did not go as planned. I thought I was supposed to describe in detail my photographs for someone who could not view them. I realized that I related the images to my fandom that I used as Artifacts much better on my progress blog than I did in my essay. I did learn that describing fan art is much harder because I am going off of what the image means to me or what I think it conveys without knowing the real intent of the artist. I think for some of the pictures, the image was captured at just the right time to be able to caption it about something else. The picture I am referring to is the one of Tony Romo when he is smiling and sitting back looking relaxed. Someone may have just captured that image at the right time. But this image was captured, then someone captioned it, highlighting that Romo was sitting back thinking about his options of whether he would stay with the Cowboys, be traded off, or become a CBS news analyst. Another image that was not so cut and dry was the fan art image of Bill Belichick’s head on the body of a devil, along with Dan Bailey’s head on the body of what appeared to be Jesus. They were on a hill top where Belichick is offering Bailey something and Bailey seems to be refusing. Understanding this art took some research and it turns out that Belichick is known for not being upstanding at all times. His team was fined $1 million dollars for balls being inflated incorrectly, and then they lost their season picks for the upcoming year. I am not completely clear on what Bailey was offered, but his answer in the art (judging by his body language) was to refuse whatever was offered. I do have the opportunity to recompose my WA4, and what I plan to do is rewrite it and possibly reconstruct my images to include the ones that I listed on my blog. The literacy event that I can identify in at least one of my images is how people will use randomly captured images, use words to connect a thought related to the football happenings at that time and then post the image along with the literature as if that was the intent of the photo. The literacy event that I can see happening as of now is there are a lot of mock drafts being posted by various sources. I think during the season, fans are all eyes and ears for the newly recruited players. However, during the off season, fans are busy seeing who may leave and who may end up being drafted to the team.

is HARD. I honestly read the material, and feel like I can have a discussion about it for a good two minutes and THAT is pushing it. Even completing my first writing assignment feels like I typed the word “literacy” a thousand times. I did learn that literacy has several meanings. It is not only reading and writing, but the application of literature to events that surround everyday practices. I also learned that even in a three page paper, it is a difficult task to dictate what literacy is, even to myself. Now, my goal is to identify ONE literacy practice that happens at my home with my family. I like how the man in our class reading stepped away from his family’s breakfast event, in an objective point of view, and was able to describe what was happening in a way that sounded like he was on the outside looking in.