Some Thoughts…

Wow.  I can’t believe how quickly the course is moving!

I am very grateful to have the opportunity to connect with VOICES of 9/11.  Like others in the class, I was very moved going through the materials submitted for Lloyd Rosenberg.  I like the way that the gathering of content takes place at VOICES — Giving the families a chance to be the curators of their own content.  The images that his wife Glenna included of his daughters growing up were very touching (He was survived by three daughters – all under the age of 5).

Probably in part due to the nature my 580 project, I have also been thinking a lot about the power of images.  While at VOICES, I found it amazing how quickly I felt like I knew Lloyd.  I think that images are very powerful instruments of communication.  I have always been someone who is interested in art, and very visual in the way that I think.  I often find that photos/art images have emotional impact that is more immediate than text.  Much of the research that I am going through for 580 points to the world that we live in becoming more visual, more digital, and more interactive.  I am glad to be taking part in such  forward-thinking collection.

Despite some initial apprehensiveness with Dublin Core, it is starting to make a little more sense.  Miguel and I are in the process of getting our photos in OMEKA and filling in the Dublin Core fields.  Our project is on a good track, and I am looking forward to getting started on the “Mail Art” project.  It fascinates me to see how children interpret visually.