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.

Friday, February 21, 2014

James Kener Period 5

I liked Peck's article because I could really relate. Writing is really good when it is completely honest. Writing is all about getting in touch with yourself and essentially tapping into your soul. It takes a lot of courage to show the world your deepest and innermost thoughts. Some of those deep thoughts can only come out through writing, and once someone starts to get into the zone, they become a fountain of ideas that are pouring onto the page. I have never been afraid to show my writing, but when it comes down to being critiqued and judged, that's when I get a little hesitant. As a whole, I love putting myself out there but I don't consider myself courageous. We all have emotions and random thoughts, so that belief of similarity between people is what comforts me to put myself out there. Because more times than not, I find myself relating to people in ways I never thought I would.
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  1. UnknownFebruary 24, 2014 at 5:25 PM

    I loved how everything you talked about in your critique all tied together. The way you talked about how relating your writing to yourself and then to others really shows how maybe the best relationships are made when we put ourselves out there. I also loved your word choice and the way you strung your ideas together. I thought your idea that writing isn't just a surface thing, that it's much deeper than that was also a rad way of explaining how writing brings out who you are.

    Tara Furlong, period 5.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 24, 2014 at 6:24 PM

    I related to this because i agree that when people get into the zone while writing there is no stopping them, they are able to put things into words that they never thought they could before.
    Also i can relate because i am usually pretty confident about my writing until someone else reads it and then i blurt out things like "it sucks", "its all over the place", etc. i think i do this because id rather critique my own writing before they can.

    Emily Crawford

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  3. UnknownFebruary 25, 2014 at 8:03 AM

    I would like to start my comment saying that James Kener is a saint! Also when James is in the zone there is no stopping him. I relate to this post because when you start writing you can't stop and you will just express things on paper quickly without even thinking about it. In conclusion James is more than a man he could possibly be a god.

    Andrew Rietveld 1st period

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