1. All right, so I'm here to evaluate my progress through
the course. It's really awkward because to some degree I don't feel changed or
richer in knowledge. I guess that's just the perspective I have while having
lived in change. It's kind of like watching you pet grow up. Being with a
kitten every day you hardly realize she's getting bigger and losing the kitten
cuteness, and then one day you have this cat with a terrible loving habit of
grinding her claws into your chest while she cuddles up with you. Where did the
time go, honestly?
So coming in I knew English in any setting was going to turn
out in one of two ways. Either I'd love it and write to my fancy all I wanted,
and excel in it, or I'd find myself taking very boring notes on a piece I have
no desire to read or acknowledge followed by drafting papers no one will ever
read or reference. I mean, thinking about it, if you don't seem to know an
author or title, it means the works sucks or the author isn't dead yet (or so
that's the trend). The genre might just not be your cup of tea either…
Regardless, I found myself doing the latter a majority of the time. It's boring
to me because writing holds a different function in my life. I like to write,
and still do, but it's for me most of the time. Guiding questions are fine, but
I don't really have a motivation to write about an ad in the newspaper other
than a grade.
Now in reflection I can say this hasn't changed much at all.
However, I have picked up on a few stylistic tools that can help me perhaps
improve my own self-motivated writing. Maybe someone will pick up on it before
I die or I'll move onto something more meaningful. Prior to this course I was
told to address my audience, but no single teacher in high school had a way to
show me how. Professor Squillante managed to in exposing the class to the appeals.
Go figure, a philosopher from ages ago who spoke an entirely different language
living in a different culture could speak clearer than English teachers with their
Master degrees in English, communications, etc. here and there. Thank you
Aristotle…
Another transition in the course as a first year seminar has
been moving from a very narrow, isolated view of the campus to something more.
I have the Arboretum across the street, but I would have never had means to
enter the Palmer or find the theatre. I knew PSU had a lot to offer, but
nothing ever showed me that perspective so directly. The campus is undoubtedly
overwhelming at first, but I found this course to help make it a little smaller
and manageable. By picking a subject, say art, you can be looking with a finer
toothed comb. Arts aside, I learned a new way to take on the 900+ organizations
or other events on campus without having my eye twitch from stress of it all!
In all, I can safely say I've really become disillusioned
with what's meaningful in the world over the past four years. Penn State
provides me with a new canvas, and art at large is providing new inspirations
and motivations. I've become very estranged from art and this course was
refreshing to get back to it even a slight bit. I still feel I'm far behind
though, be it a creative writing major or someone working in visual arts,
music, etc. It's time to paint a new picture on my blank slate. Daunting? Sure,
but I won't gain much from just sitting here now will I?
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3. "Hi, Ms.
S--I completed my SRTEs!" Sorry for the late post, but an upset stomach denied
me permission to leave my bed.
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