Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Blog 11 of 12: What is Writing?

Are these four-letter word projects writing? (What is writing anyway?) Are these more properly termed compositions? Inscriptions? Something else?

No, the four-letter word projects are not writing. They are video montages. Images cannot do what words do. However, the write-up from the four-letter word projects can be considered writing.  Writing, to me, is words on a page; therefore, the write-up of the project is writing because using words, we described our images. If images could do exactly what words could do, a write-up for this project would not have been necessary.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for your thoughtful post. I agree with you that the four-letter word projects are not writing. You make an interesting point that writing is words on a page. I agree with these, whether it is a webpage or a page of paper. I actually think that images can do what words do, but only somethings. Thank you for your post.

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  2. Thank you for the kind words!

    I agree with you that in some instances images can work, but I would much rather rely on words than images.

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