“Interpretation is thus a mental process of acceptance and rejection of the meaning and associations that adhere to a given image through the force of dominant ideologies” (74).
This gives me an idea for a project. Since I am going to museums with Romain tomorrow, I can take 3 works of art that we view, see how he interprets them, see how those differ from my interpretations and I can research what I think the cultural motivations behind that are.
“…when in fact it is fundamental to the structure of capitalism that only a few achieve power, wealth, and fame” (75). While this is true, it reminds me of Ways of Seeing.
It has occurred to me that throughout studying culture so much truth is revealed; the same with psychology. Things that may be hidden or go unaddressed, like blatant racism in advertisements are hidden no longer.
