Materialities of writing #1

Writing in Crayon

I found writing the whole response in crayon to be a bit tedious. Trying to write legibly in crayon without any lines proved to be a little difficult for me.  Before thinking about  what to write, I took time to think about how long it would actually take me to get my point across in a clear way because I knew that it might be difficult to write with a crayon for an extended period of time.  After that I went about my business as usual. I drafted a first copy on my computer and then copied it onto the paper with the crayon.  I thought about how I could relate what I want to say to the color that I had picked and think I did it pretty well.  I would never not write something simply because it was to hard, if I thought it is a good idea I’m going to write, so I knew that writing this would probably take me a little longer than a regular writing assignment but I kind of enjoyed it because it got me to think in a different way for a change. I was looking to match emotion with color which I do not normally get to do and it also helped that the poem was very insightful and I was able to pull a lot away from Emily Dickinson