First Week: Matt

For this first assignment I had a difficulty trying to think of a subject at first. I could not think of something at first and nothing came to mind. I think simply looking at some point in my room or anywhere was the best approach for me. I felt like this assignment had to be something like a snapshot in which you would take with your words. Something a mundane as a spot on the wall might be more interesting if described through words. I simply tried to stare at something and see how I could describe it to give it more life. So I wrote about an electrical outlet on the wall and tried to let my imagination soar with how I could make it seem like a photograph. A photograph can be something that seems uninteresting, but is given life the more you look at it. I really liked the poems by Kevin Young. I thought it really amusing to think of "The Hideout" as a film noir.