JOURNAL 3

Newspaper Article:
A Baby Photo Becomes an Internet Meme
By MATT GROSS

I cannot fathom the fact that people really find this picture of a baby in red overalls amusing. A programmer from Gainesville, Florida back in 2000 posted a typical photo of five month old baby. But I must say just by looking at this picture of the baby, you can't help but smile back. Like really, how is it funny? For pete sake, they pasted the baby's face to Mount Rushmore! The fascination with these internet memes have only increased drastically over the years. I cannot help but wonder why the subject of a baby could become such a craze.

Art Piece:
“Exquisite Self-Portrait: Father Martian,” By Mr. Pruitt

I found this art piece absolutely extraordinary. It is one of the most confusing picture I have ever seen. It is a photo of a weird guy eating a chocolate Hershey bar with alien antennas. The photo is cropped in portions with different colors. He used colors like green, yellow and purple which aren't really compliment each other. Theres not much of expression found in his face gestures. But all in all this art piece is interesting in a weird way.

Advertisement:
Palm Centro Magazine Ad

When I first saw the ad I did not know where to begin looking. The advertisement is split in the middle with a person on one side and the Sprint Palm Centro in the other. I found the picture of the person so chaotic. He had written all over his body. This gives people the message of multitasking and keeping up with their daily life. The person was multitasking between different things such as school, work and juggling a social life, something that the Palm Centro consumes. But when you look on the right side of the ad it is so relieving just to see the picture of the Palm Centro cellphone.

Pg 184 Beyond Words- Item 4.4 Smiley N. Pool, Hurricane Katrina Photograph, The Dallas Morning News, September 5, 2005

When I looked it this picture it reminded me back in the days when we experienced such disaster when hurricanes flew through Florida. I remember sitting in the middle of night at my aunts house with all my family. When I look at this picture I realize how much people took the time to embrace the meaning of family and helping people. As big as an impact it made physically I feel like it mentally brought families and people together. I remember during a hurricane there was no electricity so all we did was made the best of what we had and we played games like charades or help each other prepare for the next storm, storing and making food or tape down windows in the house.s