http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp07/blakesley7/taxonomy/term/44/all en http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp07/blakesley7/node/272 <p>When I was first introduced to this idea that the object stares back, I always took it to mean that the object refuses our assumed ability to make meaning out of it. So to answer a question asked in class, I'd say that the object's agency is an effect of my conciousness - the object, by being present (victim), forces me to acknowledge the violence of my gaze. A victim becomes a martyr when he stares back and demands to be acknowledged.</p> <p><a href="http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp07/blakesley7/node/272">read more</a></p> http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp07/blakesley7/node/272#comment Elkins Weekly Reading Response Thu, 01 Mar 2007 11:39:15 -0500 Adryan 272 at http://www.digitalparlor.org/sp07/blakesley7