10/5 screaming about technology

Let me get this straight: technology is supposed to save us time, right?

E2CP: Now that we are all on turnitin.com, be sure to submit those essays! Today we talked about the relationship between our lives on earth and eternity. I read the description of eternity from Portrait of the Artist (an E3H novel) for comparison to out short lives. Tonight: compose in your journals your own version of Emily's goodbye" speech, in which you say goodbye to your own life.

CW: We discussed the ups and downs of turnitin.com as a peer review site for writing workshop. Lots of downs at this point but it does hold some possibilities. The jury is out. One intriguing possibility: use the site's Discussion boards to start review discussions about individual pieces. NEW PROMPT: "After Art" piece. Write a poem in which you react to a piece of art (a painting, a piece of classical music, etc.). Here is an example:

scream

(after munch)

what rawness then

what orange blue intensity

what whirling winding nightmare

infests your soul

when like a man possessed

you turn your back on

the sweetness of the day—

the harbor rich with spreading sails

the sunset rolling waves across the sky—

and staring into empty space

or at some demon gnawing at your mind

you lift your hands to your face

hold tightly to your melting

frameless form

and wait to hear

the heavens

when they scream

E3H: We discussed symbols in poetry today (along with synecdoche and metonymy). I also told you how way leads on to way. :-) For tomorrow, read (from p 99) about allegory and focus on the poems "Fire and Ice," "Ulysses," and "Curiosity." If you have not done your turnitin reviews, keep on trying!

And now for your pleasure...