Read Patrick Madden's essay, "The Infinite Suggestiveness of Common Things". This essay can be found on our class webpage under SLCC documents. The excerpt comes from his book of nonfiction entitled Quotidiana.

After reading , respond to the prompts below in a thoughtful and well written response. Be sure to put your name and period in the title.

Assignment: In a paragraph (about 200 words) respond to either the author (what do you find interesting about his take on essays), or write a response on how you personally view his perspective. Refer to specific parts (passages or quotations) of the essay as you reflect and respond. or write a reflection as the post/article relates to you personally.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Alexis Segura Period 5

"Perhaps we are afraid of writing because we're afraid of knowing our own story". That's something that I can relate most to. When I write a journal entry I jump around and am never able to get my point across instead will touch on a topic but never go in depth because it's probably something I wouldn't want to go back and read. But then maybe it would be? That is the biggest thing I think we avoid. We avoid what is really going on, afraid of who is going to read it even if we know nobody is going to read it. We are afraid to face what we have been through, afraid to say what has put us down in our lives, afraid to see the overview of our lives. Maybe we have changed who we are and don't want to accept it, whether it was for the good or the bad.  I think if we were to sit down and to take time to write about anything, like we do in class with free writing; we would have a better understanding. Rather than being afraid of knowing our own story, we could learn from our own stories.
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  1. UnknownFebruary 20, 2014 at 5:24 PM

    I love how you compared the article to your personal life and your journal writing. I agree that it is hard to go into depth on situations or experiences that caused pain, but sometimes writing is the best way to get all of our frustrations out. I also love your last sentence-- it was a great way to end your paragraph.

    Tessa Yates Period 1

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  2. UnknownFebruary 20, 2014 at 7:08 PM

    I love this! This has crossed my mind every time I pull out my journal to write. You expressed it so eloquently. I think so many people avoid being truthful with themselves because they are afraid of what comes with the truth.

    Abigail Frederickson, Period 1

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  3. UnknownFebruary 20, 2014 at 8:58 PM

    You nailed it! Your short paragraph has described how i feel every time i write in my journal. I have never thought about how i might be afraid of writing my story because I am afraid to face what I am going through. But now that I look back on it, I rarely write in my journal at all. Maybe it is because I am afraid too. I loved how you said we need to learn from our own stories because I truly believe that we learn best from our own mistakes.

    Emily Braby, Period 5

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