Writing Space Chapter 1 Response

     "Both as authors and as readers, we still regard books and journals as the place to locate our most prestigous texts".  This statement by Bolter holds much truth to it.  If we look back at the most famous texts, the Bible, the Koran and even the great novels today, they are all written on paper.  The internet is taking away these opportunities for writers and readers.  Although it makes writing more "flexible", it also is dangerous to literature. I agree with Bolter and his statement on printed text.  Bolter effectively conveys this message with understandable text as well as examples from other sources.  People are interested and impressed by the quick moving internet and how reading a document can be down without reading a print.
     Even though it may be dangerous for text to be mainly read on the internet, it is also useful.  Students are using methods to read online that are easier and more relatable to them.  Without these websites, students would find it boring to read most old documents.  The internet has an infinite amount of sources to draw from when studying a print.  Many opinions and alternate texts can be drawn about a specific print.  Bolter explains his views with past happenings.  These explanations make me agree with Bolter and his perspective on what is happening to text.

Problem in describing trees

     The poem begins by describing aspens turning and swaying in the wind of summer.  It is very specific in what actions are taking place.  The writer then reverses and takes a different path.  Hass explains that trees during summer are not at all like this.  They do not necessarily describe and paint a beautiful picture.  "It is good sometimes for poetry to disenchant us".  What is a poem that is not real?  Poems and stories receive more connection and understanding when they are more real and less stereotypical.  The last sentence is very general and allows the reader to trace their experiences and relate them to the poem.  With the visual created in the beginning of the poem, less leeway is given for the reader to create their own world.

Shelley Jackson: The Feminine

     In this section, Jackson examines the word "feminine" and how it applies to writing.  She explains bad writing is clutter, indirect and not to the point.  Good writing is just the opposite, as it is very concise and direct.  The perspective of good and bad writing has changed over time, just like the word feminine.  Literature has deleted these feminine attributions as it is being very effective and to the point.  Hypertext has taken a different point and added a quality to writing that is random and never exact, as it takes a reader off on a tangent.  This hypertext is not a female or male quality but in fact the original feminine definition that was originally used to described poor writing.

Shelley Jackson: Collage

     In this interesting section, Shelley analyzes writers abilities to write what they know.  She claims that writers construct sentences that contain more information then they intend.  That when someone writes a sentence, they understand fully only a portion of it.  This is very true because many works include assumptions or false information when trying to explain a point.  Shelley then explains how a person's most accomplished work in life is the information that they borrow.  In her last sentence Shelley says, "We might think of Lawrence Sterne, who, when accused of plagiarism, answered the charge with an argument that was itself a plagiarism".  She delves into the fact that our knowledge is based off others' information and previous discoveries.

Blue

 When I think of blue, sadness and loneliness comes to mind.  I compiled images of solemn and depressing images with blue tints as to capture the color with the idea.  The song is "The Color of Love" by Boyz II Men.  They sing about how love has different colors.  I see blue as love that is struggling and without hope.  I set up my presentation on powerpoint, each slide being a different picture.  I attempted to use one true media but I had to pay for anything longer then 30 seconds.

Sentences as Babies

     A sentence starts out like a child who has just been born.  So new and basic that you just tend to stare at it.  You watch this child grow older in front of your eyes.  There are times when you might not like your child and maybe wish he or she was never been born.  But, you grow to love this child until you set him or her off in the world to get judged by society.  A sentence is the same way, after much time fixing and revising it, there comes a time where you send it off to an audience.  The sentence and the child will always be yours, if you never let go of it and try and forget it, it will be useless to society.  Although maybe not being seen, there is a binding contract you share with your sentence and wherever it goes, its origin will always remain with you.

Text and Cell Phones

     Today's cell phone has less to do with phone features and more to do with the applications it brings with it.  Society runs tired of inventions that do not change.  The telephone was amazing when it came out but now it is nothing if it does not have text, email and a camera function to go with it.  In the work environment, less face-to-face meetings are being held and more messages are being distributed by means of text.  A phone that does not have a text function can be seen useless today because of societies switch from a personal communication to written communication