Information Age

Different icons of the Information Age brought to light several concepts and questions for me. The idea that our faces are not actually a direct representation of who we are is a strange idea in my mind. What if our idea of ourselves is totally different than the way others see us? The idea that we have a different masks depending on the situation is very true as well. The image and profile an individual creates on the Internet could be vastly different from the way individuals are in the flesh. The concept of the car was interesting and really but everything into perspective of how the individual doesn’t truly acknowledge the surroundings and the whole entities of existence. How often I take for granted the use of a car or the use of a computer, two things that are so complex and intricate. Even a pencil, which seems like a minute invention, had to have taken an intelligent person to create for the time. The information age has become so diluted because of the advancements and the multitude of technology.

McCloud, Scott. “The Vocabulary of Comics.” In Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: Harper Collins, 1994. 24-45.