This week’s reading provides me new perspectives to look at everyday objects. Pullin questions the space between function and feeling and noticed how assistive devices are related to identity, pride, and possibility. For example,a hearing aid could become jewelry and a prosthetic has potential to become sculpture.
He inspired me to consider how disability can become a kind of creative catalyst. Instead of treating physical difference as something to hide or correct, he treats it as a an invitation to rethink what objects can be. His action reminds me how narrow my own assumptions have been since I was heavily influenced by a world that often prioritizes discretion over expression.