Category Archives: Reading Responses

In Rita Raley’s writing, she explores the connection between our bodily movements and digital spaces. She also contrasts our connection to digital spaces with that of “traditional” spaces, such as paper and pencil. On page 5 of the reading, she … Continue reading →

In “North of Boston,” Kirschenbaum discusses how the digital age of writing has affected writers in their transition into it. I was very interested in reading about Stephen King (I’m a fan of a few of his writings) and particularly … Continue reading →

Bolter and Grusin discuss remediation. Rather than solely concentrating on mediation, the focus shifts to remediation, implying that every instance of mediation stems from a preceding act of mediation. We are continuously growing our media, but it is never entirely … Continue reading →

In Chapter 3 of Understanding Comics, McCloud discusses something called “closure”, the “phenomenon of observing the parts but perceiving the whole”. He talks about this concept mostly in comics, with visual images. How we, by using closure to our advantage, … Continue reading →

Lipson’s writing here is quite interesting, but I specifically want to touch on one thing mentioned. Lipson suggests that the medium most ancient Egyptians used (stone) influenced what was created. This idea reminded me a lot of “The Medium is … Continue reading →

Sacks writes a lot in this book about not only the history of the English alphabet letters but also about how that history affects the way we see these letters. This is what I found the most interesting in his … Continue reading →

I found that Boroditsky’s TED talk made me realize quite a lot about the differences between languages and how they affect the way we view the world. Boroditsky briefly talks about how in other languages like French, if something happens … Continue reading →