Framing some things...

Increasing the height of this wall provided room for the framing of a three-story window. Two layers of fixed glass were attached to fir timbers, and a custom fan unit, placed on top, was designed to match.

The Timber-Frame Home: Design, Construction, Finishing, 1988

You know, media literacy is also important because it helps you pay attention to the way things in stories are framed and the implications of that framing. Like, I'm not forgetting how many people walked away thinking Thanos was right after seeing Infinity War. I mean, in this case, it wasn't entirely those people's fault since the writers made the creative choice to focus on Thanos' anguish after sacrificing Gamora. I cannot be surprised that people were like, 'Aw, how sad. He sacrificed his daughter and is so sad about it. Look how pained he is! Even after succeeding! He's not that bad!' Like you had people supporting genocide all because the guy who did it looked sad about it.

I would love to hear more about your thoughts on narrative rewards and punishments

Yes!

Okay so when I talk about a character or action being rewarded or punished by the narrative, what I mean is that they face positive or negative consequences within the story directly or at least clearly tied to that action.

I gave the example in my romance-as-tradwife-fantasy post of female characters being narratively punished for defying male characters' orders--this may look like them getting injured, attacked, or otherwise harmed as a direct result of them not following orders to stay inside, not get involved, etc. Within the framework of the story, defying orders was the "wrong" choice in that it was the choice that directly led to a punishment within the narrative. The implication is that they would have been safe ("rewarded") if they had simply done what the men had told them to do.

One of the really well known examples of this is the Out of the Closet, Into The Fire trope where a character is punished within the framework of the narrative (often by being severely injured or killed) immediately following their coming out or entering a relationship with somebody of the same gender.

Being narratively rewarded is just the opposite--the character faces positive outcomes from making a decision or taking an action. In my same tradwife fantasy post, I talk about male characters being narratively rewarded for crossing female characters' sexual boundaries. This often looks like the female characters explicitly liking the crossing of that boundary (i.e., enjoying that type of sex, even if they had refused to have it previously) or it even fixing relationship woes between them. Within the framework of the narrative, crossing those sexual boundaries was the "right" choice because it led to a desired/positive outcome.

There's not necessarily a clear line between narrative punishment and narrative reward. Sometimes, whether sometimes count as a reward or a punishment is based on our own perception of what's good or bad, and sometimes things are just obvious results of actions.

I wouldn't necessarily think of a character breaking their arm as a narrative punishment for falling out of a high tree branch--it's just a repercussion of something happening. But, especially in something like a kid's book, it might be presented that way--don't climb trees, kids, or you'll hurt yourself. Where you sit is where you stand and all that.

This is a way of analyzing and understanding framing within stories, but there is no prescriptive guide for what should be narratively rewarded or punished.

+ the colour of pomegranates, 1969. dir. sergei parajanov

This Edinburgh gif is giving me Starry Night vibes and I'm digging it. This whole show is just so pretty and vibrant, even when it's dark and sobering. Love it.

Billy Dinh - Kolkata, India (2022)

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Sudden abrupt changes in your life/environment can cause your perspective of reality to become distorted. You’re grieving your old self/life, and your old self is fighting back. You can get over that by talking to your old self, explaining that they’re not dying/going away forever, that you still need and cherish them. You just need them to calm down and be patient for a while while you figure out how to frame your new life change in a positive light for every part of your mind. Do that enough and you’ll have access to every part of your mind/brain at the same time. Your brain will rewire itself and you’ll be able to create new connections from grey matter instantly. It’ll work more like a quantum computer than anything else.

Ind. area Lillehammer, Norway

Sevilla, Enero 2024

Thinking of how similar these two images are

Blood and stardust, but also blood and water, blood and ripples.

Bleeding in the water is more dangerous because you lose more blood.

And we have these two "fallen stars" reaching a very dangerous place.

obsessing over these two shots because they parallel so well, it’s amazing. in the first shot Anakin is on the left (as a fun little detail for myself because I can never forget Mortis, the Daughter/Light is often shown on the left with the Son/Dark on the right) with Ahsoka opposite; they’re standing a distance apart, the angle of the shot does even More and makes it look like one of the pathways is separating them from each other.

in the second shot their positions are reversed. Ahsoka’s on the left, Anakin is on the right — the fight has turned, the apprentice has become a master, she chooses to live — and they’re standing close together, face to face and eye to eye, no longer with anything seeming to divide them.

“The three main angles.” The technique of film editing. c.1958.

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I've been Framed

I don't know why this is a thing that art buyers do, but it's happened to me quite a few times and it the most delightful thing . .

" [Husband] wanted you to see the frame he made for the painting and wants to get your opinion on the color.  He loves the painting."

He MADE the frame! Isn't that a perfect match?! Others have sent me pix so I could see where it was hanging in their house:

"I put your painting right by my desk" "It looks so good in my entryway" "I made a collection of themed paintings and yours fits right in" etc and so-forth.

Let me tell you. Buying a painting from an artist makes them happy. Sending them photos from your house to brag about how good it looks - *Chef's Kiss*! I am weeping. I am showing the photo to my friends.

RONIN (1998) - Short lens, portrait and depth of field

DIRECTOR: John Frankenheimer

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Robert Fraisse