The End

For you last post, please watch the video above and write a short narrative (one to two paragraphs) in the style of the video that tells the story of our Creative Writing and Popular Culture class--from those early days in August till the nuclear winter that is late November in Iowa City.

Response and Translation

This week we're going to do the same thing as last week, but in reverse.

We'll begin with Ben's link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZfZiBRFM5w

and somehow see if we can find our way back to mine (the last person to post on the wall must try to return to my original 'Beyonce Devastation' video somehow). I want to see if we can create a different chain entirely.

Try not to repeat any of the connections or themes that came up in this first thread.

Translation and Response

Let's try something a little different this week. I'm going to post a video below. I'd like the first person to comment on this blog to watch it, and then post a different link as their reply. This new link must in some way respond to the ideas or attitudes present in the first video. (You can interpret this however you like, but I want the connection to be clear.)

I would then like the next person to watch this new video, and post a video response to that, etc... until everyone has contributed and we have a chain of links, each of which responds in some way to the previous contribution.

No repeats please.

Here's mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb9eL3ejXmE

"User-Generated Literature"

Take a look at this article, titled 'Do Writers Need Paper?'

http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/10/books-electronic-publishing/

I'm interested to hear what you think about the article in general, and also to hear your thoughts about this class blog. Do you consider it a learning environment? Is it a clearly defined environment? Has it been useful? What has been gained or lost by conducting these discussions in such a forum? Do you think we could abandon class altogether, and meet only in this virtual space? When you offer your comments, do you feel freer than when you are in class, or more confined? Why/how?