Advice- blog 12/12

Ron Koertge advises us to venture out and play with our words. We need not to write the same way we've been taught, but we can take a risk.  Writing is not over in one go. When you're done with it, you need it start over and just keep working at it. 

Here's my advice to all those starting out :

Think outside the box. Don't write from the cookie cutter way that you were taught in before. 

Dont keep your words within. Disperse them all over the page. Be creative, be honest.

Write it all out on hot pink paper. Keep re-writing over and over again. 

What what you feel. There is no right or wrong.

Take that risk, you know you want to.

Be true to who you are.

Dont limit yourself.

& take it easy.

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Four letter project- Blog 11 of 12

The four letter word projects aren't really a form of writing. To be literal, writing is "the activity or skill marking coherent words on paper and composing text".  Although the definition may be a bit old school, the emphasis is for a type of medium. There has to be text.  In most presentations, text was a tool which aided to the whole message. The main media that was the background music and images. Individual pictures strung together to form one big message. The main point of this entire project was to see if images could do the same thing as text could. Some were more successful than others, some didn't need text as a tool but it needed to be the main source for the message. While for others, pictures were enough to say a thousand words. The four letter word project is really a composition. Different elements combined to make one project.

Rodney JOnes poem- Blog 10 of 12

On the surface of the poem, the author is painting a picture how he dropped his alcohol, and then he wanted it back. On a deeper note, the author is actually on about words. Once we say somethings, its been heard. We cant take it back. The same thing can go for writing. We publish writing, its already out there. We may want to take it back sometimes but its not possible. In some forms of media, we may actually be able to delete it, but that still doesn't means somebody hasn't read it yet. In today's world, there is a greater emphasis of technology, and this technology can be good, it can also be bad. We need to watch out more and more what we say and what we write,. What we can can always be published through a video and what we write can always be shown on the internet. Since everybody has access to technology, people around the world can read what you wrote and see the videos. When its up there , you just cant take it back.

Text and other things- Blog 9 of 12

When I wake up in the morning and put a shirt with text on, I don't wear text for others to read. They can read if they want to, but it's not for them.. The text is for me. The text is associate with that I like and I express that through different mediums. Sometimes i might like to wear a shirt, other days ill have a necklace and then one day i might just put one of those peel off tattoos. As I have not made the text, I have obviously not created it, but I have adopted it.
     
Now jumping into twitter, those that do tweet anticipate readership because they are putting it up for people to read. I admit, there might be few that actually tweet for themselves, but the majority tweet for others. Although, I do not use twitter- most people i know use twitter to get a response. Many tweets have either statements or they pose questions for others. Obviously , the second one has to anticipate an audience. The question is out there and the response is bound to come eventually...

Twitter again- Blog 6 of 12

The animated character in this short video asks, "Who are they talking to ? This question mainly depends on your setting on twitter. If you make your profile public, then anybody can just find you. You're virtually talking to every and anyone. But then if you change your settings to private, then only your followers can view your tweets. In that sense, you're strictly talking to those interested in your thoughts.
I am so happy that this animation was made. I completely agree with the little man with a blue shirt and red tie. I think there isn't really a purpose to twitter. It shows twitter to what it really is- mundane posts about a person. Social interaction can be seen as a good way to actually keep in touch with people, but then today people take it too much and they are relying on it. This goes back to , the machine is controlling us.

Response to crayon writing - Blog 7 of 12

     The writer is not influenced by the writing implement, it does not appear that the crayon stopped her. . She speaks her mind and expresses it very clearly. A thing I've noticed is the writer always expresses their opinion- negative or positive- without any hesitation.
     Whether the writing is good or bad all depends on perception. The author,had an understanding what the question was asking and expresses it accordingly to the question. In my opinion, I think she writes fairly well. She states her opinion, explains it and then goes on by saying what would actually make her agree to the original question. 

Megan Crayon writing - Blog 8 of 12

" I disagree with Zadie Smith's claim that flexibility of voice lead to flexibility in all things (194). This statement is too broad so I cannot bring myself to agree with it. A flexible voice can be crafted and fake. Flexibility in all things would include social interactions, yet some of the greatest actors are some of the shyest people.  The ability to adapt your voice is a skill; it does not guarantee flexibility in everything. A great speaker may be a terrible writer, like a great writer may be a terrible speaker. A flexibility in language allows for greater understand of the cultures of the world, but again, does not lead to flexibility in all things. If Smith restated her belief replacing the word things with something like- understanding- I would be more likely to agree."
         - Megan Andrews