ESPN, 11/14

After the test on Tuesday which I am so happy to be done with, we went over Foucault which I found very interesting. It was a different way to start class as Dr. Rog was creeping around to expand the notion that Inspection functions ceaselessly. Everyone really is essentially inspecting each other and we our lives accordingly as we always get ourselves ready each day to be watched. My favorite quote from Foucault is however that, everyone locked up in his cage, everyone at his window, answering to his name and showing himself when asked. It seems that everyone in trying to be in this cage and there is unspoken rules on what needs to be done to be in. one is either in or out of the cage, there is no in between. If I understand correctly, the cage he speaks of is in reference to society. for example I was in church today and realized everyone was wearing similar things such as polo shirts and kakis, it is like Adorno says are society is infected with sameness. That being said if someone were to walk in there will a outfit fit for the beach, people would look at them funny. Thus, you are either in or you’re out, you wear the same thing or you are different. We must think what we are going to wear in anticipation of being watched. Being watched is a powerful thing and it dramatically affects how people live. The affects can be seen in the notion of the PANOPTICON. I had never heard about it before and it opened my eyes to see how people live according to how they think they are being watched. If the people inside the Panopticon did not think anyone was watching, they would have acted entirely different. In a similar fashion I did it just today. I had people coming over and I changed entirely all because I was going to be watched, we are always concern with how other perceive us and it is just another reason for the false being that we portray to fit in to society and its norms.