"What sort of diary should I like mine to be? Something loose knit and yet not slovenly, so elastic that it will embrace anything, solemn, slight or beautiful that comes into my mind. I should like it to resemble some deep old desk, or capacious hold-all, in which one flings a mass of odds and ends without looking them through." --Virginia Woolf
I enjoyed reading your essay. I love the innocence in Section I, the humor in Section II, and the rhythm in Section III. The essay could also be titled: "Why wear red in a blood red world?"
The sudden surprise at who is speaking in the essay was a great way to end it and reminded me of an interview I heard with Maria Doria Russell about the author as a God who creates worlds. At the end of your essay I thought about how it would feel to create a world/work of art and see it manipulated in ways you never intended.
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I enjoyed reading your essay. I love the innocence in Section I, the humor in Section II, and the rhythm in Section III. The essay could also be titled: "Why wear red in a blood red world?"
The sudden surprise at who is speaking in the essay was a great way to end it and reminded me of an interview I heard with Maria Doria Russell about the author as a God who creates worlds. At the end of your essay I thought about how it would feel to create a world/work of art and see it manipulated in ways you never intended.
I just read "Studies for a Drawing in Red" and loved it. I'll use it in my teaching at some point. Thank you!
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