Blog Post #3

This week's lesson focused once more on image-and-text interplay; however, there was an emphasis on annotation for the purpose of illuminating various aspects of the text to the reader. What I found most interesting about this class was the process of annotating itself. Annotating requires not only an understanding of a certain word or literary convention - it requires the writer to understand these elements within the context of the text that they are annotating. With this understanding in mind, I found the process of annotating to be much like writing a mini-essay as I selected parts of my assigned Stave. What I also found significant about annotating is the ability for word definitions to be interpreted within the context differently; for example, I defined the word "jocund" in the Stave Two, as did one of my group members. While our definitions were essentially the same, our interpretations of what the word meant contextually differed. Individual perspective seems to play an important role in annotation; the fact that we both understood the same word differently within its context shows me just how interpretation can vary from person to person, based on their own understanding of the text.

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