The Art of Self-Expression: Comparing Selfies and Writing

Abstract

Compare and Contrast Essay How Selfies are similar to Writing Selfie is a self-portrait photograph taken using a Smartphone or a digital camera, thus making it an art form. A selfie is taken using a front camera to allow for better positioning and composition of the Selfie taker. A person can either mount the camera or the phone on a stick to better view the image to take or use a hand. A selfie is a great tool that showcases and captures the feel of a moment with minimal recordings of the surroundings. On the other hand, writing serves as the art of communicating one's thoughts and ideas in readable forms. Writing uses symbols like the alphabetic letter, punctuation, and spaces to communicate the intended text to the target audience. With rhetoric, one can therefore argue that it stands out as the art of persuasion in communication. Within this essay, a detailed comparison of selfie and writing will be detailed, paying close attention to grammar, voice, and storytelling as the significant characteristics that define the similarities between Selfie and writing. The art approach of the selfie and writing is similar, calling for seeking the proper perspective before starting either of the two. By such an argument, it becomes clear that for effective results in both of the two elements of comparison, the grammar must remain defined. Grammar serves as an essential element in writing, earned through practice to form ideas and thoughts into a paragraph (Eodice, Geller, and Lerner, 2017). In Selfie, taking grammar is defined through one's knowledge to capture the right image at its best positioning. To be precise, grammar in selfie-taking comes with the photographers’ working knowledge of the lenses, among all other controls that make this process the mechanics of arts (Jarreau et al., 2019). With such arguments, one can conclude that both selfies taking and writing share the grammar characteristic for efficiency in their results to be realized. Voice serves as the second characteristic that defines similarities between selfies and writing. Since both selfies and writing aims at communicating a particular message to their target audience, voice serves as the primary tool that facilitates the delivery of the anticipated message. In writing, voice is defined by the author’s selection of words, rhetoric appeals, styles, among other writing techniques that define the uniqueness of the authors’ piece (Eodice, Geller and Lerner, 2017). For instance, if the author expresses credibility in employment of pathos in his/her writing, then an emotional appeal that defines a touching voice remains defined. Using long and complex sentences with defined structures may create an interesting rhyme making the reader feel like the sentences are read or becoming spoken to them. Using tough and hurting words may define the tone of the writer as unfriendly or dictatorial which may impact the intended message either positively or negatively. Just like in writing, photographers define their voice through employment of stylistic quirks (Song et al., 2018). For...