Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 7, 2009, at 7:23 AM, Chris Saganich wrote: > Reading and watching is a state. The interpretation of what you > read and watch is the action. A person can read and watch > everything that exists and will only interpret within their > perspective. How can an interpretation be made outside your > perspective? I believe therefore one would be hard-pressed to come > up with an example of a person making an interpretation outside what > they already think. at the core I agree with you Chris, but things are not static... if one is open to learning, once that is accomplished, a person may be capable of new interpretations... so one has to be open to learning, and find productive avenues to accomplish that.... Steve > > > > > > >> Or do you do what most people do, only read/watch what fits >> in with what they already think? I really feel sorry for you! >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov >> <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote: >> > I'm in the middle of reading Human Smoke, Nicholson Baker, 2008. >> It's a >> > history of the interwar period, up to 1941, using news articles, >> diary >> > entries, etc., from a pacifist's point of view. >> > It's grim reading, and an indelible commentary on journalism, >> without >> > "choosing sides". >> > The BBC strikes me as being virtually within the same mold as >> Radio Free >> > America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Moscow, Vatican Radio, etc. >> Meaning it is >> > a "point of view" form of broadcasting, with government funding. >> > S.d. >> > >> > >> > On May 6, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Philippe AMARD wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >> >> >> >>> Outside of the former Soviet environment, British journalism is >> one of >> >>> the most censored on the planet. >> >> >> >> BBC included? >> >> >> >> I must listen to Bejing radio immediately >> >> Ph >> >> >> >> >> >>> Then again, on the academic level, anyone learning journalism >> in the US, >> >>> at the multiplicity of Annenberg School(s) for Communication, >> is taught >> >>> self censorship. A predictable mind provides a safe product. >> >>> S.d. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On May 6, 2009, at 6:23 AM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> At 08:41 AM 5/6/2009, you wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>>> Mark said: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> And why would you felt like you needed to oblige them? >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Because they refuse access unless you agree to their terms. >> That's >> >>>> true of more and more organizations. All of the photos taken >> on National >> >>>> Trust property in England have been removed from Alamy >> because the Trust >> >>>> refuses to allow photographers use photos taken on their >> grounds. Usually >> >>>> it's because the organization wants to make money themselves >> by leasing the >> >>>> photos - like many museums don't allow photography so they >> can sell slides >> >>>> and prints in the gift shop. >> >>>> >> >>>>> The exact same thing...When the subjects lay out ground rules >> for >> >>>>> access or want to review images before publication it's time >> to walk away. >> >>>>> Walt >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> I agree but there are more and more things we're having to >> walk away >> >>>> from these days. British photographers are protesting the >> National Trust >> >>>> stand but I doubt they'll be able to change anything. >> >>>> >> >>>> Tina >> >>>> >> >>>> Tina Manley >> >>>> www.tinamanley.com >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> Leica Users Group. >> >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> information >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Leica Users Group. >> >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> information >> >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> information >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >> information >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Chris Saganich MS, CPH > Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics > Weill Medical College of Cornell University > New York Presbyterian Hospital > chs2018 at med.cornell.edu > http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ > Ph. 212.746.6964 > Fax. 212.746.4800 > Office A-0049 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information