For this blog post, choose one of the following questions to answer on your blog.
1. What does it mean to "lose it"?
2. How can a person be "lost in the supermarket"?
3. What does it mean to be "lost in the world"?
4. What does it mean to say "I once was lost but now am found"?
5. What does it mean to lose one's religion?
6. What does Chet Baker mean when he sings "Let's Get Lost"? Here are the lyrics:
12. What does it mean to lose one's mind?
13. What does it mean to lose someone?
Professor Woodman,
ReplyDeleteWhich of these do students most frequently write about? I would like to branch out of my comfort zone, and try one of these that you don't see too often. I mean, I get that the essay is about being lost, but I am guessing that it is not limited to being physically lost.
What do you WANT to see?
Jusin,
ReplyDeleteI want to see effective writing . . .
It won't bother me if everyone uses the idea of being "physically lost," but I doubt everyone is going to go in the same direction anyway.
If you want to "branch out of your comfort zone," do so with the techniques/tools of writing. Manipulate perspective. Integrate figurative language. Make your diction/vocabulary as specific and vivid as you can. Construct your sentences so that the syntax contributes to the rhythm of the ideas. In other words, don't worry so much about the topic; the writing is what will make the topic (whatever it ends up being) interesting.
In terms of the topic, as long as it relates to the idea of loss/being lost/losing and any other permutation of the word/concept, the essay will be something I WANT to see.
Does that help?