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ex_7: icon, image, symbol

c.s. peirce (1839-1914) came up with a useful system for categorizing imagery and its relationship to the subject. it has many other parts, but the part I have found most useful is th eicon, image, and symbol. the icon refers to the resemblance of the image to its subject, its resemblance or likeness. the index of the image refers to the physical relationship between the image and its subject–this may be the time shared between subject and camera in a snapshot. symbols are abstractions or systems that emerge in the image, usually referring to language or other contexts outside of the image.

today’s assignment is to make a drawing out of letters; peirce’s system may be of some help. note that this is not the same as making letters out of natural things (leaves or patterns on butterfly wings), nor is it the same as concrete poetry, though that’s more like it.

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ikumi.png

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