Spring 2017, Post #3

For this post, first read "Ochre" in Victoria Finlay's Color.

Our class has students from a wide variety of majors and disciplines: Liberal Studies, Criminal Justice, Philosophy, Business Administration, Nursing, Biology, Physical Education and Kinesiology, Psychology, Religious Studies, Communications, and Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies.  Each major and discipline is a way of seeing and understanding the world.

Choose two majors/disciplines from this list, and explain what parts of the chapter on "Ochre" a student of this field would find most interesting.

Spring 2017, Post #2

Read pages 1-8 in Constance Hale's Sin and Syntax.  Find one sentence in Victoria Finlay's chapters "The Beginning of the Rainbow" or "The Paintbox" (in Color) that embodies Hale's advice to "relish every word," "be simple, but go deep," "take risks," "seek beauty," or "find the right pitch."  Copy that sentence, and explain why and/or how it succeeds.  In other words, don't summarize the sentence; instead, explain why it is a well-written sentence.

Spring 2017, Post #1

Hello All,

As I wrote in the e-mail, introduce yourselves and ask a question about the class or syllabus.