The Haunting of the "Two Question"

I want to talk more about "Two Questions" because I found the passage very interesting in many ways.  One way in which I found it interesting is that the actual passage is much deeper than it comes across.  When first reading the passage I truly just thought it was about a girl dealing with criticism over her work, hence the two questions she kept asking herself.  Is this good? Does this suck?  Don't we all ask ourselves those questions though whenever we're creating something!  Then I began to think deeper about the complete message.  I began reading the subtext and analyzing every single picture on the page.  I then start to realize that it was about more than just criticism.  It was about her self confidence.  They entire passage was about her losing her confidence and trying to gain it back.  She was doing this by going back to doing the simple things that made her happy.  Understanding the passage in this light put an entirely new picture in my head, which I enjoyed!

 

 

Recording Myself!

I want to talk a little more about me recording myself writing!  That was extremely awkward!  I put my webcam on record and actually forgot that I did so.  15 minutes later I remembered that I did.  The video was so weird because I was all over that place.  I ate, I drank, I watched tv., and I wrote.  When I reflected on myself writing a lot of funny words came up:

Watching
Noticed
Looking around
Bored
Watching tv
Stopping
Drank
Ate
Distracting

All these words are kind of weird to have considering I was working on a project for my history class!  I think I actually learned how crazy my writing process is, and how even though I never completely focus on what I'm doing, I always seem to come out successful.  I also learned that I work best when I'm doing something else.  This is probably backwards but when I'm focus on one thing at a time, I usually get even more distracted! Lol

WDYDWYD?!

WDYDWYD?!

This website was super interesting because it was pretty much like a free expression website, where people could come and freely express how they felt!  All the pictures are pretty interesting because they are all full of color and definition.  When I was looking at WDYDWYD I thought it was similar to Tumblr where people can come a post pictures that appeal to them.



This picture is from Tumblr and is very similar to pictures that I have seen on WDYDWYD!

When Writing into the Day about the website I noticed that I called the pictures "random pictures" which is interesting because when looking at the website again and understanding the title most of the pictures have a purpose to them!  I also said in my day book that if I was making a WDYDWYD post my picture would say "because I'm me!"

The End of Publishing?!

I really liked the Youtube video we watching in class on August 28th called "The Future of Publishing."  I think it is interesting in seeing the different viewpoints of how people view publishing in today's world. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weq_sHxghcg

Me personally, I think we are nearing the end of books being published physically and leaning more towards books being published online.  With the way that technology is advancing I don't see a problem with publishings become more online then printed out. 


These Kindles are a prime example of how physical books are slowly becoming less and less common.




Read my Writing into the Day and tell me what you think!

 

Things too short to be saved!

I still think that the quote about things being “too short to be saved, but too important to be thrown away still hits me in a way that describes a lot of things I come in contact with throughout my life.  There are often times in which I have had things that I thought that I really didn’t need any more but I would still save them.  This could partly be to my need to hoard things but it could also be related to how I view things as important or unimportant.  There are a lot of things that I have to save just for the heck of it. Many times I don’t even know where it came from, who did it, why whoever did it did it, or even what it is but I still save them.  I usually think that whatever it is that I’m saving will eventually have another purpose, or I can use it for something else.  Writing into the Day really lets me get the little quirky things or things that I have never truly thought about in depth out of my mind and onto the page!  Even sometimes when I’m writing into the Day I run out of things to say but I keep writing and waiting for my thoughts to jumpstart and catch back up.