Writing an assignment in crayon definitely gave it a different feel. With an ordinary assignment I find myself focused on more of the words, structure, and ideas actually going into the essay. However writing with a crayon made me think more creatively. I started wondering how the assignment would look and what I could do with the paragraphs visually. I think this aspect of creativity to my writing, giving it more meaning with this newfound visual aspect. This aspect did not take away from the writing but I believe it added to it and enhanced it by visually showing an aspect of my argument. Writing with the crayon was definitely a different experienced and flowed well with my argument.
I think a culture that only wrote in crayons would have more of a connection between the visual and factual aspects of writing. This would be a change from our culture, which mainly writes in one solid color like black, using only the words themselves to emphasize our points. This new culture however would have the ability or desire to convey the meaning of writing not only in words but also in color, presentation, and pictures. Perhaps the greatest use of writing in this culture would be one that uses both the visual aspect of writing as well as the basic part of it.
It is different writing with things other then just a pen and notebook paper. I think anyone can agree to that. However this thought makes me think what it would be like to write with something such as painting supplies, and how different materials can offer different ways of conveying a message. I think that how you perceive your writing material will affect how you write with it. For instance writing with art supplies may force you to be more decorative with your writing. This leads me to think how these different materials may change my writing.
You use the term "different" a few times above. What is the difference? What makes the difference? Can you provide an equivalence? Some "as if"?
ReplyDeleteCouldn't it be said that you focused even more on the structure of the writing when you used the crayons? While the focus was assumedly not on using the correct and accepted structure as you would in a traditional essay, I would think that given your idea of making it more visually appealing that you would have to focus more on creating a new structure to achieve that visual appeal.
ReplyDeleteI like what you say about painting supplies, though. That brings some interesting ideas of technique and texture into the mix that crayons don't explore. Good thoughts!