Blog 4

In the beginning of the excerpt I believe Richards is saying that words alone cannot be used to judge the intelligence or validity of a writing. He says that it's the way you put words together in a sentence that creates meaning and sense, rather than just the words on their own. He says that words have a set meaning, no matter what words you use next to a certain word, that word will still carry its same meaning. I was a little bit confused in the middle of the reading when Richards talks about the meaning of “context.” To my understanding, context is where he changes his viewpoint and states that words alone cannot effectively have a set in stone meaning. Richards states that the words before and after a certain word are how a person derives their interpretation of what is being said.  He says a word is “a cooperative member of an organism," meaning that the words you choose to put together in a sentence are what produces meaning. A sentence is where you get your information from and the words are used as building blocks to make up an effect. This relates to remix in that it is taking things that already exist to make something new. It is different in this situation however, in that instead of someone else’s remix being taken to be remade again, they are just words. They are language, the human species form of communication. But regardless of a words originality or origin, the routine of assemblage remains true whether it is a piece of writing or a song or movie. ​