography. I have to wonder if the popularity of WWII collecting has been fueled, in part, by the fact that the art of the time more accurately illustrated the human involvement and emotion.\u00a0\u00a0 Through the art, one can have a sense of involvement.
\nMorgan states, \u201cScholars who have \u201cdeconstructed\u201d the objects of knowledge have argued that knowledge is discourse, which is an ideological formation that constructs the illusion of truth and reality.\u201d Through the deconstruction of pictures and other forms of art, one has exposure to truth and reality. This is evidenced in the mass amounts of material related to WWII that has been used to expose and uncover the truth about the war, strategies, people, and circumstances. For example, photographs from concentration camps of the time provide a stark reality check for those who refuse to believe that racism and crimes against humanity existed.<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Morgan, David, The Sacred Gaze<\/em> Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice<\/em>, University of California Press, (2005). London, p.39 Kindle<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> http:\/\/biblehub.com\/genesis\/2-19.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Ibid 39<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> Ibid 47<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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