A picture says a thousand words

Another lecture was by Bob Halperin on Change. One of the exercise was to pick a picture which best describes what we think of the US. Here are some, including mine, which I felt had some good descriptions.




This is the picture I picked - The hand print. To me the US represent individualism and the pursuit to be someone better, a Land of Opportunity. But individualism is represented by many communities seen as some lighter and darker shades of the print. While the scars and the cracks in the past has really shaped and changed what "Individualism" is in the US.

On the other side of the same coin, the hand print also represent US aggressiveness which tend to label what should be and interpreted by what Americans see and want...overpowering and overshadowing other beliefs and interpretations.











Shirlene's (Singapore fellow) picture which represents the freedom of the kite to aim as high as the sky. Her interpretation of the US.
















Marcelo's wife interpretation of the US - Dignified, honest and friendly. But be careful as she warned..."this dog can turn around and bite you".