"i hate making titles for things"

YAY for last minute posts!

This reading assignment really made me think of the importance of all that we're told to think about in class. In writing his autobiography, Richard Hugo lets the reader know the meaning and I guess the stories behind his poems. He really delves into his own history, his own life’s stories to produce his work. This puts into perspective why we’ll be writing our own memoirs, to, I guess in a way, know and understand our stories and try to use that to affect our art. I’ve kind of stated this before but this proves that the things that happen around us really does produce the end product in all of our chosen art forms. Another thing it helped me realize was important was how Chris always tells us to observe everything around us. Even the most minute detail in any situation can spark something big, like the fact that Greeks in his town didn’t trust the banks, so they kept all of their money at home. He used that one fact to produce the last stanza in his poem Between the Bridges.

*(side note…I’m in the library looking out of the window to the other side of the street. There’s a fire truck parked beside the building with four fire-dudes just leaning on the truck sippin’ on some Starbucks. Sorry….just looks funny, I thought I’d share =]

….ohh snap!!!
I just noticed that was kind of an observation! Shucks! ))

This was an interesting reading 1) because it was way easier to understand compared to the last one, 2) it really helped me to understand that Chris is trying to develop us as artist and not just talking all the time and 3) it was easier to understand compared to the last one.

In conclusion…
Listen to Chris

-romeo