And on that note I shall carry on.
I jumped into this essay thinking that I already knew what I was getting. I expected the same old spiel that you always hear "there is more to an object then what you think" and while this is true and every object has its story this is hardly the thought provoking essay I could pour over for hours. Then I got to this part of the essay:
"Because such moments in the domestic life of my own family encouraged me to investigate how ordinary things are shaped and used, it gave me all the more pleasure to realize that the same quotidian family life, at times, causes things to be the way they are..."
She goes on to give the following examples:
"A vegetable peeler takes a new form because a man is trying to help his wife, who has arthritis; a lawn chair comes into being because another man wanted a place for his family to sit outdoors..."
Ordinary things used in a new way Source: http://lubbockonline.com |