Image Freewrite

This image makes me feel strong and patriotic. The image of the two men with muscles that are larger than my head create a feeling of unity and power. We as a nation have a lot of power and nothing can bring us down. We as Americans, feel this power when we work together and unite as one. Seeing these two men work together really puts a feeling on their faces in the photo. They are working extremely hard to pull together and work together. This picture could fall under a couple of topics if I really had to write a full essay about it. It could be about teamwork and the way we unite as one to get something done, or it could be about America and our ability to be one team that fights off the rest. The fact that their are no real faces on these people also make it feel like its not focused on one individual which is good to see because America is not based on one individual, we are all different people and we all fight for our rights together. Although seeing that there are no women in the picture, it makes me wonder if there is a meaning behind the illustrators doing so.

I think the real story of this photo does have to do with Americans and their unity of people working together. Our ability to do this only happens when we are working together and int his photo, two men are striving to pull a rope, as a team, beat their battle. Bringing in the idea of no real faces and a dark shaded area on the eyes and feautres of the men, makes it something deeper than just two men because they don't want to be too specific about who they are labeling as "men". Every single person in America is a part of this team that is able to fight for their rights--together as one. It's telling a story of how and what we do in order to gain this strength. We have a strength and a bond that no one can break. The boldness of the word "strength" makes the story a stronger story.

There wasn't a lot of color in the picture so it made me feel solid and since it was mostly about patriotism, Americans work as one, sot he colors shouldn't be a rainbow of colors, it should be a select few. The fact taht its orange blue and black throws my emotions off track a little because I don't know how orange blue and black relate to being united as one, being american, and having a large amount of patriotism. Instead, I feel as if our nation's colors, red white and blue, does play a role in creating unity, patriotism and strength. But I think what makes this image so unique is that it ISN'T just using the colors that we associate America with. Since its not you average red, white and blue, we can make assumptions about why the illustrator chose orange blue and black.

The boldness of the word 'strength' makes the image itself, strong. It's the first thing that pops out of the picture and into my mind creating its very own story about America's strength and power. Without this boldness of the word 'strength' my eyes wander around, yeah the text underneath and above the word 'strength' are meaningful, but not as meaningful as the word itself because its type is different and not as bold. When I see the font type being bold, that itself makes me feel like there is a strength that America has and that no one can knock down.