Alan's LJ

"I think the best thing about these LiveJournal entries is how we get sidetracked. It always seems to make us think outside the box and truly contemplate what society, beliefs and nature throws at us. I liked this post a lot, mainly for that fact that it got me thinking about these issues."

The readings this week were amazingly long. I sat back and just let the tsunami of words hit me like a brick wall, and of course, I knelt to their power, though it was with some resistance. Don't get me wrong, I love reading, but after a while the world pile up and I can no longer tell my Whitman's from my Hopkins. And don't even get me started on ( Read more... )

Lauren's LG

"I really, really liked this!
It caught my attention straight away as I was scrolling down your LiveJournal. The repetition was of course what got me straight away, and I can see how this routine would be stuck in your head, having to do it over and over again.

Great use of rhythm in the piece, I especially liked "The sound, the beat, the ( Read more... )

So we come to the final post before it's shipped off through the fast highway that is the internet and slips neatly onto the doorstep of Michael/Kate's email address. I've decided that seeing as this is my last post, I'd put some extra effort into it and try to analyse critically the texts that we were given. Usually by this point I'd have cracked ( Read more... )

Christianne's LJ

"For someone whose never written a poem before, this is great! I liked the rhyming scheme too, it all worked very well. It had some great metaphors, like how your mother is a pillar of strength.

The repetition of the last two lines was good too, it really made it stick into my head. Great poem!"

This week the discussion topic was identity. It made me think, how can I represent my identity in the most truthful, efficient way? So, I combined my lack of enthusiasm, with my running gag of a stream of images. So I surfed the net in my most usual fashion, and am now going to bombard you with a plethora of images that I think best define who I am ( Read more... )

Cristina's LJ

"That was truly amazing.

"If only the gap between wealth and misery

Were as wide

As the gap between his teeth."

I loved that line, it made me grin as wide as my mouth would let me. Everything about your poem was right, I kept a the picture to the right of it, just so as every line went down, I could trace the image with my eyes, from the ( Read more... )

As was covered in the Lecture this week, images have the strange ability to stir the cauldron of our thoughts with the big wooden spoon of creativity. So it got me thinking, what experiences have I gone through in which paintings and images have affected the my creativity, and have got the juices flowing in my tea-cup sized brain? So I swam softly ( Read more... )

I decided I would put some poems down. The first poem The New Raven links to my previous entry, about how I long to experience nature, and how it always eludes my grasp as I am confronted by an electrical post, or the sound of a passing car. The second poem The Wooden Army is a smaller poem, though for some reason I like it a lot.

The New Raven

A ( Read more... )

Kate's LJ

"I look to your userpic and I get a sense ... a red-panda like sense.

Haha nah, but seriously I think this is a very original, innovative idea. It not only acts as a quick and accessible way to read your current thoughts/emotions, but it also separates your LiveJournal from that of everyone else.

I say keep with the animal theme. What can I ( Read more... )