Friday, December 9, 2011
Blog post 11/12
It's against my better judgement to say that these four letter word projects are writing, but I think in reality they are. I want to say, "no! writing is only words, duh!" but if I had to define writing, I would give it a much more broad definition than that- simply a visual representation constructed deliberately to convey a message. So these projects are writing, just in the broadest sense of the term. They are the clumsy digital cave paintings of digital writing, but they do fit the definition nonetheless. They lack the precision and grace of writing in words, but they are effective enough to communicate, and in the general medium of writing, that is what counts the most. I think it's interesting how much difficulty we (or at least I) find in writing in this fashion. I am too accustomed to the dexterity of words and pliancy of language to work within the confines of image.
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Thank you for your thoughtful post. This is an interesting view on the questions. I personally do not think that the projects are writing, but you bring up some good points. I said that writing was using words to make a point, however you use a broader definition of writing. I think it may be just an issue of how different people interpret the definition of writing. Thank you for your post.
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