Friday, December 9, 2011
Anticipating Readers. (9)
When I put on text, I sometimes anticipate readers, depending on what I'm wearing, why I'm wearing it, when I'm wearing it, where I'm wearing it and what kind of mood I'm in. For example, if I were really passionate about supporting a specific cause and I wore a t-shirt representing it, YES! I most definitely am anticipating readers. I want people to know about whatever cause I'm supporting and maybe even assist in getting word out or joining me in supporting it. Other times, I just throw on a shirt or pants that may have writing on it that I don't really anticipate readers. If I wore Uggs which I do quite often to class, I don't really anticipate readers to read the text on my boots. And yet other times I do anticipate readers but I don't at the same time. I may put on a Hofstra shirt (REPRESENT) and I don't really look to anticipate readers, but I wouldn't mind if a conversation sparked. I think wearing text is definitely a way to present your personality to the world in a discrete yet so open way, and it invites people--whether they be people you know or strangers, to get a glimpse of who you are.
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Thanks for this interesting post! I definitely agree that I only really anticipate readers sometimes. But do you think that wearing text could invite attention in a bad way? I ask this because I don't think we always consider that sometimes wearing text can invite a conversation when you'd really not want to have one. Is it best to avoid text altogether then?
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