http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/taxonomy/term/37/0 en http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/lawnmower-people-part-iii <p>With the summer recreation season fast approaching I wanted to put the Lawnmower People to work this week with a public service announcement. If you golf, take stock:</p> <p><img src="http://workgroups.dwrl.utexas.edu/visual/files/golfcartfall.jpg" alt="don't tip over your golf cart" /></p> <p><img src="http://workgroups.dwrl.utexas.edu/visual/files/golfcartrammed.jpg" alt="golf cart collision warning" /></p> <p>In what is perhaps more of a testament to my simplicity than anything else, I have to admit that these goofy lawnmower people crack me up. I would like to point out though that not all visual texts make arguments. I find when teaching Visual Rhetoric units that students initially want to see ALL images as arguments, whereas images like these really depend on the accompanying text to make any warning/argument clear, at least in the case of more complex warnings. </p> <p>I would also like to point out that many of these images come courtesy of <a href="http://www.capnwacky.com/warning/">Capnwacky</a>.</p> http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/lawnmower-people-part-iii#comments Humor Lawnmower People Visual Rhetoric Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:04:14 +0000 Nate Kreuter 102 at http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old