When I look back over my private writing, especially for the visual-based memoir, I think it encourages me a lot. Because I think I really figure out ways to develop the visual-based memoir, which refers to some abstract idea of place, I find that writing is way to show myself. By taking abstract photos with diverse techniques, I think I can learn a lot from my experiences when I read it later. The persuasive essay, on the other hand, is like a method to move the private writing to the public. Unlike the photo diary which talks about many literal activities, the photo essay is more academic and abstract to demonstrate an idea to the public. When I design the visual-based memoir, I would like to make it less literal. For the memoir, I use diverse techniques such as blurring and controlling the lightness and darkness. For the persuasive essay, I divide the topic into four parts regarding different photos and then demonstrate my idea respectively. The overall argument of my essay is to illustrate that I am reshaped by Emory and slow down my steps to observe the beauty of the nature. I do not get myself to jump in and do one burst of writing and then move on to another, because it is easier for me to describe the photos in sequence. Since I need to recall the experiences which happened in the past, I need time to organize the memories to make them as a whole story.
I try to make my readers understand the process of my change and how Emory reshapes me. I think I am proud of my memoir but I try my best to take good photos. As my professor suggested, I need to show the audience instead of telling them, and I need to make the memoir more implicit and abstract. Based on this suggestion, I changed all the photos and the entire essay. I want the readers to tell me if I have fulfill the goal of changing the contents from explicit to implicit.
I try to make my readers understand the process of my change and how Emory reshapes me. I think I am proud of my memoir but I try my best to take good photos. As my professor suggested, I need to show the audience instead of telling them, and I need to make the memoir more implicit and abstract. Based on this suggestion, I changed all the photos and the entire essay. I want the readers to tell me if I have fulfill the goal of changing the contents from explicit to implicit.