Pawel Kuczynski's Anchor Essay

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Anchor Pawel Kuczynski is an intriguing artist that creates pieces of art that truly make the viewer think. I have chosen to analyze Kuczynski’s piece of art called “Anchor”. At first, I actually did not know what was going on in the picture and that is what interested me the most. I made a goal for myself to dig deeper and find the meaning. I came to the meaning that technology can take us on these adventures, yet no matter how far technology will lead us away from what is real, we will always stay rooted in reality. The boat being outside of the window was something that I thought was a great detail. Also, the boat is the first thing I saw in the picture at a first glance. As I started my paraphrasing, I came to many new possible meanings. A boat is a vessel, a …show more content…

Now, I am going to go back to the paraphrasing step so I can break down the phrase for a better understanding. The cord serves as our connection to our devices and exploring, but it is also our anchor to opportunity. Technology is our phones and our computers, which allow us to see other things across the world. Things like: an ocean in Hawaii or Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Our phones or computers can be our escape or our distraction from the hectic life around us, an awkward situation, or a boring day. By adventures, I mean to convey experiences or something exciting that gets us involved in our phones or computers. We sometimes get so involved that hours go by. However, no matter how far our phones or computers stray us from life, that cord or our anchor pulls us back into the window. When we get pulled back into our window, we are being pulled back into our window of opportunity. We have to come back to the real world or life eventually. Just like on vacation, we have to leave a good time, eventually and come back to work or

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