Spring 2009, Week 1

February 4, 2009 - Week 1

Week one of the Spring 2009 Fieldwork Houston began with introductions and a brief catching up with among those who have worked together.

This week's projects included a couple of poems, song lyrics, and a couple of short stories.

Some responses I had to the works in progress that were presented:
-it reminded me of an ex-boyfriend that you keep rebounding to
-very human
-is it worse to write the same thing once a day than to not write?
-reminded me of a friend who is writing captions for her own photographs once a day just to write, to develop the habit
-tickled by the idea of a dating resume
-related to the idea of threatening/promising to write about an event
-related to the idea of being open and scared of being vulnerable or going too far/sharing too much
-the speaker felt very feminine in the literary sense/very motherly

Some responses to my work that stood out:
-body language focused counterbalanced erratic voice/energy
-not trying to scare, but reassure
-character on a bus? in a bar?
-curious about one of the characters
-adventure story
-difficulty understanding every word

Notes to self:
it's not about "good"
it's about doing
...creating
...the process


-AVS