First thought about literacy

The traditional definition of literacy is considered to be the ability to read and write or the ability to use languages to read, write and speak. In modern contexts, the word refers to reading and writing at a level adequate for communication, or at a level that lets one understand and communicate ideas in a literate society, so as to take part in that society. Therefore, literacy refers to an understanding of life with a particular language background in my opinion.

As literacy is such an abstract word, I was wondering what exactly literacy is after the class. On the way back to my dorm, some interesting design labels caught my attention. Beside the bridge near the Bessy Hall, there is a stone located there, which is frequently used by some fraternities’ members to doodle in order to promote their fraternity. Doodle, which is similar to painting and drawing, expresses the spirit and faith of the fraternity. The extra power and enthusiasm as an outcome of doodle are something that normal promotions like flyers and texts can not bring. I would like to consider doodle and design as literacy since they are ways of expressing spirit, faith and even culture.

I am thinking that is it anything that can possibly express something is literacy. If that works, everything exists on the world can be called literacy. Is it? Hmm…I should work harder to figure out what literacy is.