Wasteland Reading Response.

What I really like about reading Whitney's and Dennis's blogs is how differently they perceive things from me. I really appreciate Whitney's eye for picking up on details. Sometimes when I read poems I just sort of read it at face value. I walk away with a pleasant sense of huh? and I never really questioned it before this class. I thought poetry was suppose to leave you feeling like you had just been hit over the head. Dissecting it is kind of fun, though. Fine literature, you won!

Back to Whitney's blog though, her observations about it having WW1 themes and the clashing of high and low culture. I feel like I missed both of these things! Sometimes I might get too caught on one thought when I am reading and do not explore any other ones. I get so fixed that a poem is about one idea, that I just miss the rest because I assume I already got it.

Wow, who would've thought that I would do so much self-reflection on my Week 10 blog 2? But I am starting to read things differently and in a way I hate it because it is a huge responsibility. It's easier when something seems big and scary to just tell yourself you never really wanted to understand it because it would probably be lame. Well, I kind of sort of care now and am starting to see how even literature that I wouldn't go out of my way to read, or read on vacation, can still be worth my time. And maybe I shouldn't corner myself by what I assume I like or don't like.

And this is what school is all about I suppose. Learning new ways to think and new things about yourself.........