Tuesday's Class

I really enjoyed hearing about the work that Colby and Bernard had collaborated on, and learning about the different ways in which the collaborative process can work. It was great being able to watch the film, which I had seen once before in Photo Studio. It is such a beautiful film and the stream-of-consciousness-esque narrative and music seem to fit so well with the mysterious, creepy, and raw nature of the film. I liked that the class opened up for us many new ideas and opportunities for the creative process, and I had not experienced exercises such as the "exquisite corpse" before, so this was very enriching. I thought it was neat that Colby and Bernard discussed their work through a collaborative lecture, so we got to hear about both of their perspectives, one more text-oriented and one more image-oriented. I really enjoyed working on the collages and am excited to see what everyone produces. It was great to do creative exercises that engaged us in some of the things we are learning about, enabling us to apply these things to our own creative process. I appreciated that Bernard brought a lot of philosophical discussion into his explanation of his writing process, giving us some background on the Dadaist and Surrealist philosophies. Both professors discussed various ways of "writing to discover" and destructuralizing / recontextualizing ideas, which I want to consider in working on my SMP.