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This image auggeste
s omething sini ster,
the jagged edge may
account for it.
The associations
of a cracked wall
lead towards
crumbling,
disintegration.
Now what is their signi ficance in this photographf
We had better read thi8 case in levele of meaning, starting
at the top, or surface level and working deeper.
SURFACE MEANI NG
A mildly startled woman and a strange wall. They are
separate wmits and without relation to one another.
FIRST LEVEL
The wonan's expression indicate she was suddenly aware of
an interruption in the middle of thi nki ng or doing something else.
She appeer to be a strong-willed person who will be interrupted
only long enough to apprai se the nature of the interruption. The
appraisal is already started, she has half decided it is hermless,
she could break into a faint smile and turn back toher decidedly
serious purpose.
The suggeetione of the two main ob jects have been indicatod.
At thie le vel all the associations of the various visual occurances
