KAITLIN CONGO #1/14

The Places In Between (Page 3)

"I am planning to walk across Afghanistan. From Herat to Kabul. On foot." "I am following the footsteps of Babur, the first emperor of Mughal India. I want to get away from the roads. Journalists, aid workers, and tourists mostly travel by car, but I-- "

This quote may have happend right from the beginning of the book "The Places In Between," but this quote and picture of the old shoes symbolize the long journey Rory Stewart is about to Embark on traveling across the nation of Afghanistan. He is not taking a luxury vacation or even taking a pictureesque trip back packing across Europe, he is walking across the entire distance of Afghanistan on foot. All he has is his shoes and himself and the basic necessities for completing this journey. The shoes are one of the only tangible items on him that hold any monetary value...However, after a journey as demanding as this, the worth of the shoes will greatly depreciate quickly.

Danielle Grava Post # 1/14

"Graham switched on the lights and bloodstains shouted at him from the walls, from the mattress and the floor. The very air had screams smeared on it. He flinched from the noise in this silent room full of dark stains drying."

In the novel Red Dragon, Graham is having a hard time deciding if he wants to help solve a psycho killers murder crime. He ends up doing it and in this scene he is checking out the house alone. I can't imagine walking into a house where a family was brutally murdered, especially by myself, but these descriptive few lines allowed me to feel the eeriness of it. The blood is just surrounding him and he is picturing and replaying in his mind what he think happened the night of the murders. This quote instantly became a vivid image in my mind when I read it. I didn't just see red blood though, I felt the insanity of the killer and the image I chose relates to that aspect. There wasn't just blood where they were supposedly killed. It was spread all around the rooms and house. In the novel they also talk about how psychopath serial killers never have a motive. They are just crazy with out any incentive.

Thomas Harris, Red Dragon, Dell Publishing, 1990, pg. 15

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ALEXANDRIA ASCIOTI #1/14

"Every cloud has its silver lining, at least that's the way I figure it. I mean, if we didn't have the rain we wouldn't have the rainbows, now would we?"

It is very common for one to occasionally feel hopeless or drown in sorrow because something terrible occurred. However, I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason. Occasionally, it is necessary for problems to go wrong before they get better. If the concept of failure did not exist, then there would be nothing to learn from. Rainbows are formed after rain, and some of the most beautiful rainbows come from the worst rain storms. Therefore, I feel many positive things develop from negative situations. That is how fate works sometimes, and it allows for further growth in each of us.

In the photograph that I chose, there are numerous trees that appear to be infinitely lined up together. I chose this picture because I feel it represents the development as mentioned before. The trees depict growth and the infinite illusion shows how this growth can continue forever, even if mistakes are made along the journey of life. In the end, there can be positive outcomes if one remains optimistic.

Jim Thompson. The Killer Inside Me. 1991. 54

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AMANDA N. CRUZ GERENA #1

"His eyes turned to the big breasts; she was like darkness to him, shelter, knowledge, common sense..."

In this portrait there is a mother breast-feeding her three children. I related this image to the quote because of the way the character describes the woman's breast he was admiring reminded me of how a baby (if able to speak) would describe a mother's breasts. Breasts are "shelter", comfort, home for a child. And even though the character looked at the breasts he describes with a sexual desire I could easily compare it to a child's pure desire and need for comfort and safeness. The portrait provides the audience with the sense of motherhood and comfort towards a child's need. Looking at the image with the eyes of a child who never really felt a connection of mother and child, I believe it was a very touching portrait.

Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, Penguin Group, 1977, page 10

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Myall Budden #1/14

“Don’t you so much as breathe one word of this nonsense to Durnik or anyone else,” she said, her dark eyes burning into his with a fire he had never seen there before.

Words can affect someone as much as they let them. On the other hand, there is something about a person’s eyes that can raise a profound amount of emotion. Whether it is a stern stare from a professor, a longing gaze from your lover, or a hopeless gape from someone in need, eyes have a certain quality that makes them extremely powerful. It is widely known that art has the ability to capture beauty in a variety of ways, but some works of art are so intriguing simply because of how the artist painted the persons eyes. Take for example the Mona Lisa, her eyes gaze deep into your soul and it seems that she understands you. The above quote takes a similar artistic approach, and as a reader, I could feel the intensity through the description of the eyes. I have felt the same stare, so I could almost immediately relate to Durnik and feel the emotion that the author is trying to portray. Thus, the image I chose is one of a lady with quite a stern look, with very dark, mysterious eyes. As I was scrolling through pictures, the ladies eyes initially caught my attention and I could almost feel the same emotions as when I read the quote listed above. It is as if her eyes were staring into mine with a certain intensity that made me feel quite attached to her immediately.

David Eddings, Pawn of Prophecy (New York: Ballantine Books, 1982), page 15

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Sarah Jacoby Blog Post #1/14

"That sense of being in a dream persisted-I walked, I talked, I answered the phone, I worked on my book, which had been about eighty percent complete when Jo died-but all the time there was this clear sense of disconnection, a feeling that everything was going on at a distance from the real me, that I was more or less phoning it in."

When we lose a loved one without warning, the world as we know it ceases to exist. Without the presence of that one very special person our lives and everything in them no longer carries the same meaning. Our accomplishments no longer feel like a success without that person there to support a

nd congratulate us. Without that person's guidance we feel lost, trapped in another lonely world all our own and all we want is to be able to break out the depression and rejoin everyone back in reality but we can't. I chose this picture because I believe it embodies how the main character feels, he can only glimpse the real world through interactions with others, like looking out through the hole in a wall. The death of his wife has trapped him away from reality, similarly like this image depicts one being trapped from the outside world.

Stephen King, Bag of Bones (New York: Pocket Books, 1998), page 16

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Hessa Al Rumaihi Blog # 1/14

"Your golden skin and radiant eyes, you turned the head of every woman in the place and you turned the heads of some of the  men."(pg 19)

I chose this picture because diamonds reflect and describe beauty. Any person that walks by a jewelry store will have to observe and admire the uniqueness and beauty of diamonds that are displayed, which applies both to men and women. The main character of the book Pandora, describes the man she meets as one of the most beautiful creatures she has ever seen, and So I thought what's more beautiful than a diamond? From Pandora's point of view he was unbreakable, stunning and flawless  because he was immortal, a vampire just like her. Diamonds stay the same, they don't age or change the way they look compared to vampires. They become beautiful species after they are turned and their looks never change and are easy to distinguish amongst others, just like diamonds.

Rice, Anne. Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires. New York: Knopf, 1998. Print. (pg. 19)

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Gavin Berry Journal # 1/14.

“They were standing in the sunlit open doorway at the bottom watching him. The one was tall and big hipped, the other was thin, and they both had their badges out. All the time he continued down the stairs, clutching the rail, they never stopped watching him.”

Waiting at the bottom of a steep dark stairway is the unknown, and questioning. the two figures are hidden in the shadows and can only be seen by Kess. Kess does not know the specifics for their visit, but they patiently wait for him to descend into the darkness, he can sense the dark feelings. This photograph shows the fear Kess is feeling while descending the staircase, the darkness provides the gray area for the unknown of what could occur.

Morrell, David. Testament. new york, ny: warner books, inc., 1975. 21. Print

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Carly Gaffney Blog #1

"There was a dampness in the air and a slick was showing on the streets, reflecting lights of the city back from all angle. It was one of those nights that had a bad smell to it."

Dark eerie streets are usually an underlying meaning for something bad that is going to happen. Like a full moon or a black cat, it is an indicator of potential trouble. I used The Pont Neuf image because I got that same eerie feeling from the picture as I did from the quote by Mickey Spillane. I feel like I can actually see the dampness in the picture as if it were a film clip. I can only imagine what being on that street will reveal.


Mickey Spillane, The Snake (Bath: Chivers Press, 1964), page 78

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Emiri Hashimoto #1/14posts

"Missy let herself out of the house and huried down the neat brick path to the front gate"



We might have experienced the situation when we had an argument with our family or friends that you were so emotional and tried to get away with it. The quote i chose was from where Missy, the main character, was yelled by her sister and she could not control herself which ended up run away from home. I chose this image because a girl in the picture looks in a hurry going somewhere ,also it gives me a image of when Missy is let herself out from home.
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Colleen Mccullough, The Ladies Of Missalonghi,(Harper&Row,Publishers,Inc)Page 19
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DANA SAYDAK #1 of 14

"There was something about the wet, warm feeling of entering a woman's body, however, that had always frightened him. It made him feel that he was being swallowed up, disappearing into something he didn't understand." (p.17)

Chapman is referring to intercourse as a terrifying experience for him. Chapman doesn't seem to enjoy the unknown and finds it utterly frightening as opposed to anything else. The image I chose is of a tornado that is swallowing up everything in its way. The connection I drew between the quote and the image were that they were both swallowing up the unknown. In Champan's situation he was the one being swallowed up and the image is of the tornado swallowing up everything in its way. I imagine, this is what Chapman feel like is taking place with he is having sex.

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Jack Jones, Let Me Take You Down (London: Virgin Publishing, 1992), page

Arron Lambie, Blog # 1/14

"For as long as I can remember I was frighteningly, often wonderfully, beholden to moods."

Our mind tends to make us behave in certain ways that we would only act because of our mood. It is the difference between a person having a positive or negative feeling toward a certain situation. It shows how we are slaves to our mood, and the sensations are unexplainable but all humans enjoy the feeling of being in a certain mood. The colors in this image represent all the different moods a person may experience, and that not everyone always shares the same mood. The way the colors are also sorted makes it seem as though the two persons are experiencing different moods, and their conversation is a result of them.

Kay Redfield Jamison, An Unquiet Mind, Alfred A. Knopf, INC. 1995, page 4

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NADER HAKIM, BLOG #1/14

"You men! you filthy dirty pigs! you're all the same, all of you. pigs! pigs!"



It shows how much a woman is disgusted by the men around her. and how she says all of you shows that she isnt leaving anyone out. " dirty filthy pigs!" these three words sum up everything any woman would want to tell a man from cheating to lying to anything else. And I find this image suitable because i think that most men who are called pigs are men with suits or in other words business men, or at least thats how i pictured it.























Stephen King. Gerald's game (the penguin group,1992), pg.11


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Ashley Hushka, Blog #1/ 14

"No point telling her about the fake window today, she looked so sincere, even, unnaturally, admiring, good time to just dummy up."

As they say, honesty is the best policy, but sometimes in life we are put in situations where there is an exception to that policy. I'm not saying go around and be untruthful, but it is sometimes okay to stretch the truth for the benefit of the other individual. Parents seem to "lie" to their children for many years about how things work, or simply about Santa Claus. They don't do this to be bad parents, they do this because at that time their children are not prepared for the truth and are still innocent. This quote by Thomas Pynchon reminded me of how I may have not always been told the truth, but I still ended up happy and satisfied.


Thomas Pynchon, Vineland (Canada: Little, Brown and Company, 1990), pg. 17
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Ala Salem, #1 of 14 posts

"The control panels lighted up like something from a spaceship--showing longitude, latitude, elevation, compasses."





Back in the earlier twentieth century, advanced technology existed in the form of larger, much complicated machinery. However, they were not provided to the entire public. Such technology was available only for people who were working for the government. The military used these forms of technology heavily. Military officials stationed such gizmos and gadgets in large vehicles. Also, they depended on them for navigation, communication, and locating the enemy. This is why I chose University of California, San Diego's "Military Ship: Carrier USS America", and this photo was taken in 1986.

Dave Wolverton. A Very Strange Trip. (Bridge Publications Inc. 1999) page 25

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Katie Faunce Post #1

"Sunday, February 13th, was a particularly foggy day. There was no sky, only a transparent tent that draped the tops of the oaks sheltering Savannah's squares and avenues. The world was black and white and shades of grey."

Fog creates a wall that is impossible to look through. All you can see is the outline of people and things and nothing is really clear. One sees the darkness that surrounds everything. In the fog one can be hidden from the world because they tend to blend in with the darkness. The painting I picked to represent my quote from Behind the Moss Curtain by Murray Silver shows blocks of defined color but within the blocks you are unable to distinguish anything. There are no brushstrokes or images that you can clearly see, just like when one can hide within the fog because of the lack of visibility. It creates an eerie mood because one never knows what can be hiding in the fog ahead.

Murray Silver, Behind the Moss Curtain (Bonaventure, 2005), pg 23

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BRIAN STANIS BLOG POST #1

"Nixons knock out punch in his verbal bout with the Soviet premier was his articulation of the American post war domestic dream."

During the Cold War era our relationship with the Soviet Union and its neighboring countries was rocky to say the least. In a hostile world the United S

tates was receiving threats from numerous countries, especially the Soviet Union. However it was the class of President Nixon to not strike back with physical threats but verbal blows. The imagery his "knock out punch" not only proves a physical victory, but a societal one as well. By putting down one of the strongest nations of the time Nixon became a somewhat world ruler, convincing societies to not only look up to him but follow him as well. In the image Nixon is portrayed as the individual in the chair, having power, and rule.

Elaine Tyler May, Homeward Bound (basicBooks,1988) p. 12

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KRISTIN HOLLOWAY #1 of 14 posts

"He stepped into Africa. How many times in the last year did he had he opened this door and found Wonderland, Alice, and Mock Turtle, or Aladdin and his Magic Lamp, or Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz, or Dr. Doolittle, or the cow jumping over a very real-appearing moon-all the delightful contraptions of a make-believe world. He often had seen Pegasus flying in the sky ceiling, or seen fountains of red fireworks, or heard angel voices singing

. But now, is yellow hot Africa, this bake oven with murder in the air."

This quote is very appealing to me in this story because it's like a contrast from what the children should be imagining to what they should not be imagining. It's almost like this is a slight twist in the story that the children would even imagine such a harsh place with lions that could potentially hurt their parents and not know any better. I feel like this is a powerful quote because it establishes all these nice places and good stories that the parents would expect of their children. "The angel voices singing" was so magical and mysterious and I felt it was very gentle and defiantly a good thing to hear. The sudden change to the "yellow, hot Africa" turned the paragraph into a daunting fate and even foreshadowed the future of the parents ultimate fate.

Bradbury, Ray. The Illustrated Man. (New York: Bantam Spectra Double day, 1951), Page 11

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AMBER FAHRNER BLOG POST # 1

"Let's look in the mirror. Really look at your face. Look at your eyes, your mouth. This is what you think you know best."

People view themselves in all different aspects when looking in a mirror or at a picture, but does that really mean they know best? Their tends to be flaws oneself sees that others may not. For someone to find every imperfection on their face every wrinkle or frown line, or the way ones face moves during a laugh, scream or scare. The image I choose to represent the quote is Between Two Worlds by Jon Seri. The picture represents different faces and expressions that someone could see when they look in a mirror or how a tragic event can be shown all over a face. When comparing to the quote it made me realize that you think you may truly know your face and every flaw. That when you look at yourself that's just who you are, but the painting shows more it express that their is more than just a face with eyes and a mouth on it. That the face you see in the mirror may not be the face that everyone around you sees. The picture to me represents all the different looks people are capable of seeing when facing a mirror.




Chuck Palahniuk, Diary Chuck Palahniuk (Doubleday, 2003), page 2
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CARINA DOMINGUEZ BLOG POST 1/14

"When they decided who was going to jail, looks were a big factor."

In America, women are in a loose-loose situation when it comes to appearance. If a woman is barely wearing clothes she is considered tasteless, and if she is wearing too much she is considered a prude. The way women dress and do their make-up is constantly judged. I connected Gloria Lockett's experience of being a prostitute to Elena Dorfman's Rebecca 2, from the series of Still Lovers because this image made me think about the situation the author was in as she struggled with being sent to jail as a prostitute because of her appearance. In this image the woman has on heels and a long skirt, but also portrays a woman of strong sex appeal. In many circumstances, women use their sexuality to their advantage when issues such as arrest occur, even though society looks down upon it. If women act in such a manner, they oppress themselves and other women, but it is not always in every situation that the woman initiates the sexual advantage. As continued in the description, women are also oppressed by men, not just themselves, which turns out to be a viscous cycle of sociological oppression. It is either the woman gets what she needs by degrading herself, or the man degrades her.

Frederique Delacoste, Priscilla Alexander, Sex Work (San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1987), page 39.

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LISA M. LUGO BLOG POST #1/14

"Every emotion she felt was transmitted to her pretty, mobile face. Her facial expressions underwent a rapid exchange of dismay, anger, frustruation and fear, setting finally on a fixed look of righteous indignation."


I believe that in every individual's mind there are millions of emotions that run through our brain when a certain situation occurs. Even though our facial expressions are not capablet of changing as quickly as our thoughts, we tend to narrow down our emotions and physically express the biggest thought that made an impact in us. I chose Nan Goldin's picture self-portrait with eyes turned inward, because I believe it represents how facial expressions act as a system. I felt that when I was reading the quote, while starring at the picture I could notice the transition of emotions leading to the final product of a dissapointed face. She holds the eye look I thought of when I read this quote.

Charles Willeford, Cockfighter (New York: Vintage Books, 1972), page 21
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GREG LESAR BLOG POST #1

"To tell the truth, I guess it hadn't started anywhere.  We'd just drifted together like straws in a puddle."

Life can take us on crazy adventures with fatefully introducing us to potentially some of the most significant people in our lives.  The image I chose to associate with Jim Thompson's descriptions is Jonathan Borofsky's 4 shapes coming together in a dream.  This is why I chose this image....

Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside Me (New York: Vantage Books, 1991), page 30
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