Writing Reflection

                This post we are looking at the Newspaper blackout poetry, I can honestly say that this was one of my favorite assignments so far. I love being creative but I work best with a bit of a guideline, I loved the poems because they exude so much emotion. It is so spur of the moment to just sit down and find words that speak to you. I think this would make an excellent coping exercise because it is coming straight from the heart.  I liked this project a lot because even though there were guidelines, they weren’t exactly set in stone. We could decide for ourselves whether or not we wanted to black out pictures or how long we wanted our poems to be. I loved that this project was also very aesthetically pleasing along with being creative. I think that comparing it to other types of writing this would have to be one of my favorites. I am not really a huge fan of long forms of writing (stories, essays etc…) so this short form really spoke to me. I think that it would work well for a future art project or something along those lines because it is so creative but still nice to look at. I guess I mostly learned that I do really prefer shorter forms of writing to longer ones while doing this project. I learned that, for me, it is easier to borrow words than write new ones. In conclusion, I really like this project!