Visibility Response

Trying to fully understand the complexities behind the human imagination is still unclear, yet every day we subconsciously exercise our imaginations.  In the reading Calvino discusses the two types of imagination we perceive.  First, he discusses the imaginative process from words to vision.  Most commonly we encounter these types of imaginations when we read.  When people look at words on a page the discourse they are reading automatically paints a picture in the individuals mind.  The second type of imagination Calvino discusses is from sight to words.  Those types of imaginations are oftentimes applied when the eyes cross with a piece of cinema.  After viewing a visual representation of something the observations resinate in the views mind and can be later visited.  Both types of imaginations although they stem from an initial source the original version is instantly tainted by the viewers own aesthetic.  

One aspect of the article that intrigued me was when Calvino talks about how language/reading can be a catalyst for you imagination.  Once I read that I thought that the english lexicon may potentially be restricting our imaginations.  Since the english language dedicates words to specific objects those objects are immediately limited.  Objects should not be restricted to a few designated words that lack specific detail.  If we expanded our word stock our imaginations could potentially start to broaden.  

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