Well for one thing, I’ve had the same trouble as Jess as far
as attaching myself to some sort of clear narrative. No one can deny that. And I
really wanted to hide the seams as best as possible in anything I did and I
think that was all because of the first actual collage “story” we read, “Always
Crashing in the Same Car,” where I was desperately searching for where things were spliced together. But for the workshop I tried to let that go and be
more open to letting people see that things are coming from different places
but allowing it to work anyway. I think it will be much, much more difficult
for me to let go of some semblance of a coherent storyline. We’ll see.
As for the readings we’ve done, they’ve just had so much
packed into them that it is hard to grasp all that they are saying at once sometimes. I
try to find a couple things that resonate with me and think more about those
than try to fully understand absolutely everything that was said because I feel
like that would be way too painful for me…but I could just be an idiot. Or
lazy. Maybe both. Regardless, I always try to find something that interests me
about the article, or whatever it is, and let it simmer for a little while.
However, I have recognized that sometimes with the things that do really
fascinate me, I forget to relate it back to the class, which I’ll try to be
more aware of since that is the whole point of reading it.
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