tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653032747342226248.post8134104629232550303..comments2023-06-28T18:58:00.261+05:30Comments on constant chatter: the air was thick with wordsurmilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16163938043263492964noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653032747342226248.post-41125375354216146332010-09-01T19:58:54.788+05:302010-09-01T19:58:54.788+05:30Thanks all of you for taking the time to reply! :)...Thanks all of you for taking the time to reply! :)urmilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16163938043263492964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653032747342226248.post-44502246898251731082010-08-26T22:27:31.386+05:302010-08-26T22:27:31.386+05:30I really like what you did here. To me it reflects...I really like what you did here. To me it reflects something I see everyday. I am Mexican but I am spending the summer in the United States. Lots of mexicans, and their relation to Spanish changes enormously between genereations. Very often you'll see a family where the parents speak in Spanish but the kids answer them in English. They both understand both languages but they both stick to the one they grew up in. Anyway, the fact that your illustration is so open to interpretation is what makes it interestingLaia Jufresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288819127396978020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653032747342226248.post-32530282586425971362010-08-25T22:40:16.037+05:302010-08-25T22:40:16.037+05:30this is really interesting, and what i find unique...this is really interesting, and what i find unique about it is that the English part is in a secluded little speech bubble, and the rest is.. Tamil? (sorry, i don't really know..)<br />but i would have expected English to be the messy background and the regional language to stand alone...<br />the fact that the young person is speaking English and the older people the other language, could also be a play on the generational shift to English; and the fact that the English stands out, and is much clearer, is also important... <br />and i'm sure the specific English cutting that you've selected also has some significance!bunbury92https://www.blogger.com/profile/03596809567623482178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653032747342226248.post-7589835495423011832010-08-25T08:18:12.163+05:302010-08-25T08:18:12.163+05:30nice work - this is a great way to show how someon...nice work - this is a great way to show how someone might experience an atmosphere of poor communication.nellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422821079561862007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653032747342226248.post-81384638549755904852010-08-25T07:52:56.585+05:302010-08-25T07:52:56.585+05:30To me, it looks like no one understands the girl. ...To me, it looks like no one understands the girl. She has a lot to say and express, but no one is listening or understanding.<br /><br />(I like the image very much.)pretty dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01009774500137343433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653032747342226248.post-6194808926141554622010-08-24T23:37:10.547+05:302010-08-24T23:37:10.547+05:30My interpretation is that the little girl reads th...My interpretation is that the little girl reads the news in her regional language but thinks in English. I find myself more comfortable in English and sometimes make an extra effort to infuse Tamil into a conversation just to make myself feel less guilty.<br /><br />The other image of the two people with the speech bubbles, well, it seems to me like the speech bubble in the middle highlights the 'lost in translation' part.Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491201071020056597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2653032747342226248.post-6444371183418551442010-08-24T23:31:04.071+05:302010-08-24T23:31:04.071+05:30The illustration perfectly represents lack of iden...The illustration perfectly represents lack of identity in the little girl who doesn't understand the language being spoken around her. Looks like deep observations are being made by the adults in the picture about the world and life and the little girl is lost.<br /><br />I relate to it in my own way. When I was in Anna university, everybody, including the professors spoke only in tamil and I was always treated as an outsider because I couldn't speak the language fluently. Same was the case with the roomies in the hostel. Hence I came over faithfully every weekend to your place :). This picture totally captures that phase of life.Chetnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00285060334630177959noreply@blogger.com