Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Correct although I never to meant to imply I thought this is static, one achieves new perspective through interaction in the world and then subsequently must reinterpret what they think. Having an open or positive mindset allows this but many people have fixed mindsets and are not open to new perspectives. They are static. At 10:36 AM 5/7/2009, you wrote: >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 > > >_______________________________________________ >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