This article did a great job of illustrating the difference between denotation and connotation. I like the fact that people view an image and will observe the same denotations but will have varying opinions on what connotations surround each image. This allows the audience to both agree and disagree on things in the same artwork. I even found myself making my own connotations about the examples given in the article. For instance I took the oil lamp on the shirts as the hard work and long hours put into obtaining a degree at those universities, essentially "burning the midnight oil"
I did not find anything in this article I did not understand or anything in which I completely disagreed. However there we other connotations that came to mind when reading the examples. I have two daughters and one purpose their stuffed toys seem to serve is security. The fact that real bears are scary and they have a toy that is theirs gives them a sense of power and security. Think about times in movies or personal experience when kids get scared they hold their stuffed bears tight to their bodies. I am not disagreeing with the other connotations in this article but some other ideas popped into my head first.
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