Overreading, Creating Narrative From Nothingness

[scifi129]

I felt that last class we spend a great deal of time overreading the photo of the Titanic wannabe ship. Abbot points out that "our minds seem to abhor narrative vacuums. We try to fill them in. If a narrative won't close by itself, one often tries to close it.. " (83). In seeing the photo of the sinking ship, our minds naturally imply our own

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[se101]

Not only that, but we automatically assume that, not only is it a sinking ship, but that it is associated with the narrative which surrounds the Titanic. When we create narrative we associate it with a plethora of other associations and connections.

-Ross

[caronbot]

What would you think if you saw a half-eaten slab of meat at a vegetarian convention?

-Matt

[scifi129]

"What would you think if you saw a half-eaten slab of meat at a vegetarian convention?"

::ponders::

Well, being a vegetarian myself, and once vegan, I would think "why did that truck hit that poor creature and leave on the table like that... so lazy"

Was there a specific narrative you wanted? I could have said the cat left the meat there, but then who would bring a cat to a vegetarian convention? That's just asking for trouble. :-)