Tell me about an item you feel at one with.
In your own words (using quotes from the article if you need to), explain what Turkle means when she writes, "we feel at one with our objects"?
Tell me about an item you feel at one with.
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she is very intimite with the pictures of what she belivies to be her father. I have many things that i feel the same way about, the big one that i like to think about is my hunting rifle i have had the same one since the first day i started hunting and it has never failed me its always with me in the outdoors when im getting close to natutre which is very often i love being outdoors with my favorite rifle. i feel safer and better when im in the woods hunting with my favorite rifle.
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Ingalls
8/27/2015 03:54:28 am
What does the rifle look like, smell like, etc.? This is a decent post, but tell me more! (remember, 200-300 words--your post is about 100 words).
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Billy
8/27/2015 04:34:53 am
What she means by we feel at one with our objects is, we feel like we can’t live without the objects in our life. Like in today's world we feel at one with all the technology that surrounds us because we have become so use to having smartphones, computers, and TV in our everyday life. So like the five year olds these days that get the IPhone six plus as a birthday present then as they grow up they will always expect to have some kind of technology with them, so they will become one with all electronics because they have had some kind of technology with them for as long as they remember. Even some adults that have grown up without the internet, are now starting to “become one’’ with technology because their grandsons or children have taught them how to use the internet, smartphones, or both. In today’s world everybody is becoming one with technology because of how advanced it is getting, some adults have to have the internet and a smartphone because their job requires it, so those people that are forced to use those things end up “becoming one’’ with technology because they are forced to use it on a daily basis.
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Allie
8/27/2015 07:43:21 am
What is your sentimental object?
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Dakota Lynch
8/28/2015 02:37:11 am
Are you saying that the object that you feel you have a sentimental connection with is technology?
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Logan
8/27/2015 04:53:57 am
When Turkle says, “we feel at one with our objects,” is that we can find sentimental value in any every day object. These objects can give us a sense of comfort, reviving old memories of good times. These objects can also trigger bad memories as well. These objects in which we find our comfort can, in a way, define who we are and what we will become. As stated, objects have the ability to shape one self. “They even have the ability to spark inspiration into someone that can even lead to which profession you would like to pursue.”
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Dakota Lynch
8/28/2015 02:38:12 am
Well said.
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Allie Burger
8/27/2015 04:59:53 am
"They show us what they looked upon and what became the things that mattered". Turkle basically says that we become one with an object that matters to us. An item that means a lot to me is my camera. Memories are a big thing to me and my camera captures those memories. "Objects bring together thought and feeling". My camera for instance makes me feel happy because I get to make memories and through my pictures, remember them. "Some objects are experienced as part of the self, and for that have a special status; a young child believes her stuffed bunny rabbit can read her mind; a diabetic is at one with his glucometer. Other objects remind of us of people we have lost". Sometimes, people are known for things such as their camera, playing sports, a pair of shoes..etc..it's pretty weird but its true. People become one with an object that matters to them or because of habit are known by that object. Some may have a jersey, or a pair of shoes, or a rifle..those are comforts for them. What we become comfortable with turns out to be what matters. "...'The Honorable Old Man' becomes a presence in the life of his widow, who describes it as she would artist-husband---...".
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Harley
8/27/2015 05:51:07 am
When Turkle writes "we feel at one with our objects," she means that through development and time, we become passionate about the objects and make them a part of ourselves. At one point she describes objects as "companions," suggesting the idea that we become so attached that we fabricate a fictional relationship with said objects. Most everyone has developed an attachment with an inanimate object, whether it be a piece of jewelry, an article of clothing, or just a general accessory. For me, it's my keyboard. Around a year and a half ago, I finally saved up enough money to purchase one, and I had wanted one for several years. I use it not only to practice the piano, but to learn new songs, record chords and layer other notes over them, play along with songs on my phone, as a speaker, and use many other features such as changing the tone of the keys or the beats per minute on the metronome. Music has been a huge part of my life since the second grade, and my keyboard has allowed me to grow as an artist. When I played the piano in our living room, if I wanted to figure out a song, I had to play it off of my phone, listen for a minute, pause the music, and try and figure it out from there. My keyboard however, has an auxiliary plug in that allows me to use it as a speaker. So when I'm listening to a song and I want to learn it, I can adjust the music on my phone and on the keyboard until they're both at an appropriate volume. That makes it easier to try and play along with unfamiliar songs. I love playing it and I love music, so that is the object that I have established a relationship with over time.
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Wyatt
8/27/2015 07:19:08 am
When Turkle says "we feel at one with our objects" I believe she is saying that we have a mental security involved with our objects. As mentioned in the text, the objects we attach ourselves to most likely were introduced into our lives during a particular moment that was of some sort of significance to you, good or bad. A good representation is Anne Frank’s journal. This object she attached herself to during a very dark time of her life. A more uplifting representation would be the net used in a championship basketball game. A lot of times the winning team gets to cut it down, and keep it. The object of which I have formed a mental security with is the basketball. The basketball has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Within my first moments on earth my life was infected with basketballs, not the big rubber ones, but rather smaller plush pillow like ones. So really without knowing any better, I was imprinted on the basketball. This necessarily didn’t turn out to be a bad thing, because within my first 5 years it was evident I was going to be a tall and lengthy kid. And for the years that followed, basketball would stay prominent in my life.
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Gavin Burke
8/27/2015 07:48:54 am
There are things in our every day lives that we may take advantage of every time we see or use them, but they impact us no matter what.
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Shelley
8/28/2015 02:48:27 am
That's a really good point to bring up because as students, we're pretty reliant on pencils. They're convenient for me because I make a lot of mistakes. I agree with you.
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Alison Renee'
8/27/2015 09:15:54 am
When I read this I agreed with Sherry Turkle, she was right in my opinion when she said that we take objects for granted. For example, a spoon- it helps us with a lot, like eating hot soup. We don't want to hold the hot liquid with our hands so that's why we have them, do we take that luxury for granted - yes we do. I also thought of some objects that I am close with, it depends what objects are being used, for their level of importance. I value certain items more valuable than others, but I think everyone does that. I love my Ipod and it's something that I take everywhere with me. My Ipod has given me so much insight on the world its crazy. It may just be what the Ipod conatins that makes it special, but I still consider it all one thing. Ipods relate to music, movies, entertainment, ect, and thats something that has created many different relationships for me, and I talked about this in the first assignment we had been given, but I like to believe that my Ipod gave me the relationship with Shelley. Objects make us all connect, objects make it so the world isnt such an awkward place to be and objects are needed and should be more credited then they are today. My ipod is kinda like my journal where I store all the embarrassing (songs) things in, its something that I go to for advice and peace and something to somewhat vent to, and it might sound crazy but it's something that kinda responds back to me. I know that I probably shouldn't say this but its kinda like gods way of connecting you two and when you for instance put your ipod on shuffle its weird cause that's how he is communicating with you as weird as that sounds I like yo believe that that's how it works.
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Hayden
8/27/2015 09:59:33 am
I agree one hundred percent ! we do take advantage of certain objects that we connect with. And yes your Ipod is literally your child Alison.
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Alison Renee'
8/27/2015 11:50:09 am
Thanks Hayden and yes it is my child.
Shelley
8/28/2015 02:46:49 am
I said pretty much exactly the same thing because my iPod is my reason for living. I guess that's one of the reasons why we're so compatible.
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Alison Renee'
8/28/2015 02:48:57 am
There is a reason for everything just remember that Shelley.
Hayden Hovey
8/27/2015 09:57:05 am
When Sherry Turkle says "we feel at one with our objects" I think she means that we make different connections with different objects. Some objects might make us laugh like an old art project from elementary school, and some may bring sadness. I am constantly using a different object everyday some of which I do value and some I don't. One of those items being my cell phone. I'm not obsessed with my cell phone, I don't constantly get on it but I use it to do other things I love. For example I love listening to music on it. I can communicate with friends that don't live near by. little things like those is what makes me love my phone! My cell phone is like my vacation get away, its an object I go to when I want to escape the real world, to listen to music or talk to friends. Its not always there for me...because it does have a certain amount of battery charge..and tends to die on me fast, but still, there's always going to be a charger to keep it going!! I haven't even had my cell phone a year yet and ive developed a relationship with it pretty fast.
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Alison Renee'
8/27/2015 11:54:42 am
I'm the total opposite with my phone- as you alreay know. I am constantly on my phone because I have this weird attachment to know everything that is going on. Sometimes the connection you have with an object can be to much, such as my addiction with my phone.
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Hayden
8/28/2015 02:34:32 am
Oh so you have two children?? your Ipod and your phone??
Alison Renee'
8/28/2015 02:50:43 am
Yes, I do have two children and we all know that one is valued more than the other, sorry Iphone.
Shelley
8/28/2015 02:45:49 am
I'm the same way with my phone, I have music on it that I like to listen to because it's not on my iPod, I can easily search for something through google without having to open my laptop. It's convenient plus, my friends are always messaging me so I've got to respond to them.
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Alison Renee'
8/28/2015 02:52:01 am
I'm one of those friends!
Shelley
8/28/2015 02:53:03 am
You're the main friend.
Christopher Allan Lee Loo
8/27/2015 02:06:12 pm
When Turkle says that we feel at one with our objects, I think of the object as being part of us. The object is something that we have connections with in many ways that others don't. The object is something that we would feel incomplete, or uncomfortable without.
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Emily
8/27/2015 04:33:12 pm
I think this is a really good example of being one with an object. Honestly, I expected it to be like, "My object is my gun because I shot my first buck with it," which is completely reasonable, but yours is so much more emotional and really does apply to Turkle's statement.
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Emily
8/27/2015 04:00:26 pm
I apologize in advance for my terrible spelling because it's 11 o'clock and I'm exhausted.
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Emily
8/27/2015 04:29:44 pm
When Turkle says that we are one with our objects, she means that an object can mean so much to us and be so special that the connection we have with that object is so deep that it feels like it has become a part of us and it can be hard to let go of it. Personally, I can relate well to the girl with the stuffed rabbit that can read her mind. I have one. I got my over-sized stuffed bunny before I was born at my mom's baby shower. This rabbit has always been on my bed at all times and still is to this day because it is a part of me and always has been. It can also read my mind.
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Dakota Lynch
8/28/2015 12:36:53 am
When Turkle writes, "we feel at one with our objects," she means to say that we, as people, tend to find sentimental value within certain objects in our lives causing us to create a relationship or a bond with those objects. In Turkle's case, she has connected with a photo that she believes to be of her father whom nobody speaks of, and a cache full of miscellaneous items from her past. Turkle also writes, " That is where I found the musty books, photographs, corsages, and gloves that made me feel connected." The idea that Turkle became so attached to these objects made her realize that she "would solve mysteries" and "use objects as clues." This shows that the bond that Turkle had with the objects also influenced what she wanted to do with her life in the future. An object that I have connected with, just like Turkle did in her article, is a pencil. The pencil symbolizes all the hard work and dedication that I put into my education. It also resembles my creative side (due to the fact that I enjoy drawing.)
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Allie Burger
8/28/2015 02:39:22 am
"Some objects are experienced as part of the self, and for that have a special status;.." Since you had mentioned that a pencil symbolizes all the hard work and dedication you put into your education, it is also "experienced as part of the self".
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blake
8/28/2015 02:40:01 am
turkle is at one with this picture in witch the face is cut out of a man in witch she believes is her father. she is attached to the photograph and doesn't tell anyone about this picture in fear of losing it. we all have an object that we also love and that we will never let go. for me it was my first Toyota pickup. yo;u might ask how can you be attached to a vehicle but ill tell you, you didn't build and own that pickup. i loved everything about it, the sound of the 22re rapped out in 2nd the smell of the farm after a long days work, the pounding of the sub whoofers in the back seat. i miss it every day that i don't have it. it kills me to drive through lewiston and see it. i let something that meant so much to me slip out of my grasp and i regret it everyday
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Logan
8/28/2015 06:03:28 am
This is a prime example of how we tend to overlook the importance of something. We make special connections with items, which at times we take for granted. The only things that we can be left with are memories and regret.
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Shelley
8/28/2015 02:42:36 am
Feeling as one with an object means that you feel you relate to said object for some reason or another. For example, I feel as one with my iPod, because I consider myself to be influenced by music. I feel like that's what I am and what I'm meant to be. I also feel as one with my headphones because I hate sharing things and sharing my favorite music with people. Objects influence people. We are who we are because of certain objects. Some people's objects will naturally be different but for the most part, it's the idea that matters. We tend to look at the things around us for inspiration or reasoning to do what we do. When in reality, we just think we need a reason to be why we are. Objects are more simple to explain than personalities. When people ask me who I am besides "Shelley", I respond with "music" - I believe my heart and soul are formed and held together by music, because it's easier than saying "a musician". When I am asked what type of music I listen to, it's difficult to answer that because I listen to a bit of everything - but that's not the topic of your question. You're asking what it means to feel as one with an object. I feel linked to music related objects. I think part of my obsession is that music has always been available to me, it's been convenient. I agree with Turkle because objects hold special places in your heart or brain. We are all influenced by objects. We are all one with objects.
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Alison Renee'
8/28/2015 02:55:05 am
I agree 100 percent with what you said. Shelley you are Shelley (of course) and you are music as well.
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Shelley
8/28/2015 02:56:00 am
Thank you!
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When Turkle says "we feel at one with our objects" I believe she is saying that we have connect with the objects as if they are humans themselves and create a sort of relationship out of or own emotions that attach onto the object we feel connected with. Like when you were a kid growing up with your favorite Power Ranger action figure or your favorite Barbie doll, you didn't hesitate to make them talk or move and you made them your friend. It doesn't have to be a toy either, it could be any object you can connect with such as a photo like Turkle or even somet hing so simple as a marble that holds meaning. The object I can connect with was a tee-shirt that was found in my room as a kid. The tee-shirt was pretty old and dusty and has been worn many times. When i brought it to mom she just told me it was my grandpas and to put it away. Never really thinking much I just tossed it back into my room. Some time later I realized it wasn't my grandpa that i go to visit every other day, but my moms dad who died of lung cancer when she was a little girl. I Think the tee-shirt is now up in the attic somewhere in a chest along with his other possessions but I still connected with that tee-shirt even though it had no meaning to me before I knew who the owner was. When Turkle talks about connecting with and object, she genuinely means emotionally connect and care for that object just as you would another person.
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Mason Hewett
8/28/2015 06:25:46 am
I like how you stated that we connected to objects as if they were humans themselves. It is a good way of putting it. Oh and Mrs. Ingalls, Eazy-C is Cody if you didn't know;)
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Abbi Scheline
8/28/2015 02:50:01 am
When Turkle says "we feel at one with our objects" she means that you can have a connection with everyday objects. My ordinary object happens to be my spurs. My grandfather died when I was three, he would always tell me to cowgirl up when I didn't get my way. Before he passed away he handed my mom a pair of spurs. he told her "take these and give them to our little girl." Mom gave them to me for my thirteenth birthday. Every horse ridden with spurs in the past three years, my little companions have ridden with me.
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Peter Towne
8/28/2015 02:54:44 am
Growing up it was hard for me having moved eight times in a matter of about seven years. I never had time to get attached to anything. Having to leave so many things behind. All i was worried about was that i still had Connie and Jacob by my side. We looked out for each other they always made sure i had good shoes and clean cloths to wear. It didn't matter if we didn't have any toys to play with we had each other. that's all that mattered. This is why its hard for me to understand how people can "feel one with an object" because i never had the chance to emotionally bond with an object, but the emotional bond that was created between family will always no matter what be there.
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hickey
8/28/2015 02:54:57 am
i think she is speaking in a sense that the object is a part of our life that we feel is a necessity weather it is or not, something of witch you carry such an emotional or just mental attachment that it is a part of your life in a way to connect you to other thing's or times...
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Mason Hewett
8/28/2015 03:03:47 am
Turkle states that "we are at one with our objects," she means that in our lives we will hold onto things that have nostalgic meaning to us. We hold on to these things because it is all we have, and all that we have to remember. Turkle's object is the picture of her possible dad. She holds onto this because it is the only remnant of her father that she can hold onto and have. There is nothing else except for the photograph and that is what gives it sentimental value to her. Everyone has something, even if you do not realize it, there is always something that you feel a certain sentimental way about. For me it would most likely be music. Now im not much of a musician, but for me when certain songs play, they bring back memories of either my childhood or just good times. And at times I don't know if I would've remembered those memories for that long but the music that was playing will take me back and I can remember. In life sometimes all you have left to hold onto is memories, and sometimes that is what keeps you going.
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Hunna
8/28/2015 03:04:51 am
When Turkle says "we feel one with our objects" I think shes meaning that after you've spent enough time with an object you'll start looking at it differently. Once that time has gone by whether its one hour or 5 years, you will start to look at the object as more than it really is. I know that for me when i was little my object was my bike. It was literally my best friend. Even though id get a new one almost every year it was seriously like winning a million dollars every time but sadly my bike and i began to fade away from each other. I started playing sports, I didn't have a place to ride it, and it finally just got boring. When getting attached and "feeling one with our objects" its the same as being attached to a person. How often does someone your close to like a best friend or family just fade away from you and basically get boring like riding a bike.
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Layne Harris
8/28/2015 04:49:12 am
Turkle's idea behind feeling 'at one with our objects' basically explains itself. Akin to the relationships we form with our peers and significant others, we like to claim these objects- They are OUR things. The mere fact that we are possessive of these objects goes beyond far enough to show that they inherently hold value to us. As we grow and experience with these objects, physically or emotionally, those very experiences become symbolically superimposed on the object at hand. From then on, when the object is remembered, the memories and experiences previously bound with that item are remembered along with it. A noteworthy aspect of this, is that the object does not have to be a material item. For instance, my object, computers, can't really be described, as it it much more than any one thing, and is constantly changing.
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Dylon
8/28/2015 06:11:35 am
I agree with Sherry Turkle when she says, "we feel at one with out objects." "...the inseparability of thought and feeling in our relationship to things," makes me believe that you can actually become one with an object you admire. You are so strongly attached to this thing, that you would cry without it. You'd be lost if it was gone. Like me, finding out I couldn't play soccer anymore because I moved schools. Soccer was my life, I had played it since kindergarten. Every time there is a soccer ball just lying around, the urge to kick it, dribble it, and run down the field nearly makes me break. Seeing it on TV makes me a little tear eyed and then I'm constantly thinking of ways to play again. The way it felt to step on the field with those shin guards and cleats, can't be related to anything else. The girls on the team and my coach weren't just my teammates, I saw them as my family. We were always laughing and having a good time, I even have a play named after me. This part of me is gone in a way but soccer will always be in my heart. And, this is why I believe objects can become a part of you.
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