Graveyard Girl, a gallery by Laura Ashley92 on Flickr.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Carole Maso / Mideya Kinney
After reading this article i have very mixed feelings about it. It was really hard to understand because the author was sort of all over the place with her approach. Usually i like reading pieces that are more concrete with a direct thesis rather than ones where you must search in order to pick out key points. Saying this, i have to disagree with her when she says, "You think an essay should have a hypothesis, a conclusion, should argue points. You really do bore me." I feel that an essay can be structed, and produce clear points, AND still be interesting.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Carole Maso (Gegel)
"The future of literature. The death of the novel."
The novel is dying. The books I love are becoming obsolete. As a collector, writer, and potential seller of (real, as in paper) books, this is a truly intimidating prospect. Even more frightening, what will our children read? Video game captions? The books of our youth--Curious George, The Lorax, and, for me Good Dog, Carl--will have no place in our children's lives. I, for one, will not help the book die. I will hang on to my love for the paper book as long as I can.
Creative Writing Montage (Good) / Mideya
Creative Writing Montage (Good), a gallery by impatient princess on Flickr.
Carole Maso Response (Presar)
"You say hypertext will kill print fiction. You pit one against the other in the most cynical and transparent ways in hopes we'll tear each other to bits while you watch."
This quote stuck out to me because this is how I feel, that "hypertext will kill print fiction." I want to believe Maso when she asserts that this will not happen, but i have to disagree. Print is becoming more and more outdated just as CDs are quickly being phased out in exchange for mp3 players and VCRs are practically obsolete since the coming of DVDs. To me, there is nothing better than the smell of a book or the feel of a page between your fingers as you turn to the next chapter, and, in my opinion, hypertext threatens this form of communication. Although I don't really believe it, I sincerely wish that she is right in that writing and hypertext can coexist.
-Jenna Presar
Carole Maso: Response (Lozada)
The world doesn't end, my friend. So stop your doomsday song. Or Matthew Arnold: "The end is everywhere: Art still has truth, take refuge there."
There were so many parts to this reading that stuck out to me and got my mind racing, but I chose this one. I chose it because it spoke to my tendency to lean toward dark thoughts. It is easier for me to wrap myself in emotion and let creative work spill out, but I feel like this quote could be taken as a challenge. Let go of those "easy" emotions. Focus on real art and take refuge in it. Learn how to expand what you see as creating.
-Lexi Lozada
