Visual Thinking Strategies Response

Visual thinking strategies, I believe broaden the students expansion on looking just not what is in the box but digging in and thinking what else lies out side of the box. Students who look into the work presented challenge the brain and mind to think more about not just the color and the object in the portrait but to think of the time era, setting, meaning behind the painting and so on. Breaking down the portrait allows the brain to continuously grow. When asking student in a group about the specific painting, allows students to look at the picture in many ways. When students share ideas it allows the student to expand on an other's thought even though the may not agree, with a teacher around it teaches that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It also can be describe as team work when all students pitch in and work together to figure out a specific painting and the meaning.  


I found this interesting painting by Treden Wagoner called "The Intrigue" and got a few of my girl friends perspective of it. It was funny because we thought and brought up many of the same predictions but what was different was to see the difference of a 21 year olds view compared to the children in the video. I picked the photo because it was colorful. We all noticed the time of people in the photo where Asian decent, although in the background their was puppeteer characters. The people had huge red defined lips and pale faces. Looked like they where taking a photo at a circus. My friend pointed out they could have been involved in a theatre performance. It was nice to see their points of view but after 10 minutes we started to get more aggressive and just wanted the answer. Taking more than a few history classes in the past two years i know i have use VTS to help me understand the meaning behind the time era i would read about. I feel VTS is useful if you have a hard time comprehending reading material and sometimes when you take a photo and disect it the story becomes more clear to understand.