Tag: Project 1

Part 2. Project 1. Exercise 2

Make a list of everything you’ve read or written or seen or heard in the last 24 hours

What I consider to be stories I have highlighted in bold.

What I consider to be art I have highlighted in italics.

I have read –

  • Start Late and Finish Rich (finance book)
  • Place (set textbook)
  • Creative Arts Today (OCA course PDF)
  • A food menu

I have written –

  • Assignment for Part 1 Contemporary Arts
  • The first exercises in this Part 2
  • A text message to a friend complaining about my boss (haha)
  • A to-do list
  • A passcode for the internet

I have seen –

  • Adult Life Skills (Film)
  • The Great British Sewing Bee (TV)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Film)
  • Thor : Ragnorak (Film)
  • Total Recall (Film)
  • News

I have heard –

  • A story about a fight
  • Information about someone else’s marathon

How do you, personally, define a creative artistic piece of writing?

Until I read the essay by Hazel Smith I would have read this question and thought that it applied only to writing fiction and possibly poetry. Now however I am uncomfortably aware that it probably means something a lot more arty and abstract than I want it too! Because of this my definition is now a little les specific than it would have been.

  I define a creative, artistic piece of writing as one in which the author takes the reader away from their current situation and into another moment either remembered or imagined. The words must flow from the page without tripping the eye to allow subconscious transportation.

Part 2. Project One. Exercise 1

What happens to a story when you take it from its source, make it permanent in print, and disseminate it to a wide audience?

When a story is taken from it’s source it becomes entirely self reliant, it must contain all the context required to make sense if it is to succeed. When a story is limited to word of mouth in a certain area there may be subtleties or nuances that do not need to be explained.

  A story made permanent in print now becomes frozen in time and will survive in it’s original form. As time passes language may evolve, everyday routines and activities as referred to in the story will change but the story itself will not. Instead it will become a form of a time capsule for future readers. One example of this could be Pride and Prejudice which is still a popular classic.

  When a story is disseminated to a wide audience, particularly far overseas, it carries with it it’s sense of place. It can also then begin to gain mass popularity and traction in the market. One example of this could be the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling, despite being about a boy at school in Scotland they are read worldwide and have been translated into several different languages.

Write a list of implications arising from the printing press. For example, think about who has control/authority over the text, the meaning of the text, and the relationship between the source of the text and it’s recipient.

  • In a country where all the printing press is subject to central control (ie North Korea) the only available news is heavily biased and can lead to misplaced public beliefs. Potential for censoring is high.
  • Freedom of the press, and preferably competing ones at that are required to allow the full range of views to be heard by the general public.
  • General Public are required to look at the source of the information and check for it’s credentials and therefore bias, not just accept whatever they read to be fact. One example of this are the frequent fake news stories on social media website Facebook.
  • The recipient is also required to consider what outcome the originator of the text may have, for example, are they attempting to ignite a social situation or are they reporting facts.
  • Printed words now have the freedom to be sent and received all over the world radically improving communication
  • Educational power. Printed words have the power to educate even when a recipient does not have access to educational facilities (distance learning!)
  • Longevity. Printed words will last for as long as a physical copy of them remains undamaged by misuse or elements.