Tuesday, September 28, 2004

More words strung together to form a post

I was just thinking that it's funny how sometimes, for no particular reason (and often in this blog), I'll write lower case, without punctuation...and subconsciously consider it more artistic rather than grammatically challenged. I'll think...I'm merely shirking uniformity in an e.e. cummings kind of way. It's more a mastery of language...focusing on the inherent meaning of words rather than how they're strung together. It's funny because in high school I was praised for my creative thinking, and as an adult I possess an almost excessive attention to detail in my work. But back in high school, every self-critique I did was a barrage of complaints regarding the constrictive devices present in having to learn and practice correct grammar. In the end, I conceded to one professor that made a nice comment concerning the use of correct grammar - using it comes from the desire to express yourself in such a way that there's no way someone could mistake what you've said. It's born from the desire to not be misunderstood. So, from that moment on, in the desire to express myself accurately I attempted to adopt a firm grammatical base - in things serious that is. A blog, however, is a horse of a different color. Herein lies the way my brain spits things out - before I reroute things into grammatically correct manifestos. I like the way things look unkempt and fresh. And I like looking at my sentences and thinking of e.e. cummings. the end.

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