Calvino uses the concept of visibility to discuss images and where they come from. Images play a large role in our lives. We use them to express ourselves, as symbols, and just to make the world more aesthetically pleasing. Calvino tries to tackle where exactly images come from by looking into the source as being heavenly inspired, from the subconscious, or from something Calvino calls a world soul. I think images come from a mixture of all three. I choose the light at the end of the tunnel image to represent visibility because in my mind it just seemed to fit. With the tunnel you are in the dark until suddenly you’re not. With images many time you can’t see exactly what is being shown until suddenly it clicks. Or you don’t have an image to explain a concept but then you get inspired and see the light. I choose the Picture of Dorian Gray as my literary example of visibility because I believe this story shows just how much images impact our lives. In this story, for those who may not know, Dorian Gray is able to stay youthful as long as he does look at his own picture. Obviously, in this book the image is the focal point and becomes a dominating factor in Gray’s life. Calvino attempts to explain where images come from, but it is not difficult to see where this one is from. Dorian wishes to capture his youth in a painting, it begins harmless enough. As I mentioned before, I feel this book is a perfect example of Calvino’s idea of visibility and that images do play a very large role in our everyday lives.