"Like You Know" By: Taylor Mali

Personally I enjoyed the text video more that the one of Taylor Mali. I liked how the text changed depending on what the word was and what the emphasis on that specific word was supposed to be. For example when Mali spoke louder or with more force, the text was written larger or bolder. Or whenever Mali said "like" it was written in a cursiveish font almost giving it a somewhat sarcastic feeling. In the text version of the video I appreciated what Mali was saying more. The video had more dimension and angles and gave a different feeling than the video of Mali did. The use of fonts, sizes, and style played a role in how the words and their meanings were perceived. Yet only black font was used, so there were no colors to distract the viewer. And there were no other people or images to distract the viewer from what Mali was saying, where in the video of Mali himself, I was constantly trying to read what his shirt said under the word "Scrabble" or looking at the people in the audience. However I did enjoy how animated Taylor Mali was while talking; he was constantly moving his hands and making gestures, which I really enjoyed. It felt as if he was trying to include his audience and really make them feel as if they are a part of what he is saying.  

Stitch Bitch- By: Shelley Jackson

I enjoy how Jackson opens each section with a single sentence stating what we are or aren't.

"Body Not Whole"
Shelley Jackson opens up Stitch Bitch in an interesting way. I don't exactly know why Jackson chose to write in this particular writing style about this particular topic, but it is interesting and holds some truth to it. It is true that we never see many parts of our body or can even feel them. I like how she breaks our bodies down into pieces, from the inside out. She opens the section with one of her single sentences, "we're not who we say we are." Who knows exactly why she opened with that sentence, but it is fitting. It is true that we are not who we say we are, sometimes we are a lot more and sometimes we are a lot less. I had to read this section a couple of times, but not because it didn't make sense, but because her choice of words is so colorful that I really needed to pay attention as to what she was talking about.

"Banished Body"
In our minds we imagine our body one way than what it really is. Our mind is filled with ideas and 'stories' as Jackson puts it. "It's not what we wish it were." What we really look like is different than what our mind tells us we look like and tells us what to look like. Jackson really gives human attributes, feelings, and roles to our body parts, showing what each one does.

Four Letter Word Project- MOVE

For my four letter word project I chose the word 'Move'. At first I had trouble finding just the right word to use because I wanted a word that had a double meaning. I chose 'move' because the word can either mean moving literally from one place to another, or figuratively as in 'that speech moved me,' moving as a feeling rather than physically. I wanted to have a reoccurring image throughout my montage to show an image moving through the piece. I chose to use The Beatles' abbey road cover because in the image the four Beatles are walking across the street which is a form of movement. I began my video with the physical version of movement and then segwayed into the feelings of movement.

I created my montage on onetruemedia.com and I unfortunately cannot post a link.

Wordle

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3297275/My_Blog

'Hubris at Zunzal'

Hubris at Zunzal
By: Rodney Jones

Jones writes- "No image like the image of language..."

Throughout most of the poem, the author does a good job at using descriptive language. At some points you can almost feel the water of the ocean and smell the coconut drink or hear the person shouting from the beach. However, in my opinion, I feel that the line "no image like the image of language" does not give a clear visual image. The line seems like an unfinished thought.

Images in "A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process"

Knifes Stabbing the Heart- Right off the bat the image of a human heart beating fast is suddenly surrounded by knifes. The knifes are all different colors, shapes, and designs. Each knife comes in separately, but not in any specific order. The knifes come in fast and almost violently to symbolize stabbing the heart.


Cookies- I am not sure if this is what White was intending for the cookies to symbolize but when I first saw the cookies in the video I saw him as eating his feelings. Because the narrator talks about his struggles of trying to figure out what to write, I saw the cookies as another way of comforting him.

Words- After the hands did jumping jacks, random words starting popping up on the page. Sometimes I feel when trying to right I  get the most random assortment of words in my head. Some of the words are written in white with a blue background and some words are written in black with a yellowish background. The words seem somewhat random, but at the same time somewhat planned. The word 'certain' is repeated a couple times and some of the words the stood out to me were 'able', 'chronology', 'allow', and other words that have to do with writing and inspiration words. Then there were random words like 'fish' thrown into the mix.

Freewrite "A sentence is like..."

A sentence starts out like building a house. First you have to get the foundation and structure just right, however you don’t exactly know how the house is going to turn out in the end. The foundation and beginnings to the house are important for the rest for the rest of the house although many people don’t focus on the foundation or even see it. Similarly in a paper, the introduction is important in setting the tone and structures for how the rest of the paper is going to be.