Historicity

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkpGQUflBwU
This youtube link is an example of a number that has some historicity. People actually pay to have this number!! But why? It's just a random number like anyone else's right?
WRONG. This awesome song makes people want the number because a band made this memorable jingle to it. :)
And now it shall be stuck in your head all day. Mwahahaha.

On a more serious note:
When it comes down to historicity VS contemporary.. It makes one wonder why a piece of history attached to an object really matters at all if it is compared to a replica that achieves the same purpose of use or aesthetics. In all honesty, it would make life boring if certain objects didn't hold more meaning. The world would just constantly be moving forward, throwing away the old (this would mean ancient civilizations too), and keep making new objects.
It can be safe to assume that many people enjoy finding deeper meaning in life rather than the surface--and one form of this is holding more meaning in an object once the history of it is learned.
It is not necessarily a bad thing, however it could be more expensive for the person. It creates more jobs (antique stores, people to restore and preserve the items, places that certify that the item is really what it is, etc) , it creates museums.
However silly it may seem that Lady Gaga's sweaty gym sock would be framed in someone's room or that 867-5309 is a number that people want because a band made it popular (even though so many people call this number as a prank!!), it gives a little more meaning to the monotony of life.
Would you agree?

Voodoo Queen

I found the lecture to be enlightening because I really didn't know much about Voodoo previous to the lecture. What particularly grabbed by interest was the Voodoo Queens. New Orleans had Voodoo Queens whereas everywhere else had Kings. He mentioned Marie Laveau, and the people who are from here or this area understood him and recognized the name. As a carpetbagger, the name was unfamiliar, until the other day that is. My family came to town and my mom dragged us to see a cemetery. Looking at the tombs, we noticed one that was especially decorated. Most of the decorates seemed to have been placed there recently, others a while ago. It was covered in graffiti, especially 'XXX'. Apparently the three x's are marked by vistors of her grave with the hopes she will grant them a wish. My family was impressed when I was able to recount what I had learned at the lecture about the Voodoo Queen.

God is to Earth; as author is to book. The powerful relationship

God is to Earth; as author is to book, with information being most valuable, to both the reader in the midst of story, and to the person in reality.However, to the person in reality, the author has only limited power, since the author can only fully appeal to the reader's senses, to intern affect one's personal views. Although, once the reader undertakes the task of interpreting the author's work he/she will undoubtedly incorporate his/her own views, before arriving at a final conclusion.

A broad example would be The Things They Carried, the novel itself. Simply because no one, in Truth Lies and Lit, was in the Vietnam War so, therefore, can not Know it. We have merely been informed of its occurrence, just so that We Might understand the Gravity of its consequence. however, Through gaining knowledge of This war We gain the ability to make inferences, that remain ours. By recognizing the Secondary nature of our educated guesses, or "claiming our claims" we are also able to recognize what we cannot Know. This notion coveys a distant relationship between our literal selves and the material. In other words, the literal, you reading about something that, the literal, you have never experienced displaces, the literal, you, while simultaneously engaging you, the reader, and allows you, the reader, to experience the event with a heightened awareness of the context, otherwise unobtainable.

Sterotypes

The biggest thing I carried away from the lecture on Voodoo was the importance of getting past stereotypes. Coming from the northeast, I knew absolutely about Voodoo or it's followers, and have only seen it depicted in movies on a more radical note. With these portrayals, I expected an old crusty priest from the bayous of Louisiana to walk in and preach about the high powers of his religion. However, the second the speaker walked in I automatically got past those stereotypes and set in to learn more about the fascinating and historic practice of Voodoo, and was fascinated on how well he connected to everyone in the room regardless of religious affiliation.

Voodoo Lecture

I found the Voodoo lecture the other night to be very interesting. Even though I am from New Orleans, I know very little about Voodoo other than what tourists see in the French Quarter. What I found interesting was how Voodoo is passed down through families. Unlike other religions that attempt to spread their beliefs and practices, Voodoo practitioners seem content to keep their beliefs within the family, which says a lot about how they view truth. The speaker seemed comfortable admitting that while he believes wholeheartedly in his religion, others may find truth in other beliefs or religions.