Friday, December 9, 2016

Anthology Introduction



Throughout the semester, my assignment blog reflects an experimentation of ideas from trying to discover my own voice and style within writing academically and creatively. I learned that I need to be open to new genres in writing and how I had better improve as a writer. I considered myself a satirical writer in most scenarios with a tendency to forget usual grammar rules, yet as I delved during “Food, Feelings, & Film”, each piece delves deeper into my weaknesses with technicality and finesse. To better experience feelings, a person must become vulnerable to allow for improvement. Without a doubt, I commonly felt demoralized after every undesired grade on an assignment, but strength through adversity always promotes growth. The term “feelings” lies in the middle between “food and film” as it connects those two subject matters with an intimate tie that allows us to relate to the matter. My favorite foods hold deep nostalgic emotions from my childhood, especially as I begin adulthood. Movies portray a catalyst for viewers to reminisce about their own feelings. By understanding our emotion through these two subjects, we understand ourselves more as our own interpretation of who we are as a person.

These specific blogs posts reflect a transition from a post high school writer to a beginning conscientious lifetime writer. The Amazon review highlights one of the first posts in the class and my more informative posts that do not include a personal addition. The ethnography represents one of the first more “academic” posts that I wrote, yet it seems more satirical than anything else. The religion and food post describes my first successful foray in writing academically and relating back to myself without including a satirical personality. The Pie post represents a very creative experiment on my current problems and how to draw inspiration from it. Lastly, my Proust post exemplifies the combination of personal memories within a more academic selection. I place the posts in this order as it displays the evolution in my writing as I attempt to find a post that allows me to transcribe my personality into the academic selection. I first try to write more academically in the earlier posts, but I gradually transition with experimenting with my persona to eventually learning an important lesson from the last post.

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