8/30/12
Reflexive blog post 1
Earlier this week we watched a video called End of
Publishing for our writing into the day.
We begin class by watching a video or clip or by reading something to
just us started with writing anything that comes to mind.
I chose this entry in my daybook to write about because
usually, it takes me a while to think before I start writing but after watching
this video I was able to respond to it pretty quickly. It's an idea that I felt
like I could expand on easily.
This video began with lines of a poem scrolling down the
page being read aloud. Poem begins:
"This is the end of publishing and books are dead and boring." The speaker is a girl who goes on to explain
how her friends and her don't like to read and how books are boring. She mentions that what's important to her is
what Lady Gaga is wearing; and not what Gandhi did last century. She finishes with a the point that the publishing
market is dying.
At the end of the poem, the speaker says, "unless you
reverse how you see me", and the
poem begins to scroll backwards. The
poem is read word for word in reverse, and the speaker argues the opposite
point clearly.
I thought it was interesting how the writer had the ability
to piece the poem together so it could flow regularly and both directions and
clearly argue a point. After seeing the
video the first time and knowing that the poem plays in reverse, I couldn't
ignore the fact that each line would be read in the other direction. This
distracted me every time I went back to watch the video after the first time.
As far as the point being argued, I think the writer
captured the attitude of a person in this generation who isn't interested in
writing pretty accurately. I can see
where the first speaker is coming from with thoughts about the publishing
industry shrinking, but her negative attitude causes me to disagree with the
points she is making in a way.
I think that the publishing industry is obviously getting
less attention than it has in the past, especially from our generation. I don't necessarily think the industry is
dying, however. People like the second
speaker of this poem who enjoy learning and reading books inspire others who
feel the same way that they do. The
people who were commenting on the video were even talking about how it inspired
them and restored their hope in humanity.
The way this video and text was written is just really cool. I'd like to try to write something that worked like this sometime.
ReplyDeleteAbout publishing: I have been thinking about how publishing is maybe changing more than dieing. Like blogging is publishing but in a different way... one that might or might not be to the benefit of old school publishing companies... what do you think?