Let me welcome the (Liepa) Creative Writers to this site.
I will be posting to this site to disseminate information for class, and to serve as a forum to post and respond to topics that come up in class. You can leave me comments, and from your own blog you can leave comments for others.
One place to start exploring is a creative commons list of noteworthy sites that are related to creative writing, photography, film, and diverse media and music artists that are currently doing something that goes beyond the ordinary:
Today, I’d like you to practice posting to your blog.
1. What I’d like you to focus on is a photographer or other visual artist that speaks to you in some way. Find an image (using Google images, or by visiting other sites). I’d like you to copy the image and post it to your blog (giving credit where the image came from, if it did not come from you).
2. Take a few minutes to articulate what you like about the image or the artist (if you post several images). What makes the artist effective? What message are they trying to convey? How is it meaningful to you, personally.
3. When you are done, find at least 3 other students in class to add to your blogroll. (Or if you are using tumblr, link up with at least 3 others in Creative Writing.) Read their comments, and post a thoughtful response to at least one other person in this or the other creative writing class.
4. (Optional) — post a link to your Freeread Friday book. Get the image for the cover and tell us why you chose your book.
5. Lastly, please write your blog address down (the URL) on the class roster by the end of the block.
