The Cell
Life...behind bars.
An ocean of liquid.
Little, small, cramped.
Foundation.
Essential.
Millions.
In the pin.
Gooey.
Control center.
Circular or rectangular.
Microscopic.
Highways and rest stops.
Plant or animal.
Power.
Life.
An ocean of liquid.
Little, small, cramped.
Foundation.
Essential.
Millions.
In the pin.
Gooey.
Control center.
Circular or rectangular.
Microscopic.
Highways and rest stops.
Plant or animal.
Power.
Life.
P.E.R.C.E.I.V.I.N.G
Perceiving is taking an object, idea, sound, et cetera, and viewing it in many different contexts. I chose the image of the cell as my starting point since I'm concentrating on the cell and the cell theory for my project. When looking at the cell, I can see many complex pieces working together to create a functional organism. There are many separate pieces which are all encompassed in this circular casing. Colors represent different pieces, and if I took the pieces out of the casing, they would all look different than they do in the casing. In this image, some parts would just be an assortment of lines and squiggles. Some remind me of high rises in a city; others remind me of parking structures. However, when they are all put together, they are important pieces of the most important structure of life.
My re-image is done in the form of a poem. I tried to take all the different variations of what a "cell" means to people. To some people it represents prison. Others said it reminded them of a movie, or a place. Some said it reminded them of school. It was interesting to see how one word could produce such different conceptions. I wanted to re-image the cell as something other than an image that could be seen. I thought that since the image is usually what people associate with a cell that using words would be a different approach. I wanted to portray all the different meanings of cell by using visual words.
Since my topic is the cell and cell theory, I think that trying to re-image a cell is extremely important in my classroom. Students come in with preconceived notions of what a cell is, and most of the time, their definitions have nothing to do with Biology. Perhaps by taking the image, or maybe by combining some of their pictures of a cell, with the actual image, I can help them have a unified view of what the cell is and what it represents.
My re-image is done in the form of a poem. I tried to take all the different variations of what a "cell" means to people. To some people it represents prison. Others said it reminded them of a movie, or a place. Some said it reminded them of school. It was interesting to see how one word could produce such different conceptions. I wanted to re-image the cell as something other than an image that could be seen. I thought that since the image is usually what people associate with a cell that using words would be a different approach. I wanted to portray all the different meanings of cell by using visual words.
Since my topic is the cell and cell theory, I think that trying to re-image a cell is extremely important in my classroom. Students come in with preconceived notions of what a cell is, and most of the time, their definitions have nothing to do with Biology. Perhaps by taking the image, or maybe by combining some of their pictures of a cell, with the actual image, I can help them have a unified view of what the cell is and what it represents.