tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194357883803621221.post1827445694926503378..comments2020-09-08T04:39:49.611-07:00Comments on Visual Culture: Analysis of the Rene Magritte’s “The False Mirror”s_k_cmns310http://www.blogger.com/profile/16200914352523008484noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194357883803621221.post-7063165777704050592020-09-08T04:39:49.611-07:002020-09-08T04:39:49.611-07:00Eye for lookingEye for lookingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13064284487510714783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194357883803621221.post-38352498202099437132013-11-05T09:12:10.686-08:002013-11-05T09:12:10.686-08:00Fanfiction is an interesting phenomenology.Fanfiction is an interesting phenomenology.david thurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006530053102852110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194357883803621221.post-10124602910239938502013-11-05T08:39:36.897-08:002013-11-05T08:39:36.897-08:00Fan fiction.Fan fiction.david thurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006530053102852110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194357883803621221.post-33929629563416627492011-09-08T17:47:55.861-07:002011-09-08T17:47:55.861-07:00My interpretation of the image, especially with th...My interpretation of the image, especially with the help of its title, is that our perspective of things is flawed and is not a true mirror of reality. There may be no specific character in mind (such as the one contemplating opportunities in the original poster's view), and no specific meaning to the fact that the image seen within the eye is a sky. This inward image could be anything, as it is there simply to symbolize the world external to us as a whole.Vluhdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02987337573495028793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194357883803621221.post-5860948907530731712010-07-19T09:43:03.604-07:002010-07-19T09:43:03.604-07:00perhaps he meant that an eye turned to heavens is ...perhaps he meant that an eye turned to heavens is not observing the skyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08898787540425487727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194357883803621221.post-19804115002806364362009-09-06T13:33:50.438-07:002009-09-06T13:33:50.438-07:00The eye is considered to be the mirror of the soul...The eye is considered to be the mirror of the soul.<br /> <br />Was Magritte influenced by Rev 1 v 7? "Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him"oldandgreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987792334680229095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194357883803621221.post-23470062799019687902009-09-05T18:33:32.409-07:002009-09-05T18:33:32.409-07:00I enjoyed hearing yur many different analysises of...I enjoyed hearing yur many different analysises of this picture, and can find meaning in all of them. Personally, when i saw this picture, a more metaphysical idea came to mind. I believe that this picture is portraying an eye looking into a nice blue sky and thus, making it real. For as it is argued, we exist to bear withness, and without us, (being mankind), the things to which we bear witness would no longer exist. I believe that the eye is shown as a "false mirror," by reflecting the sky. For, going off of the ideas of Plato and Parmenides, truth exists in not what we can observe through our senses, but through mental contemplation. Thus, the true form of what lies before cannot be observed through it, making it a "false mirror."<br />That is just my idea though :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194357883803621221.post-17255592138218252932009-02-01T21:22:00.000-08:002009-02-01T21:22:00.000-08:00It’s great to read so many different interpretatio...It’s great to read so many different interpretations you took from one image! I like your reading of the image as ‘The sky is the limit.’ It is interesting how we have such positive emotions attached to a sunny blue sky with puffy white clouds. I know there is scientific, medical evidence which proves how humans react positively to sunshine but how much do you think of our cheerful feelings towards the scenic blue sky as culturally constructed? I was thinking about this as I flipped through a travel magazine, which had advertisements containing beautiful blue skies on practically every second page. What struck me was an advertisement for a beach resort called ‘Sandals,’ located in Jamaica. Last year in a cultural theory class, we watched a documentary of how the tourism industry continues to mask the terrible living conditions of post-colonial Jamaica. It really upset me to see how the West and so-called ‘First World’ countries and their inhabitants continue to utilize and degrade former colonies as vacation spots. <BR/><BR/>When I look at this picture, it reminds me of the film, and how often we take advantage of our privileged lifestyles by gazing up at a picturesque blue sky in a lounge chair on a sandy beach in a formerly colonized country. I feel our love of vacationing to foreign islands is causing us to worry more about tan lines rather than the continued effects of colonization.naokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01913308534886736306noreply@blogger.com