Oops we do have assignments for the blog (:P)

I haven't been checking out the syllabus, well, I am now. Life cooling down since I got the thumbs for a job I am interested in !

Constraints doesn't shut down ideas, in fact, constraints may channel new forms of writing, innovation. I remember in my Adv Creat. Non fiction course our first assignment was to chose a word from the list. Brownie Points were to be given to the student(s) who used all the words. There were fifteen words, just to list a few: King Kong, irate, dreamt,Yankees. This limitation caused me to reflect on a memory (one that I didn't think about in YEARS). I wrote about my first 'real' idea about sex, when sex became complicated to me. Idea constraints aren't always a downfall for an artist. Our minds are capable of linking words to symbols, other words, idea, sounds so the possibilities are endless.I associated 'King Kong,' in the essay I wrote for Adv. C Non F, with the penis; King Kong isn't just an ape. The problem with constraints comes when there is a limit on the number of words a writer is to use. Maximum of 1000 words. I always want to write more than a 1000. When there us a limit on how much a writer can writer problems arise. It was hard for me to shape a GOOD Spencerian Sonnet. That poem was shit. I often wanted to exceed the rhyme. Example:

. . . tame
. . . it's a shame he

But I couldn't do this I had to keep the rhyme. So, I'd cut up the sentence and hope it still made sense. This must be life of a good rapper, not Kanye West.

For Chapter U performd by Christian Bok. It seemed like he had to use words that produced an 'uh' sounds, similar to a grunt noise.