Instead of picking an easy picture to determine how the metaphor and metonymy, I decided to pick the one picture that did not make sense to me. In a way I want to reason it out in a post and get the interpretations of others. The first thing that comes to mind is that this iceberg contains frozen water that has been there for billions of years. Maybe? Looking at this iceberg and seeing that it is by itself floating in the middle of the ocean, it probably hasn't been frozen for billions of years. The only ice that might even have stood a chance through all the climate change through the entirety of that time might be at the middle of the poles. When I see this statement I think of the water cycle and how the same water on this Earth just gets recycled through the process. Personally I think a different picture could represent this message better than the iceberg because it does scream recycling to me. I am going to just go with the iceberg standing for being around for a long period of time.
You must be a scientist or science teacher...lol. While I'm not in this class I do get notifications when classmates (past and present) post and this one caught my ear... so to speak. I like the way you circled your thoughts out loud for us to hear, which caused me to contemplate what this picture means to me. This after reading your post and thoughts says to me... "as much as things change, they are really just the same." In that even when the world might have been frozen solid there was an iceberg waiting to be free and vice versa as warm as the tropic water gets its just waiting to be frozen... the metonymy may not be recycling, but "Life Cycling." Just a thought... sounds like things are going great for you, Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteExcellent critique of this visual metaphor! Effective visual metaphors must not just represents familiar concepts but must represent them accurately and so they can be easily interpreted. Every new visual concept or idea you generate must be presented in such a way that it immediately sparks familiarity and understanding. It must spark that “Aha” moment, where everything suddenly makes sense with the world and all of humanity. Your background knowledge about the science behind ice and climate change interfered with the effectiveness of this visual metaphor. It is also a poor metaphor because can reinforcing misconceptions about how the world works!
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