"Antiques made to Order"

One of the first quotes we dissected in class on Thursday was, "Antiques made to Order".  I thought it was such a simple quote, thinking "Antique's can't be made to order". Antiques are old, if you make them now that defeats the purpose. I can't remember who said it in class, but It could make sense that this quote meant that they are creating what will be antiques and your very own. I guess its true when we are old and can't walk anymore what is new to us now will eventually be antique. That is a funny concept in itself, that means new technology such as ipods will eventually be antique. I asked my boyfriend what he thought about this quote, and immediately responds with "That's dumb, antique's can't be made to order". 

     The whole point of this simple quote and my blog is to say, everyone seems to dissect text in a different manner. We all have our own thought processes, some may agree with others. While looking at these quotes in class on Thursday paired in different groups, I realized that often the groups had different ideas on what that particular quote meant. There were instances where we agreed, but I found it interesting how everyone looked at the same quote and came up with different meanings. We all eventually came together agreeing on one true meaning.

     I really enjoyed Thursday's class and I feel that dissecting the quotes helped me better understand Benjamin and his concepts and ideas.