Friday, December 9, 2011
(11/12) Four letter word projects...writing?
The four letter word projects are not writing, in my opinion. They contain one word, which was written, but the project as a whole does not qualify as writing. It does, however, do the same thing that writing does, which is deliver some sort of message or argument; it expresses the thought of the creator. Writing, by traditional standards, is word or message that has been written. Since pictures are not written words, they are not writing. I would definitely consider it a composition, though. People are able to see it and base their own opinions off of it. They are able to agree of disagree with a main point that is projected through these projects, and for that reason I definitely consider it a composition.
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Thank you for this thoughtful and insightful post. I completely agree that the four-letter word projects are not writing but in fact compositions. I really admire the way you think the argument through. You make the point that viewers may take different things out of our production, and that really got me thinking: are we successful at conveying our ideas if viewers make their own determination as to what these videos mean? Shouldn't they just mean what we want them to mean?
ReplyDeleteAs always, keep up the good work and have a great break! See you next year!
Thanks for this. I completely agree with you, and you made your argument very concisely and well. What would you say to someone who argued that letters themselves are images?
ReplyDeleteI think that if you're going to equate this composition to writing but draw a defining line, we need a new word to define argumentative composition. If the purpose of writing is to make a point, but composition has no inherent argumentative purpose, we need a third category separating composite arguments from compositions in general. I like the idea, and I think there's something big here.
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