Smells and Bells

When I walked into class and saw the three guest speakers, I knew I made the right decision to get to class that day. The House of Larva is a drag show that is intended to engage all of the senses. In class we did a few things that were much more about touch and smell. However, my favorite part was the real show that evening. The dramatic costumes and images and lighting are what made the entire experience so memorable. The costume I remember the most was that of Anfanga Sphinx (my apologies if that is spelled wrong). The costume had no real organization to it but it immediately drew your attention. There was torn cloth, glitter, something that resembled flour, a marker, and cloth strategically stuck to cover the nipples. The look made a bold statement, which I am sure was the intention. A statement I'm sure it wasn't planning to make but did an excellent job of doing so was to the young men who were clearly out of their element at this show. They had a bit of trouble figur...

Blog 5 Our culture is one that heavily relies on vision. We use our eyes for most everything we do for example reading, cooking, sports and entertainment. What is an activity you can do without you eyes? Our culture is very visually centered. When it comes to our everyday lives vision plays a key role. As a predatory mammal our eyes are placed in the front of our head unlike a prey animal like a horse where their eyes are on either side of their head. Vision helped us not only secure food as hunters back in the day but also to communicate. We used symbols to communicate such as “icons”, “The creation of such images is perhaps the earliest form of human symbolization. People lifted out ordinary visible data of the world a shape, a form, which crystallized experience and with its meanings and connotations, told a story.” (Eck 12). Our eyes are also the first sense we use to find attraction. For example, if you are at the animal shelter you are initially drawn to th...