Reading Responses | Blog 2

Todd Mrozinski response

When reading through Todd's personal blog and browsing his own work, it is apparent that he has an appreciation for artistic detail, and describing this detail in a way that sparks an internal image. I had the most clear visual image when he was describing Paul Cezanne’s “Self Portrait” from 1878-80 within the article about the Milwaukee art museum. I looked up the paintings after reading this article, and was amazed at the visual image that I was able to see, and how it wasn't too far off from what he was describing. Todd's voice within the article is most definitely something descriptive, artistic, and captivating, almost using the tone of one who is writing a novel. As someone who struggles with reading, I fond it easy to go through his work based on how captivating his storytelling within his article was. 

Jason McDowell - Parking Lot response

In this article, Jason's voice comes across less artistically descriptive than Todd's, but has another passion within it. Rather than finding the passion within an artwork, there is a sort of activism, I could catch that the author was upset without him being overly vulgar and obviously mad.
"No matter what the reason is for demolition, it's still a shame to see a classic cream city brick building replaced with the personality of a parking lot. It removes the three-dimensional history and replaces it with a flat surface that can only hold two states: empty or littered."
This quote really emphasizes the authors attitude towards the deconstruction of buildings into parking lots.
energy he carries in his words helped me go through the written work, and also learn a bit more about the authors values, and some history of Milwaukee. As a Milwaukee resident, its also interesting to learn the history of unassuming locations I may not have even thought of when walking past, but can definitely identify.