Fred Tomaselli : Dermal Delivery or How I Quit Smoking
Doing the blogs in this type of class worked really well. One's own dreams are often strange, personal, funny etc. and I think this forum is perfect for "exposing" them for a number of reasons. 1) The anonymity (which lasted for some of the time) was really helpful to get us writing honestly. 2) I think it worked better to have each other comment and review our dreams and writing instead of just handing them in (as in regular classes) which I think would have prompted the more standard question of "am I doing this right?" . Viewing everyone's blogs showed me clearly that there was no 'one way' to write about dreams and the main thing was to make a good effort. 3) Working with integrating visuals on the blog and the website was great - a new experience in an english class. (Looks like Tomaselli got some new fans) 4) Writing about dreams at all was a new experience and learning about how authors use dreams and create a dreamlike atmosphere in their writing made me more interested in how writers do what they do. I hope I can use some of it in my own writing in the future.
Apart from that I just want to say that this was the most stimulating class I've been in at QC - due to all the class discussion and hearing others ideas - it really was the type of environment where you were encouraged and wanted to participate. Many thanks to Professor Tougaw!!
And to all my classmates - it's been great. Hope to see y' all on the 30th for the celebrations!
Comments (2)
Like you, I also wrote my closing entry about blogging itself. I completely agree with you that the main thing about these blogs is to "make a good effort" and that there is no "one way" (or "right way") to write about dreams. It seems that our approaches to writing about our dreams were as personal as our dreams, which often made the blogs an interesting and creative read.
Posted by vitaminc | May 25, 2007 8:47 PM
Posted on May 25, 2007 20:47
I think our anonymities lasted until the dress rehearsal we had, lol.
I agree - this has been the most stimulating class I've had at QC, as well as most hard-working. Also, it does really help to have comments, rather than JUST handing in our dreams because honestly, I'm always excited to read comments on the dreams I've had because you want to know what other people think and it allows you to look at unexamined aspects of yourself and what your dreams mean.
I also want to thank, Professor Tougaw, you, and all of us! I think this was a VERY memorable class...=)
Posted by Maria - True Romance | May 25, 2007 8:53 PM
Posted on May 25, 2007 20:53