Just Can't Get Enough

So here we are again. We come back to the subject of writing. Well there is just so much to say about it that I just can't get enough. Never mind the fact that this is an assignment to respond to a prezi. Curiosity is at stake here. Curiosity has been brought to my attention. Haven't you, as a reader, ever wondered about the works in front of you? No? Hm, well let me tell you what I think.

Everyone should know that technology is taking over our lives. How we explain things, how we write things, and how we express our thoughts are done through technological means. Let me first explain the prezi I saw. It is a basic, bland platelet of black text on a white background. There are some images, actually one, that helps give a visual explanation. See? We even have visual demonstrations now. Still, there could be more to the presentation to get the overall message across. There are so many different messages being conveyed that there must be an overall connection to link them together, which there is. There still i this constant " Technology v.s Pure Writing", but technology has made writing more efficient and simpler. we no longer need to dictate word for word on paper the president's speech or the life of George Washington. We can use the computer, in which no paper is wasted. Editing is much more convenient. How we look and analyze works are now changing. Handwriting is at a consistent legibility and ideas are constantly expanding. Instead of priests being the only authoritative figure, now anybody can write about anything. So now I ask: who is the authority now? Why are they the authority? Is it because of our growing reliability and dependance?

Another good thing about the prezi was the use of individual definitions to help explain the topic. An audience can follow along, but may not understand what they are saying due to vocabulary. Do you understand what I am saying? Everyone learns differently. In fact, we learn how to " write properly". In English, we are given a structure on how to write an essay. Why is that? Can we not freely write or express how and what we want? " No," we are told," you must sound professional." That may be true, but is it necessary to have it one way or the highway? We are restricted in who we are as an individual through structured writing. There are constraints and limits placed on us because we are suppose to write in a way that is similar to how everyone expects or wants it to be. So we are all little robots, writing the same five paragraph, three point thesis model. We should be allowed to go outside the box, as long as it can be professional, dignified, and coherent in its own right. We should allow differences more. 

This brings me to reading. Have you ever wondered about the production of what you read? How we seem to read things that belong to our culture? Do we realize that we are reading works by authors from ireland, England, or Singapore? Are there any differences between the works, besides potential language barriers? I like to think that all writing has become uniformed. With or without translations, with or without different cultural values, writing is writing and it has become more universal as time goes by. Writing meant nothing to the common people of the past; now it holds more value. it also contains what we value implicitly through our ideas and creativity. Ok, enough is enough. I don't know how much more I can talk about writing. You don't need to know more. Have you had enough? Well, too bad because as long as writing keeps expanding, there is always going to be something said about it.