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Sometimes in writing this blog, I wonder if my words are just going out to the universe's garbage dump. To rot or whatever but lately I have noticed things changing. These maybe small trivial changes but they are changes nonetheless. Weeks ago I wrote about Plucky the cigarette smoking duck who seemed to be advocating reading to young people. He was prominately displayed on the Frankfort Public Library website. Last week, the library staff changed the website and poof, no more Plucky. The new website is . . . different. To me, it has a less childish feel to it. I don't know if that is good or bad.
Frankfort Library Website
Point number two - I wrote an essay which stated how uninspired I was by Frankfort's fireworks display of 2008. Well, for people who live in this area, public access channel 6 shows many Frankfort events replayed and I happened to see a replay of the fireworks show. It was surprising to me because the people who made the replay took out the terrible music we the people who showed up had to listen to and replaced it with instrumental traditional tunes such as John Phillip Susa's. Much better. However, the show itself still stunk - this time I counted 15 straight of the same firework. I had only thought there was 10 straight.
Point number three - the evolution of my thinking - which really does not amount to a hill of beans but in terms of the creative writing class - I really have come a long way. When i started the class a year ago, I wanted only one thing - a class that I could use to encourage my wriiting, to get it out from the shell in the closet of the basement of the abandoned building of my mind that it was living in. I also wanted others to get their writing out into the world. I think that we, me and youse guys, have done that well. But I am left feeling that there is more that I can do with this class. It is just that I am not sure what that more is. Do you have any suggestions ? Frank
Monday, July 21, 2008
Maybe There is a God
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I'm glad that your voice is being heard and that you have been an effective agent for positive change. I need to think a little bit more about the class in terms of where it could go and what I am looking for personally. For now I would say that I like when you give specific ideas and assignments. I also like getting feedback on what I have posted or read in the class. I did visit another group and, while the people were nice, no one really commented on what was being read. They just moved on to the next person. Perhaps they were just being nice, but I found it disconcerting and I felt like I had not been heard. I like your group much better because you do take time to give feedback, which I appreciate. I plan on coming back to the group for the fall session; let me think about this some more.
One thing that might be interesting would be to "publish" a booklet of some of the stories we've written. I think we've talked about that once before...??
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