Trevor's semiotics picture

This is a very famous image of a Buddhist monk lighting himself on fire to protest the behavior of the South Vietnamese government towards Buddhist. The thing that strikes me in this image is the yin and yang that is happening, there is peace and chaos happening at the same time in this picture. The extreme image calls for extreme change to take place. It calls for attention and action. It is very emotional and represents how a peaceful people are being wronged.

Blogging

Blogging reminds me of the book Ender's Game when Ender's older brother and sister start to get their ideas out into the world through something like the internet, and at the end of the book they pretty much are in charge of the Earth. Is that why people want to get their thoughts and ideas out on the internet? to rule the Earth? If only Pinky and the Brain had a laptop...