Stan Brakhage “Metaphors on Vision” - I was interested by Brakhage's take on fear. “Elimination of all fear is in sight”. I have never thought of fear that way. Also, it seems like he is disappointed with the works of today, as he feels that we do not have an acceptable grasp on the concept of fear. “The earliest cave paintings discovered demonstrate that primitive man had a greater understanding than we do that the object of fear must be objectified.”

Andre Bazin “The Ontology of the Photographic Image” - What Bazin talks about in the beginning reminds me of cryonic preservation- people trying to preserve their bodies, wanting life after death. I feel like no matter what time you are in, there is always something people are trying to do to avoid their end. Bazin talks about the styles different artists would use in their works in earlier times- expressionistic vs realistic. Then he goes into photography. Towards the end he talks about how photography has let realistic works decrease (because they were both kind of there to accomplish the same thing- a reproduction of the world as it is seen) and also let the expressionistic works to increase.