Writing Identities

I love reading graphic novels and to be able to understand writing identities through it makes it that much more fun to learn. Learning to write about different subjects requires the writer to change the identity of its writing because communicating with the audience might be completely different. 

The more I read into understanding rhetoric, the more I feel like the approach I have in my writing can be changed for the better. I am looking forward to see how my writing will improve at the end of the semester. 

Deconstructing Artists' Statement

After reading through a few artist statements, I found that each has its own uniqueness but none of each was taken out of context as to what the statement represents.  One of my recent inspiration, photographer Martin Schoeller, wrote in an artist statement in which he clearly describes his work of art and the thought process behind it. As to many artist statement, one must clearly communicate with his or her audience, to elect a response, to provoke an emotion all of which is important to the works created. 

There is an inspiration when reading an artist statement, it is something that tells the viewers what drives their creativity.  In reading Mr. Schoeller’s statement, he mentioned that in 91, after seeing Bernd and Hilla Becher’s water tower series, that it had inspired him to photograph a large group of subjects in the exact same style. I love reading an artist’s inspiration because it tells me that as great as they are now, there was a guidance from someone that came before them that had the same ideas and creativity. 

WEEK ONE /// NAVIGATING GENRES

Learning about genres and how they function is a really fresh take on what writing composition is about.  As I read through the essay of navigating genres, I realized just how much I know about genres in my normal daily routine and the rhetorical features that ties into these genres. 

One of my favorite genre that I know very well is Role-Playing Video Games. To break down what a role-playing game is, one must understand the rhetorical features that ties into the genre.  A story is one important aspect that makes up a role-playing game. A world is then created, within it comes the main character, supporting characters, non-player characters, villains, monsters. In a role-playing game, the option to level up the knowledge and skills of the character is presented, usually a very customizable method in which the player chooses how they would improve the character that was portrayed. 

Just by knowing these rhetorical features in a genre, I can now feel more comfortable with writing about a video game review or just a research paper about the genre. I was taught in the past with any form of writing, that a brainstorm is usually the normal process before the writing begins, follow by an introduction, a body paragraph, and a conclusion. I am sure these elements are still a big part of learning writing composition. However, I do feel that knowing and understanding the genre in the topic chosen makes a much better start than blindly picking up a pencil and write down anything that comes to mind.

I always felt like there was a restriction when I write, never felt that freedom usually because I only write when I am told to either by my instructor or in the work place. I do feel that once I can develop a form or a process which can allow me to freely write, only then can I truly enjoy writing. 

WEEK ONE /// ABOUT ME

Last time I wrote an about me section was for a dating website, so I am guessing this won’t score me a hot date like before. However, I do want to take the opportunity to introduce myself on here to tell you all a little bit about where I came from and why I am here now.

My name is Warren Chang, and I am going on to be 34 years old comes this July. My Passion has always been in the creative process. At the age of 5, I was enrolled in a watercolor class, later spend two years learning to play the piano at an early age, then throughout high school and the first few years of college, I studied art and animation in hopes to find a career in it. Ultimately I decided that working in sales and establish a career in business was the safer way to earn a living, as a result my passion for the creative process was locked away, never knowing what the potential could be.

So why am I here writing a piece in the blog about me for a writing composition class? well about two years ago, my life was not where I want it to be, I was single again and everyone around me was moving on to bigger and better things in life. I had a lot of time to think about the career path I was heading and it lead me to believe that I still have love for the creative process as I picked up my first DSLR the year before. I quickly fell in love with photography and I wanted to further educate myself and possibly find a career path within it. That was when I found Brooks Institute and took a leap of faith, left my hometown and start anew, towards a new path and ambition that will ultimately define my career.