Interpretation of black shapes

There are many ways people at this school are different: place of origin, socioeconomic status, family heritage, and various types of dimensions, just to name a few. Also, a person could make stereotypical designations for the students at this school, but there will always be exceptions to the rule (i.e. a student who doesn’t enjoying going on a late night TBR {Note: if you don’t understand the acronym, then you are that exception}). What is the one thing that everybody I can safely assume has in common? We are all literate.

As I am writing this article, I am trying to conceive of a time when I did not have this unappreciated skill at my disposal. Furthermore, what would our lives be like without these attempts to convey our thoughts to our fellow man, without having to go through the hassle of having to actually directly communicate with them? When this is reflected upon, I realize that, since my first palindromic numbered year, my entire education career has been based on the fact I could read.

Have you ever really thought about what your mind is going through as you process the information contained in these grey pages? There are a slew of electronic communications your eyes and your brain are engaging in at this present moment. The goal of the said communication is to try to see what my point is. “Why is this kid so focused on reading,” you might be thinking; I have been doing it practically my whole life. That being said, what are the sort of things you can ascertain from noticing the degree of absence of color on the most colorful background that can be constructed (I understand for this to be true I would have to print this article on campus, then send it to you via campus mailbox).

It is true, that very little need for visual representation is required to read this article. There is little in my article that requires the use of your imagination to “see” what is happening. Regardless, the concept of what goes on in my own mind when I am reading something designed to be episodic is completely amazing to me. It is like watching a movie without seeing or hearing any of the characters, but still all of the information that would have been sent to the brain is still present. Reading can be considered seeing without seeing, hearing without hearing.

Can you determine the ever-present “tone” I am convening? You might think this article is designed to be falsely academic in nature, or excessively inquisitive without a concrete reason for being so. I will tell you that as I am moving my finger tips in a quasi-Pavlovian manner, that I am honestly being sincere. Though, I can’t determine if it “comes across” in the writing. When somebody describes a piece of writings tone or theme, how often is it accurate from what the author intended?

I know for a fact that I have written many things that, if you only went by the literal definition of each word I used to determine a theme or purpose, the results of that determination would be far of from my intention. Reason being is that often I write something, but I really mean something else. Though, how does a person who didn’t write the article, ever have the hope of determining these aspects that can be considered slightly disingenuous on my part? Is the determination of a purpose of a piece of writing, by another individual that isn’t the author, just a shot in the dark?