Gorazde pic

I found this picture and I thought it was very interesting. I like that this picture shows the effects of war and how even though you may be able to fix the damage, you can't always forget about it. I also like how it shows that not everything gets broken. This building suffered damage, but it is still standing. I think it sends a good message.

Photo: 2Lt. Renaud de Quillacq

Signs of war on a Gorazde main street building, Multinational Division South east. Signs of hard combats in the "Gorazde pocket" left marks that are still visible today.

Nothing important...

As my husband and I were watching a Criminal Minds episode the other day, I used some knowledge that I gained in this class. The "unsub" was a young woman who had grown up in Sarajevo during war time and she was unable to distinguish between present and her past. My husband was wondering what had happened at Sarajevo, so I showed him some of the pages out of Gorazde. He could understand why she had gone a little crazy!

Maus

I found an interesting article about "Maus" that I thought I would share. I like how the author emphasizes the technique of traveling from past to present easily in each frame. On the same page in the comic book, Art can travel from present to past, essentially bleeding time together.
http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/holocaust/spiegelman.html