Jennifer Dyke week 5 analysis

The themes presented in the reading I am responding to is the author’s perspective of color. To Nelson, color can do many things including express emotions, aide her to feel a certain way and create associations with objects and people. I specifically responded to her feelings about the man in the blue shirt and how their relationship was very much intertwined with the color blue. 

I formulated my response by thinking about color and what it means to me. I tried to tie in my favorite color into my everyday actions and good/bad feelings that came over me. Then I listened to sounds and tried to link them with the way I was feeling about a particular object or person. I was must concerned with making a meaningful connection through my audio that would make the listener think abstractly.

I chose these materials because I didn’t believe I could create the same reaction with just writing. I think the combination of writing and audio creates a different experience and is more pleasing for the audience. I think it allows for imagination to run wild and for the listener/reader to piece together a picture in their head. Nelson shows us color is multi-sensory and we don’t just see it, so I wanted to incorporate multi-media for this reason.

I chose to make the tone a little dark, hoping to convey a sad or melancholy emotion. The laugh in the audio was accidental but turned out perfectly, it sounded cynical and dark which went along perfectly with my intentions. My choices were driven mostly by emotion. I ultimately tried to create the same feeling I got from reading Bluets, but with my own take on color.

From this assignment I learned the importance of the human sensory experience. I think we often times take for granted our ability to see with our eyes. I now think of blind people and am more sympathetic because life with color or light would lose its luster. I also think it’s really hard to explain color in words to someone who has never seen color before or even someone who has. It was hard for me to put to words the sensations and sounds I associated with color.