Blog # 7

Writing is a freeing and liberating form of art to me and with this class I got to try structured writing for this first time.  I was always used to writing for my own purposes whether be poetry or some made up story I just decided to get out.

 As a writer I feel over these past semester  I have grown a lot, through this class I was  introduced  to so many different styles of writing ; by hearing my fellow class   read their  pieces of work  As well as from the professors critiques on my assignment.  I was amazed at some of the powerful writing styles I heard from some of my classmates, it really gave me a new optimism on experimenting with my writing.

In the beginning of this course I found it kind of challenging to write about a specific topic you would not generally have that much to say about; for instance the vignette. I feel like starting off with the vignette was a great choice because it really challenged be to feel my surroundings and make something that was not so important seem so significant, ex. My train ride to school.

I personally enjoyed the writing about a photograph assignment, I loved the freedom it gave me to imagine a time and place I had no Idea about and create a background story sufficient enough to be believed as true events behind the photo. 

My photograph assignment is already on my blog so I will share with you one of my most comfortable assignments; writing about a place. I feel my piece was successful because  I was able to be literal and experimental with my writing  by my choice of words and how I perceive the place not just how it Is psychically structured, For my place I wrote about the cemetery in my neighborhood. Here is a excerpt from my piece called (“ The angels next door”)

“Like Hansel and Gretel as always we follow the cemetery all the way home,From the bus home from school, to the walk to from that bus to daycare and always on the walk home.  I walk home alongside speeding cars and the fastest of walkers; I can’t help but notice the beautiful scenery surrounding this neighborhood like a majestic border of serenity; well at least for me it is. I don’t know when it started or what it really means; what I do know is it makes me feel at peace.”