(Blog 12 of 12) "Do You Have Any Advice for Those of Us Starting Out?

It is always beneficial to look at your subject in every angle possible even though you may not understand it in some lights. Look at your world in the dark then turn on the lights. Look at your world from a distance and then diminish your range before you decide what it means to you. Most importantly, however, do not let anyone define the world around you because only you can do that for yourself. Look at your subject through the eyes of a child and dare to look at it through the eyes of an elder even if you are unsure of what they see.

Blog 10 of 12

 Rodney Jones is arguing the high power of words as apposed to the power of images. With his language he describes his writing. of coconut milk and 150-proof rum and dumped it white into the waves when it came on me how sweet it had been" He describes is words as rum and milk and the ocean is the sea of readers. His words are powerful and bitter like, yet they are cool and soothing like milk. He loves what he writes no matter what the audience has to throw back at him, and he knows that his language is the most powerful tool he has.

Blog 11 of 12

Our four letter word projects were writing. First we needed to write a story then pick the images that we believed best suited it. Everyone's project was a story in it's own right that was meant to persuade, entertain or  make the audience feel. Stories do not need to have words, they just need to be successful in making the audience come to the conclusion that the creator wants them to feel.

Blog 9

When I wear text I do not really anticipate any one to read it but now that I sit down and think about it I guess my audience would be the general public.... I wouldn't really consider them my audience only because the text on my clothing is not my own words, but someone else's that I merely put on. Writing on Twitter is completely different in that usually I post my own words on a social networking site and that I am aware that any one is capable of reading what I write every time I post. I think that some people use social networking to vent emotions or feelings that are sometimes inappropriate for the entire world to possibly read. This is because they have forgotten who their audience is sitting behind the privacy of their computer screens.

Deeba's in class work (Blog 8)

Deeba writes:

"I think it is true that the flexibility of voice lead to the flexibility of all things. If you're able to change up the way you speak then you're most likely able to  adapt a wider range of situations. Being able to change your voice also means being able to grab the attention of more people and a more diverse group of people as well as making it seem as though you can relate to all those different people. Relating to all different kinds of people means being able to change how you think and being more open-minded."

I agree with her although I think she could have been clearer in presentation. Repetition of words should be edited and presented in a more creative way.

Blog 7 of 12: The Crayon

When I read the sample I was given I did not feel as though the writing implement, the crayon, effected any part of this work. This particular piece could have been written in pencil because it remained unaffected. I appreciate this about its writer. The author sticks to her method and style of writing no matter what change of writing implement or paper is available. I do not think that the sample is more or less expressive than the author would normally be.

Blog 6 President and Poet

There is a difference between a president and a poet according to Smith. A president should not speak in many tongues and attempt to confuse his audience who may not be so skilled in voice or rhetoric. A poet on the other hand should express his feelings in a different way so that his audience may feel how they want to and may understand his work in different ways. A poet should be a liguistic artist and a man of feeling while a president should be a man of feelings as well but never a lingustic artist. He should know how to speak but never know how to con his people; While as for a poet this would be acceptable.