tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post5625022955038253246..comments2024-02-17T06:06:58.131-05:00Comments on AP Literature 2010 - 2011: Tom Phillips: Explicating A Humument (Step 4)R. Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01320082679219510745noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-22707837376474776582008-04-03T13:10:00.000-04:002008-04-03T13:10:00.000-04:00Danielle S. 5On page 5 of the Tom Philips Hummerme...Danielle S. 5<BR/><BR/>On page 5 of the Tom Philips Hummerment there is a piece of paper torn up nearly shredded to bits. It’s a bright yellow piece of paper that is shredded perhaps symbolic to light, the sun, bright joyous life, or perhaps its there to cover something deeper. There are words and phrases within the mix of shreds, underneath the bright yellow shredded paper there is another piece of paper an off white color more symbolic to paleness, depression, and unwilling happiness. It’s like a maze of literature, there are words hidden underneath the yellow paper on top, but that yellow paper seems to be hiding a secret of its own, a secret language, a foreign language imprinted in bold bright red catching the eye of the observer very easily but why? What does this mean? Why is it in a different language? Or is this even a language at all, Perhaps it’s just something made up by Tom Philips that only he can understand. We may never know.<BR/><BR/>Among the shreds of paper there are exposed words, Words that have symbolic meaning to the shreds of paper, to the overall meaning of Tom Philips “Hummerment”. At the top of the paper there is a phrase visible to the observer and it reads “attempt to cripple sentences” This phrase displays meaning because it gives the observer the meaning behind the shreds of paper they are the attempt to cripple sentences. <BR/><BR/>Moving on down towards the middle of the page we see another brake with more exposed words and phrases, but as the observer reads on towards the bottom of the phrase the words become blurred. The phrase starts off by saying “Really broken by” and the rest of the phrase is unclear to blurred to read. This shows the observer that this was done purposely to cover up a possible secret or to keep the onlooker guessing.<BR/><BR/>The next phrase to the left of the one above is at the corner of the page and it states “broken the besides journal, and…” This phrase is chopped up and scrambled badly. However it is the first time that we see the word Journal which may make one think that this could be someone’s journal and it could be hiding a big secret that is why it is so well scrambled. Moving down towards the bottom of the page there is another phrase that has the word journal mentioned in it states “The impression Journal” This phrase gives the observer a little bit more insight into the actual meaning behind the meaning of the journal. In this Phrase is called the impression journal, so perhaps it just an impression a fake to distract the observers attention.<BR/><BR/>Moving on the phrases towards the middle end of the paper is so badly scrambled they are hardly legible, so that the nearest legible phases are at the bottom of the paper and they read “The first….. The imaginary Journal…” this is the fist time in this picture that we see the word imaginary. This word brings many ideas to thought such as the idea that impressionable and imaginary could be related in the thought of a fake something put in place to distract attention away from something not wanting to be seen<BR/><BR/>At the bottom of the page there are three legible fragmented phrases, they read “Discrepancy, journal, journal……. Fragments……………..Fragments”. This is the conclusion of the page and all we are left with is the theorized idea of the meaning behind this journal. The phrase starts off with the word discrepancy which is an obstacle holding someone or something back from its intended goal. After that we see the word journal repeat itself twice what might the reason for that be? Maybe it was written like that to put an emphasis on the word. Then we see the words fragments scripted twice its ironic how it is written because these words are in-between torn pieces of paper, fragmented pieces of paper. So in the end we may never know what was really written, or what the complete message was. We can only guess the meaning behind these blind lines.Danielle S. 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/12809580139584321124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-53541858321956674152008-04-01T13:17:00.000-04:002008-04-01T13:17:00.000-04:00Page 15On page 15 of Tom Phillips’ A Humument, Phi...<A HREF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/cgi-bin/showcase.pl?pageno1=15&headdir1=0/011020&pageset1=11-20&edition1=Tetrad%20Press%20Edition,%201970[-75]&picture1=h015a500.jpg" REL="nofollow">Page 15</A><BR/><BR/>On page 15 of Tom Phillips’ A Humument, Phillips illustrates the character as an evil man who resembles a beast by using descriptive words and illustrates the poem with dark rainbow colors. Each word describes a specific character that symbolizes a man turning into a beast. This beast was once a man who had loved in the past and who was hurt by his ex- lover and is left with a broken hurt that can not mend. He is then left in the last moment of conversation with his lover when she tells him that she is not his wife but his only response is laughter to show her that at the end he will have the last laugh. The poem is then ended with the word flash that represents quick movement that the eye could not respond to quick enough.<BR/>The man is described in the beginning of the poem as being curious and beastly looking. This is evidential through the following …..<BR/>Dirty and pale <BR/> And <BR/>Curious <BR/>Curious spectator,<BR/> Standing on <BR/> The scene<BR/>With dark, almond-shaped eyes,<BR/> Teeth<BR/>Curled<BR/><BR/>Through this adjective description, the viewer can visualize the man more a beast rather than a human being. From the words dirty and pale, the man is then transformed in to an uncivilized and unsanitary wild creature that might be overwhelmed with an affection of a virus to cause them to contain pale skin. His cloths are then described as being loud. Loud is being used to describe the manner of a color of clothing or having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colors or patterns. However even though he is describes to have no human qualities, he is still considered to have his own character. The man in the poem is also described to be a metallic nasty little devil. By the author using the word metallic gives the man having the characteristics of a metal that is unbreakable and strong. Metallic is also connected with the verb flash. Flash is a verb of speed that is too quick to be caught by the naked eye. <BR/> In the painting there are various colors that resemble the rainbow in the sky. However instead of a blue sky the rainbow is located in a light tone yellow. The words are printed in dark black but are isolated in white backgrounds which white symbolizes truth and the black can resemble darkness and evil. The yellow back ground can symbolize the sun and energy. Colors can have a spiritual energy. The colors can be used to represent his emotions that occur through his body during his event of his conversation between him and his lover. Blue is the color of oceans, skies and the heavens. When people think of blue it brings peace and understanding and calms and relaxes the body mentally and spiritually. Yellow represent wisdom and brings clarity of thought and allows better decision making. Red is the opposite and represents interest and passion. When combing these three into different combinations it results in to secondary colors. When mixing yellow and red it will result into orange. It represents creativity and playfulness and in addition to relief from boredom. Green is the result of the mixture yellow and blue which brings the mind harmony, sympathy and health. Last but not least violent is a combination of both red and blue. Violent is the process of healing and is the last color of the painting to be shown which suggests that by laughing at the end the man is healing. The darker tones of the paintings are associated with sorrow and sadness and darkness of evil.<BR/>Tom Phillips uses his painting to reflect the word of his poem. In the title of the poem it is spilt in half which may symbolize the character being split in to a spilt personality. Through the connection between the poem and the painting the character is experiencing an intense event that has him torn and struggling wit identifying with his emotion which leads him onto an emotional rollercoaster.ashley S5https://www.blogger.com/profile/08421138215777345998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-60612050197594225722008-04-01T13:15:00.000-04:002008-04-01T13:15:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.ashley S5https://www.blogger.com/profile/08421138215777345998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-11985601971007879222008-03-27T12:33:00.000-04:002008-03-27T12:33:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.ashley S5https://www.blogger.com/profile/08421138215777345998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-33053057367668716582008-03-27T12:16:00.000-04:002008-03-27T12:16:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.ashley S5https://www.blogger.com/profile/08421138215777345998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-55583769552305690242008-03-27T12:11:00.000-04:002008-03-27T12:11:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.ashley S5https://www.blogger.com/profile/08421138215777345998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-12157749343386571522008-03-05T22:40:00.000-05:002008-03-05T22:40:00.000-05:00PAGE 10On page 10 of Tom Phillips' A Humunent, Phi...<A HREF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/cgi-bin/showcase.pl?pageno1=10&headdir1=0/001010&pageset1=1-10&edition1=Tetrad%20Press%20Edition,%201970[-75]&picture1=h010a500.jpg" REL="nofollow">PAGE 10</A><BR/><BR/><BR/>On page 10 of Tom Phillips' A Humunent, Phillips suggests that humans often wonder about the future when it comes to matters of love and relationships. He divides the page into charcoal and dark grey sections that take the shape of rectangles. There are scattered words, phrases and sentences that are in black print with white as a background that move from left to right as you go further down the page. He portrays the way humans have either a positive or negative outlook on love which he does through contrasting lighter shades of grey with darker ones, and putting his text in tiny areas of pure white, which represent hope. <BR/><BR/>To begin the page, Phillips creates a pattern of smaller and larger rectangles where the larger ones are charcoal, almost a light black, and the smaller ones which border each larger rectangle are dark grey. He inserts tiny white text boxes into the surface of the page with little phrases and words in them. The dark rectangles represent the negative feelings humans have when it comes to love. The lighter rectangles represent the doubtful and neutral feelings that are neither good nor bad, just grey, that people feel about love. The area that the larger rectangles take up is more than that of the smaller rectangles and the text surrounded by white. This may give the page a negative vibe. It brings to mind break-ups, games and relationships with bad layers and ends. However, when first-looking at the page, the white overrules the dark colors surrounding it. Hopeful thinking comes to mind. The white boxes represent a ray of light in a relationship. Even though the text boxes have a strong presence, they do not overwhelm the eye which can't help but notice the doubt and negativity also on the page. <BR/><BR/>What makes the page more specific and personal is the character Phillips assigns to it. The character starts by describing the beginning of the relationship from his viewpoint. "You in / mine, / fused" (lines 1-3). To him, he and she are "fused" like two pieces of metal soldered together. He feels they are inseperable and one. He goes on to describe how strong the love is. It is so strong that he has proof of it. Phillips writes "in witness of my love for you, every page" (line 4), which he creates so that the character can persuade the reader that he is truly in love- that every page of every book will prove it. After this line, there is an area where there is no text at all. It is full of charcoal and grey rectangles as the eye travels down the page until another text box appears. The character seems to be concerned about the future of the relationship when he "foresees a book which" (lines 5-7). He stops at "which" because he feels all the feelings of love at that moment. He experiences the negative, neutral and positive and cannot carry on elaborating on the book until he is sure of what to say after "which"- a challenge may humans have with relationships. He finally decides when he says "which, / might / disguise / name" (lines 8-11). Here, Phillips gives the character a skeptic trait, making him doubt and question not only what the "book will foresee", but what he is saying as well. Once again he is torn between a decision and can't pinpoint exactly what is going on in the relationship to decide what will be "foreseen". He feels doubtful and that she is in disguise, or that she is hiding something from him. Therefore, Phillips places the word "disguise" on top of a dark grey rectangle. However, on top of the charcoal triangle is a very alone and blunt "name". Here, the character feels negatively about the relationship. he considers a significant 'other' who is to be "named"- maybe someone intruding the relationship from her end. The word "disguise" also gives me the impression that the character's lover is a woman. The choppiness of the phrases and clarity of the words gives me the impression that the charcater is a man. The next words are leading from the dark grey rectangles to the charcoal rectangles which show how the character at first is doubtful, then becomes convinced that there is something sinister just out of his reach. "admit / explain / perfectly indicate" (lines 12-14). These lines bring to mind a scene that is very familiar to most lovers. He accuses, she "admits" and tries to "explain" but all he hears is words that "perfectly indicate" how hurt he is. This represents the climax of the relationship which leads to the end. It symbolizes the decline from bad to worse. <BR/><BR/>At the end of the character's tale and at the bottom of the page is the only white text box in any corner. This text box was put there by Phillips to suggest that no matter how dark situations can become, there will almost always be a tiny corner of hope. The character continues, "mention / convince / might," (lines 15-17). These lines start out on the charcoal rectangles but he presents possibility, "might", and ends up on top of dark grey triangles. In between discussion, "mention", and possibility, "might", lies "convince". The character has changed his mind after discussing it and being convinced that there is a possibility of the relationship's survival. The final lines are tricky. The character says "most completely, change" (lines 18-19). This could refer to a negative change made from the "fusion" he used to feel with her, or a positive change made from the doubt and fear he experiences when he is contemplating the relationship's future. The only known fact is that the last lines start on a charcoal rectangle and end on a light grey one and are exactly lined up at the corner of the entire page, as if they are exiting and have find the way off of it. <BR/><BR/>Phillips' simple techniques of repetition and clarity, as well as his contrasting of colors for the purpose of extracting emotions suggest that no universal emotion brings out so many others in humans, as does love.Thespina says:https://www.blogger.com/profile/01434760485374068899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-12125123582542170032008-03-05T22:37:00.000-05:002008-03-05T22:37:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thespina says:https://www.blogger.com/profile/01434760485374068899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-28405070497025572712008-03-05T22:35:00.000-05:002008-03-05T22:35:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thespina says:https://www.blogger.com/profile/01434760485374068899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-16777939444702470322008-03-02T19:58:00.001-05:002008-03-02T19:58:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thespina says:https://www.blogger.com/profile/01434760485374068899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-80050258942540358182008-03-02T19:58:00.000-05:002008-03-02T19:58:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thespina says:https://www.blogger.com/profile/01434760485374068899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-37754921873053287872008-03-02T19:57:00.000-05:002008-03-02T19:57:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Thespina says:https://www.blogger.com/profile/01434760485374068899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-2117034123595005302008-02-27T07:34:00.000-05:002008-02-27T07:34:00.000-05:00pg82On Pg 82 of tom Phillips’ Humument, Phillips c...<A HREF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/cgi-bin/showcase.pl?pageno1=82&headdir1=0/081090&pageset1=81-90&edition1=Tetrad%20Press%20Edition,%201970[-75]&picture1=h082a500.jpg" REL="nofollow">pg82</A><BR/><BR/>On Pg 82 of tom Phillips’ Humument, Phillips creates a feeling of gloominess, and bereavement that sets the tone for the small sentence to tell a story. He does this by using dark colors and putting everything in a tiny part the canvas he makes it like you are looking thought a window he puts a royal blue broad to show power knowledge and seriousness. Which sets the tone for the whole picture it’ serious and he wants express he’s knowledge with everyone. <BR/><BR/>The first that I notice when I saw the painting was the was the words so writing the first sentence was interesting it said happy scenes out of an opera. Reading the first sentence makes that this was a happy picture but when you look at the picture it is dark and the people have a horrified look on their faces. Then I notice on each side of the first sentence are arrows pointing away from the picture, which meant to me that there were happy scenes in the past and there will be some in the future but not here. The next thing that I notice was the dark purple arch the arch is use as a window to see what is going for the person who is watching the show. We learn who is watching from the color of the arch, which is purple with red fading in some places. It kind of looks like a marble counter but in purple and red, the color purple stands for royalty and for people of high standings but because the purple is dark it evokes gloom and sad feelings. <BR/><BR/> The following thing that caught my eye was the people that were in the middle of the picture there is bunch of people. If you look very closely there is a man with a crown in the front of the picture he is wearing a dirty red shirt these man is arch over like he has a hump on his back now when we king of a king we think of a king we think of a man standing straight up be in on his thrown. We don’t picture him out amongst the people and not slouching. One other the dirty shirt that he is wearing stands for he’s wrath. Also after a closer examination you will see a man on the middle right hand side wearing a back hood as they had done in the medieval times in my understanding he is the executioner.<BR/><BR/> The next thing that I did was I read the words In the picture the words read “ the small book shed art on springs, art in gold letters on the modern fashionable emerald quadrangular hills each grass scene had its crucifix, Crucifixes were also nailed to trees travelers, pictures birds than painted with the names of each at intervals watch the leaves bubble.” In the words tom Phillip is explaining what is going on with all he’s pictures. He’s saying that the book is made for art not for money that people make art for now. In the rest of the words it seems that Phillip is trying to see that we as a people put are into this show like we did with Jesus we crucible and watch as he died. So he basically saying that were killing art. <BR/><BR/>The next thing that I saw was the black tree, which was hard to make out. The trees are supposed to be green and full of life but these tree looks like it’s dying. The tree in this picture represents the death of art. The tree is black because black stands for death and mystery. Next if you look at the bottom of the leaves there are parts of dark green and the green is the last life of the tree or art. The dark green stands for ambition the ambition that arts have to keep the life in art. <BR/><BR/>Overall Phillips had created a feeling of gloominess, and bereavement by using dark colors and small sentences. The reason Phillip name this work of art the human document is because this is a document of what people can do when they overcome by greed and jealousy. Finally he’s saying if we don’t learn from are mistakes it will curse us and we will consume are selves.Mario R. 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/15571693945667308923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-41254291706851541422008-02-26T22:15:00.000-05:002008-02-26T22:15:00.000-05:00Page 326On page 326 of Tom, Phillips Phillips’ Hum...<A HREF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/humument/2/221230/images/h226a500.jpg" REL="nofollow">Page 326</A><BR/>On page 326 of Tom, Phillips Phillips’ Humument creates a picture that is worth a thousand words by using his writing and his creative ideas of taken away a majority of the words that he saw had a story and meaning. He then took the words that seem to send a message that one can relate to and understand. The author colored everything and a dark and gloomy color; it could have been portrayed as the life of someone in the world who is seeing the world. I found it interesting that he seem to color just about everything but the outside of the painting as to almost create a frame but in the shape of a certain shape. A person is blind and in full of darkness but not always is a person consumed by darkness even if there is a glimmer of light left in people. Tom Phillips could have the intention that he is telling a full story even with the little lines that he has left not engulfed by the darkness and corruption of the world. The shaded area seems interesting to the idea of corruption because the dark gloomy area could be interpreted in as a flame. A fire could be a dangerous but also beneficial attribute because fire can destroy anything that is surrounding it but also it can create because once it destroys it has the ability to create and have a new life come in to the world. The author made me think in the beginning of life such as the painting everything is pure and has no corruption but as time progresses we as people are influenced by our surroundings. As time passes a life then they are slowly being corrupted and as one is in the time of parties and where anything is possible a person is corrupted. It seem like it is the best time that we are able to understand the world and everything that is going on around us. It was interesting that at the top of the picture the words are legible but they are not as dark or easy to read as the part that is a bit darker. In the center of the painting is the darkest part of the entire painting but it has three orbs that are white and have writing that has a meaning behind it. At the bottom of the painting and the story that he was writing it seem like it was being erased and it could be represented just like the life of a person. The title caught eye and I thought it was interesting that he decided to go with the title of The Human Document because it could be a great deal of help to get a better understanding of the message that the painter was trying to portray in the painting. The title also helps getting a better understanding of the words that were being said in the orbs in the painting and how it could be related to the life of another human being. <BR/><BR/><BR/> It appeared interesting how he left three orbs in the painting as well with the and how they are being shaded differently in a plaid form. The orbs could possibly represent the idea of how people live three parts of their lives; a person is born, they live and we die. In his writing a person can get a better understanding of how the lives of people are being portrayed in the painting. The very first orb first words are portraying a garden. A garden tends to be where something has life but before it is a beautiful garden it must be dead so something can be born. As well though with anything that is born it is being born into a world of corruption. The painter could have also tried to describe as person as soon as they are middle age. The second orb in the painting is leading to a person’s life coming to an end. As the stars start to replace the sun and it’s the end of the day. Also could be representing the life of a person coming to an end. In the last orb the author uses the moon as his final orb and his final words were the ones that he slept. The text could be interpreted as the final stage of a person as he will lie underneath the moon and be in an eternal slumber. The orbs could also be a way to interpret the soul of a person because was customary that a soul of a human being was to be in the shape of an orb. A circle in also never ending and its just like the cycle of human life. Although a human life is limited and it will come to an end and for every life there is a new one that is being born. <BR/><BR/><BR/> It is interesting how the painter placed the orbs among the painting because the way the words were describing the words are just like a setting sun and how the life of a human being is exactly like a human being. They are born it is the highest orb and is like a garden that is being born. Also where is the not a lot of the middle painting and in which the middle orb is located and ones life is just in their prime. The world is being bleak and nothing is very clear. The last orb is talking about the end coming to an end and is at the very bottom of the page. It is located where everything is coming to an end and is ready to make another cycle so a new life can begin. As well it is where the words start to disappear and nothing is visible and it could be at the end of someone’s life. The words and colors that are being used by the painter could be symbolic as a person’s life and the corruption of the world and the way that a person is can and can’t see the world.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13731794092549811352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-40759980756415165242008-02-26T22:14:00.000-05:002008-02-26T22:14:00.000-05:00123On page 123 of Tom Phillips’ a Humument, Philli...<A HREF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/cgi-bin/showcase.pl?pageno1=123&headdir1=1/121130&pageset1=121-130&edition1=Tetrad%20Press%20Edition,%201970[-75]&picture1=h123a500.jpg" REL="nofollow">123</A><BR/>On page 123 of Tom Phillips’ a Humument, Phillips suggests that with knowledge and art one can free themselves from the past by being able to grow and become a new creation. In the end the things that may really matter are the things that were once important but have been forgotten. <BR/><BR/>The first thing that is eye catching in this visual is the butterfly on the top of the picture. While looking at this butterfly, it shows that Phillips is trying to evoke that idea of freedom. Butterflies naturally fly around the sky while it is warm out. The strange things about this butterfly is that it’s wings are larger then its body and shaped like side ways hearts and Phillips suggests that the passion that someone may have for art or knowledge is bigger then the passion of a constant thing. Butterflies are also viewed as beautiful creatures and beautiful creations, as is art. The butterfly has reddish brown pokka dots inside the wings, looking at it and looking at the transparency of the wings shows the pokka dots more. The importance of the pokka dots are not only to make the butterfly beautiful but to show the true color of this butterfly. Phillips is suggesting that as humans there is a need to show our true colors and not hide who we really are. The reddish-brown color symbolizes the passion and productivity, Phillips shows that as a creator there has to be passion behind the things that are being done. Around the butterfly the scenery is sea foam green, the top of the sea foam green part looks like the leaves of a tree. The green may symbolize liberty, and since Phillips uses this the trees may also symbolize birth. So these two concepts together could mean the birth of liberty as an artist. Also it looks as if the butterfly is flying away from the things that are going on in the bottom of the picture as a sense of freedom and liberty from the things that were keeping then captive. <BR/><BR/>Going down this picture the words “Poetry, drawing, music, knowledge- I tried them all.” are separating the two sections. Looking closer to these words, they all help in expressing the way one feels about something. As a result of this it is a way to stay away from the things that are keeping them captive. When Phillips writes “I tried them all” Phillips suggests that he has resorted to every option but he hasn’t found a way out. As the words go down the words become detached from the previous passage. Phillips shows that the thoughts between these two passages are different, the emotion of each are different. Further down Phillip writes, “I began to read books of meaning” this shows that he began to read things that were meaningful and less pointless. Also it shows that growing up there is the ability to become a new creation. The words being all about art shows that art is able to create a new person. The words are all positioned in a way that creates a zigzag effect. This suggests the idea of not being stable or having the high points then low points. The outlines of the words are bumpy and somewhat crazy, and Phillips may be suggesting that the art of words and music is as crazy as life is and have turns and tosses that may be unexpected. On the left side Phillips writes, “Buried philosophy” this is lower on the picture and this shows that this was the thoughts that were going through his mind before the transformation. In the past he may have thought that knowledge wasn’t as important and it is to him now. Then he writes, “mere nonsense” and Phillips suggests that the things he that were important to him before are not really all that important anymore because they were all nonsense.<BR/><BR/>The bottom half of the visual is grey and pink. While looking at the picture I found that the bottom rectangle looked a closet or something that keeps things captive. There is a border around the rectangle which makes it seem locked in. The color grey may symbolize the idea of being unsure and not quite knowing what is truly wanted. Also looking from top to bottom it looks as if the top which is birth and the bottom which is the past, it shows that the birth on top is trying to defeat the past by being superior. The colors not only evoke the idea of becoming a new creation and it shows the growth of passion and the willingness to change for something that he is passionate about. <BR/><BR/>Philips on page 123 shows that with knowledge and art there is an ability to free the person from the past and grow up and become a new creation. The things that were once forgotten because important again.Nina F 6https://www.blogger.com/profile/11406828426453686732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-26659252018559232962008-02-26T20:29:00.000-05:002008-02-26T20:29:00.000-05:00155There are good sides and bad sides to everythin...<A HREF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/cgi-bin/showcase.pl?pageno1=155&headdir1=1/151160&pageset1=151-160&edition1=Tetrad%20Press%20Edition,%201970[-75]&picture1=h155a500.jpg" REL="nofollow">155</A><BR/><BR/><BR/>There are good sides and bad sides to everything. There are good sides and bad sides to a story, an item, and to life in general. Life is confusing in this way but most humans would say that there is more good than bad or otherwise there would be more suicides, murders, and hatred between one another. In The Humument on page 155 Tom Phillips that life has it’s ups and down; parts of life are good but there are parts that humans can consider as bad even horrible. Phillips uses the contrast of the colors, the plants, word choice and style of painting, which is gouache, to do this. <BR/><BR/> Plants are a necessity. The provide food, oxygen, wood, paper and lots of other things that society today calls important. Phillips uses the trees as a symbol for life. Plants grow, wither away and then leave their seeds. Human life cycles almost parallel the plant life cycle. <BR/><BR/>One of the first things a person observing page 155 in The Humument is the contrast. The first half of the page is dark but the rest is bright. Contrast is used in art to make the picture or whatever is trying to be created clearer. The top is a forest made of different shades of green brown and specks of red; all of them are mostly dark. The forest is often times associated with darkness; attacks happen there, scary animals in habit forest, and there is no straight paths or clear walkways. What consumes most of the painting is the bright colors on the bottom and the sky blue. When a person is in the forest it can be difficult to see what is above or around you but in a field lighted up by the day it’s possible. The painting is symbolic of life at times it can be a clear field and at other times humans can enter a dark part in their lives, like a forest in which it can be difficult to actually reach the other end.<BR/><BR/>In the painting, on the right, “In the New World” is written. Now the New World is America and when the British came to American it was considered good but on the other hand it was a horrible time for lots of people. There were new diseases and Native Americans were persecuted and pilgrims had a difficult time adjusting to the New World. On the left, it says, “inspect the forest for hands and needles”. Hands are usually associated with help. People use phrases as like “Give a helping hand”. Needles are something different they hurt when touched and not soft at all. Phillips uses the hands and needle to show how that in life people have to have discernment to see where the danger is and where the help is. Close to the middle of the painting it is written, “Toge slim children eat pale daffodils”. This goes along with the New World. The New World was something that people anticipated to be a good thing but in the beginning is was difficult. Skinny children eating things that won’t make their situations any better. Phillips uses this to show the viewer how bad life can be. It bring this visual that children are eating at thier own lives. Phillips show this all in his paintingStephanie P. 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09491388711430389675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-80579323480958259882008-02-26T20:20:00.000-05:002008-02-26T20:20:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stephanie P. 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/09491388711430389675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-79981082981717294262008-02-26T18:09:00.000-05:002008-02-26T18:09:00.000-05:00PAGE 25(CORRECTED HTML POST)Shaun2/16/08Period 5Pa...<A HREF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/cgi-bin/showcase.pl?pageno1=25&headdir1=0/021030&pageset1=21-30&edition1=Tetrad%20Press%20Edition,%201970[-75]&picture1=h025a500.jpg" REL="nofollow">PAGE 25</A><BR/><BR/>(CORRECTED HTML POST)<BR/>Shaun<BR/>2/16/08<BR/>Period 5<BR/><BR/>Page 25<BR/><BR/>The first thing that is immediately noticeable on page 25 of the Humument is the word “logical” encircled in a blue orb at the top of the page. Surrounding the orb are what appear to be red flames, as in a fire or emulating as rays from a sun. Looking at the red licks of fire, the eye is drawn, almost upon instinct, back to the blue orb holding that single word, “logical,” highest on the page. Despite its blue color, one is inclined to believe that the orb is symbolic of a sun, and that the red flames are indeed representative of rays. However, the blue in the orb makes it out to be similar to Earth, and so the image of a sun and Earth is seemingly used interchangeably, giving light to the idea that life is the highest light, that the will to live is brighter than all else.<BR/><BR/>But there is still the word “logical.” Traveling further down the page, to where the red flames come to an end, the first complete thought of text is highlighted: “maintain this--that man is only human because of his longing.” The argument is that love, man’s “longing,” is the most important factor of life, of survival. Seemingly, love is the only factor contributing to the humanity of man. But a question that arises is why this statement is in the middle of the page and not elsewhere, for example: at the top of the page, where the word “logical” sits within that blue globe, amidst a blaze of red. Perhaps it is because the artist is unsure of the answer, of the true nature of man. Perhaps it is not an intentional placement, but this seems rather unlikely due to the exactness of the Earth/sun, centered and burning curiosity from any eye that might rest upon this page.<BR/><BR/>The next complete thought comes only after a phase of black. The meaning of this is unclear but may soon be uncovered. The text reads: “this--that lite has lost all its hopes, and death none of its.” “Lite,” in this context, can also be taken for “life” as it is compared to death in the second part. Assuming that “and death none of its” continues “and death none of its [hopes],” (and this is probably so due to the comparisons between the ideas presented before and after the comma) the complete idea would translate to: Life is hopeless, and death is promising. Of course, this message is rather bleak and unfulfilling, especially when put in context with the rest of the page. So it is safe to conclude in a parallel direction that, when further translated, the words would evolve to read: A fear of death in all hopes can regenerate a passion for life and a will for existence.<BR/><BR/>The bottom of page 25 from the Humument contains no words, just a filling of green. Looking at this in comparison to the rest of the picture, it seems almost as if the eye had been led in a circle. Along with blue, green can also be considered a color symbolizing Earth if not, more-so. Blue would symbolize the water and green would be a symbol for grass and vegetation. It only makes sense now to move back up the page, starting at the bottom in the green. The first thing that comes to mind is birth and the beginning of life; green is innocence. Second, after text, comes the darkness, or death. The last part of the page is the fire and the ultimate destination, once again, Earth; water (perhaps suggestion an afterlife or even reincarnation). But this is only when looking at the page in chronological orders, assuming that there are steps toward a final resolution. <BR/><BR/>Indeed, what the pictures and words within the page truly symbolize are the things that are most important life. They are what make human beings who they are, and separate us from animals. Of course, the one thing that is most common among all living organisms is the “logical” aspect of things. These would be the need to eat, the need for safety and, finally, the need to love and be loved, the “longing.” To go through life without being logical would be an absent minded senseless feat. Therefore, it is the rays around the orb that encircles the word “logical” that symbolize the underlying message burning through this page, and it is best summed up with the few words brought to attention: “maintain this--that man is only human because of his longing.”Shaun N 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/17830358543316172499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-1362642535140428192008-02-26T17:57:00.000-05:002008-02-26T17:57:00.000-05:00203Page 203On page 203 of Tom Phillips’ A Humument...<A HERF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/cgi-bin/showcase.pl?pageno1=203&headdir1=2/201210&pageset1=201-210&edition1=Tetrad%20Press%20Edition,%201970[-75]&picture1=h203a500.jpg">203</A><BR/><BR/>Page 203<BR/><BR/>On page 203 of Tom Phillips’ A Humument, Phillips communicates a sense of hate, loss of human warmth, and a lack of compassion by using a series of dark and smoky colors, and a series of words which have an angry tone and an image of flames burning everything they touch. Phillips creates an allusion to hell, through which the viewer sees a world full of antipathy and selfishness which can only be thought of being hell. At the same time Phillips creates an allusion to a force from heaven or goodness that fights against the darker forces of hell. <BR/><BR/>The idea of the picture being translated into meaning hell comes to mind after looking at the bottom of the picture which is a box with a very dark black color. This dark base at the bottom of the drawing signifies the darkness of hell, which is usually thought of as being under the ground. When one thinks of hell, the first thing that comes to mind is darkness, and along with it the feeling of hotness and fire that burns the souls that end up in there. <BR/><BR/>In order to create this scene of hell, Phillips then draws a type of yellow flames that come out from the dark bottom and that seem to elevate as if they wanted to reach up for more, perhaps for more souls where they can spread this dark and malicious force. On the other hand, Phillips draws an semi-oval right on top of the dark base from which some of the flames seem to be emanating with the words “by the Furies” written in it. The word “Furies” is here written with a capital F, which transmits a feeling of strong anger, which hell is expulsing from it along with the flames.<BR/><BR/>The flames that continue to elevate carry other words like “bitterness,” “banish,” “harder,” “bitter,” “hate,” and “spurn.” All of these words can only proceed from a place which is called hell. Phillips implies that from hell all of these types of feelings are being thrown up to the Earth. Feelings of hate and bitterness are the only thing that can be felt in this place. Every soul that is paying for something they did wrong on Earth can only feel hate while burning up in that place. <BR/><BR/>Phillips also describes, at the very top of the page, someone “whose hands glistened with rings, and his nose, suggested finance and Israel.” This person with shining hands appear as a figure of God, and the fact that the phrase describing it is at the very top and high up on the page suggests that above that darkness there is one that also rules the lighter part of the drawing which signifies the Earth or perhaps Heaven. Phillips then creates the allusion of a fight going on between the two worlds, each one having a different protector of the ones being on the two different worlds, which could be said to be divided as good ones in the top, and evil ones on the bottom. <BR/><BR/>By using the words “finance and Israel,” Phillips lets the viewer know that the one he is describing is Jesus Christ, the God of the Jewish, who was a descendent of a Jewish family and how came to “finance,” or assist spiritually and save the ones who believed in him, and he lived in Israel. When making this connection is when the drawing starts being looked at as the battled mention before between the good and the evil ones. <BR/><BR/>By describing this God as having hands that “glistened with rings,” Phillips shows the power that it possesses, while describing the power of the forces from the bottom with flames and fire. The smoke that elevates to the top of the drawing appears with a darker black color in some parts and with a lighter brown color in other parts. This detail also implies the battle between the two forces and how they both kind of mix in the war they are fight for the winning of souls. <BR/><BR/>In conclusion, Phillips purpose of this painting is to create a scene where two forces are described, the force of the goodness and the force of the evil. He creates this meaning by using different types of dark colors with which he makes a significant difference of the two worlds, always giving a lighter tone to the colors used in the top of the page and a very dark black color to the bottom.Erika R. 6https://www.blogger.com/profile/13730105122194778535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-84137199979667485972008-02-26T11:09:00.000-05:002008-02-26T11:09:00.000-05:00PAGE 264On page 264 of Tom Phillips’ A Humument, P...<A HREF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/cgi-bin/showcase.pl?pageno1=264&headdir1=2/261270&pageset1=261-270&edition1=Tetrad%20Press%20Edition,%201970[-75]&picture1=h264a500.jpg" REL="nofollow">PAGE 264</A><BR/><BR/><BR/>On page 264 of Tom Phillips’ A Humument, Phillips suggests that time and patience will evolve happiness. People want instant gratification in everything they do, especially the pursuit of love, or happiness. The narrator of this painting creates a relationship between love and happiness, and implies that love is followed after happiness. The narrator implies that people never love something or someone until they are happy with it and are able to have experiences with it that they enjoy. The feeling or idea of happiness is not physical, however something mental, simply in ones mind.<BR/><BR/>In this painting the use of colors and brush strokes creates an organized however hectic image. The painting is representing a forest, bright greens, and yellows. However deeper into the forest the darker the colors become. This may be for the simple illusion of depth. However this could also symbolize the mystery and blindness that a lost soul may find their selves avoiding. The darkness of the forest represents the woman that is being pursued by the narrator. The green represents the “hope” that the narrator has for the woman to love him. At a first glance at this painting the audience’s eyes are drawn to the tree in the center of the painting and then defused out through out the entire painting. Phillips uses brush strokes that are unique and delicate which are small and thin this creates some confusing, which provides the audience to notice the stable solid words written on the painting. <BR/> <BR/>Phillips describes the narrator by implying that he is dressed for love, or the action to love. “Toge and amour” is describing the physical outfit that the narrator is wearing the correct clothing for a special occasion, and the occasion is love. The audience can interpret this painting in many different ways, which is exactly the purpose of art, in novels, paintings, and sculptures. The narrator is waiting and hoping day after day for a response from the women. And everyday the narrator is being disappointed with no response. She avoided this narrator, symbolizing that she avoids love and has no pursuit of love. This painting can relate to high school student waiting for an admissions letter from the college that they want to be involved in. Waiting day after day for that answer, with the hope, if the student is sure of himself or herself like the narrator waiting for the women they might be disappointed with being turned down. This painting can relate to anyone who is waiting patiently for a positive answer from someone or something and the challenge of contemplating whether this desire is worth the struggle or not. <BR/> <BR/>Finally, one morning the narrator hears a voice from the forest and is still dressed for the occasion. “Have you got your hat of happiness” says the women from the forest with a soft voice. Taken sarcastically this woman has disappointed the narrator again. This women is smarter than the narrator because she knows that happiness is not within the correct out fit or attempt of a good impression, however in the mind. This “hat” is worn on a head, inside that head is where the happiness is held, not in the hat. However this could be considered as flirting from the women from within the forest, her own way of asking if he is happy now that she has said something to him. <BR/> <BR/>Living life waiting for that “special occasion” or that “special love” from inside the forest can be disappointing. The authors purpose is to live life with a “hat of happiness”, always believe in happiness, that way when people are let down and forgotten by something or someone they will still be happy with their “hat of happiness” or they will still be happy in their mind. Where is happiness but within the mind? Not within the clothing one wears, within the impressions one make to another, however simply within the head of an artist in a happy state of mind.CasieS P5https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296104477479072431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-47897509759204354882008-02-26T08:07:00.000-05:002008-02-26T08:07:00.000-05:00Page 56On page Page 56 of Tom Phillips' A Humument...<A HREF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/cgi-bin/showcase.pl?pageno1=56&headdir1=0/051060&pageset1=51-60&edition1=Tetrad%20Press%20Edition,%201970[-75]&picture1=h056a500.jpg" REL="nofollow">Page 56</A><BR/><BR/>On page Page 56 of Tom Phillips' A Humument, Phillips shows through words and color, the authority and power that is obtained through religion and the opposition of fantasy in the Roman Catholic Church. At first glance, one may attain feelings of passion and love from the image. The deep blood red and light pinks and other shades of red would make one acquire feelings of love. However, red has another meaning. The colors seep from and off white- fleshy tone at the top of the page to a deep red at the bottom, causing the image to appear more intense towards the base. There are splashes of light colors throughout the dark red. From about a quarter down from the top of the page, towards the right side of the image is a strip of dots. The strip of dots looks similar to a long star constellation, only the dots are black. <BR/><BR/><BR/>The diction on the image is choppy and broken. Words relative to religion are brought up many times throughout. The word “sceptre” represents a staff, which could have biblical reference. Sceptres are a representation of power, just as Moses’ staff held the power of God. In the middle of the image, power through religion is shown through, “a cardinal simpered super”. A “cardinal” is a high ranking member of the Roman Catholic Church. The cardinal described in this passage is said to have had the presence of being “super”. This superiority is brought on from the title of cardinal.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The word “between” is shown twice on the image. This word is representing the split between fantasy and religion. By following the words one may read “the little dwarf, who might have been kissing something”. This “dwarf” represents a fantasy character. Roman Catholics have strict beliefs against believing in fantasy or imaginary beings. Also, the Roman Catholic Church also are strong believers of abstinence. The dwarf is “kissing something” which is why it says in the image the dwarf is “behind him”. “Him” could be a reference to God, since he can be referenced to in this way. “Him” is judging the dwarf. <BR/><BR/><BR/>At the bottom of the page, there are more broken sentences. If one reads it as, “nice-/ To-night/ the shape of the priest/ I must go farther than usual”, one can see the reference to religion again. The narrator could be referencing the priest when he says “I must go farther than usual”. The priest is a representation of God, therefore one must “go farther” for the priest to impress God. <BR/><BR/><BR/>The vivid red on the image is a representation of the power and passion of believers. People such as the “cardinal” or the “priest”. Red is bold, a primary color, just as God is the primary being in all Roman Catholics life. The black dots are a representation of premarital sex, shown through the dwarf kissing, and fanatical beings. They are a smear on the Churches’ beliefs.Emily R 6https://www.blogger.com/profile/17612480376138582907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-90416239752078555542008-02-26T07:15:00.000-05:002008-02-26T07:15:00.000-05:00It is the morning after the assignment was due...j...It is the morning after the assignment was due...just making a note for myself.R. Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320082679219510745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-48191139972168862492008-02-26T02:39:00.000-05:002008-02-26T02:39:00.000-05:00Page 304On page 304 of Tom Phillips’ A Humument, P...<A HREF="http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/humument/3/301310/images/h304a500.jpg" REL="nofollow">Page 304</A><BR/><BR/>On page 304 of Tom Phillips’ A Humument, Phillips suggests that men solicit favors to a woman in order to court them but they will solicit favors to many a women by gifting them with elaborate gifts. Philip colors the page with black shadings with the edges being darker than its body of light goldenrod and as he maps out a body of land he encompasses it with words and phrases like water around an island. This island is the representation of men’s continuous journey to court the right woman. <BR/><BR/>Philip first begins the page by putting into light how moral are the ways men tries to purse women. The passage begins on the upper left side of the page. It starts with, “A Cruise in an Opium Clipper,” which is referencing Captain Lindsay Anderson’s book about the morality of trading Opium to China. This is the author’s way to introduce the reader to question men’s morality of how they try to woo women. By bringing up opium it is expressing the poisonous acts men perform to get what they want. Opium has properties to sooths the mind and emotions which is the way men will try to trick women into giving them what they please. The opium clipper is a ship that is used to transport opium over seas and for a man sailing on this boat leads one to question his morality to allow the trade of poison. Despite the British knowing opium is very addictive they kept on trading poison to get into the ports of China, just as men will do the same to get into the ports of women. <BR/><BR/>As the lines cruises above to the page it begins to describe male conquest as a long but adventurous journey. The description is addressed on top of the page where he writes, “Ten years travel.” The specified amount of years is to stress how long a male’s sexual conquest takes for them to find a settlement, which in this case is a woman. The whole process of a male selecting its mate is a, “sport in foreign lands.” The choice of word the author uses to explain the process is by sport. When a person sports they are performing an athletic activity to amuse themselves but in context it means performing a sexual act because it requires vigorous effort to perform this activity with the mystique of the female body. <BR/><BR/>Philips creates a lake where “Toge” follows a path to “soften…” a woman’s, “heart.” The line introduces the behavior of what Toge does to try to win the heart of a woman. This leads to more words surrounding Philips’ drawing. He takes her to “breakfasts luncheons and ball suppers,” which are display of his affection and it demonstrates men’s efforts to try to buy their way through to their lady with food. The first method to court a woman uses food as a sensual tool to arouse the senses of a woman. However if the first method doesn’t succeed men will try to appeal to a woman’s material desires by, “precious stones” of diamonds and gems. These acts are poisonous as described by the image that one can see in the window of pitch darkness. At close inspection a skull lies at the center of the framework, which is a symbol of poison and death. The window also has the skull lodged within a heart and the red surrounding it is spreading to other parts of the heart which is the heart being filled up with the acts of lustful men. <BR/><BR/>The chase of wooing women is a man’s, “marine engines and boilers.” Marine engines describe the driving force of men to woo women and as they woo other women their blood boils like a boiler that heat up water. The boiling describes men’s intense heat and passion when they spot an attractive mate as well as the blood that rushes to their sexual organ to allow it become erect. The process of wooing is only understood by a select few as described by “esoteric Buddhism.” Buddhism main principle is that desire causes suffering and that the whole process is repeated if a male has not realized their actions, “karma.” It explains that good deeds are the way to win a woman’s heart and not through food or material affections. <BR/><BR/>This is the end of the journey and where the words begin to repeat itself. The words traces around the drawing symbolizing the eternal cruising of the sea to woo a woman’s love. The drawing is an island that is colored in light goldenrod and separating it from the sea of words is a border colored in the dark shades of black. Along with a dark window located near the center of the land representing the deeds one has done to gain the chastity of a woman. <BR/><BR/>In conclusion Philips’ encompass image of words portrays the male behavior as eternal. It cannot be broken until lessons are learned from the past to find the proper way to court a woman because material gifts are nothing more than getting women addicted to poison acts of lust.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05678076795847671309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-1780475851637788352008-02-26T02:38:00.000-05:002008-02-26T02:38:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05678076795847671309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8411145127857089342.post-70151996956999602002008-02-26T02:37:00.000-05:002008-02-26T02:37:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05678076795847671309noreply@blogger.com