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Representational Space
The literary critic I. A. Richards once said, "A book is a machine to think with" (1).
In fact, any representational space or language is not just a neutral container for information or a decorative style, but is a device to think with. Consider the following representations of Duluth and how the indicate the mingling of two kinds of representative space: from the purely visual space of the photograph to the purely verbal space of the Duluth phonebook.
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1. Duluth from orbit <http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/>
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 3. Duluth from the Web <http://www.duluth.com/> |
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Is George Mahlberg's composite image "Oswald in a Jam" a machine to think with? What ideas or contexts does the image bring together which are normally separated? Does this surprising juxtaposition or mingling suggest to you a line of thought?
Work Cited
- Richards, I. A. Principles of Literary Criticism. London, 1960.
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