American Icons~ Reflection

While doing this project I discovered that my writing is very creative and organized. I have a way of getting my points across, while also keeping the reader's attention.

Two writing technique that I found myself constantly using for my artist statement were "Make meaning early" and creating a relationship with my audience. When I first began writing my artist statement, I knew that I wanted to get straight to the point without including unnecessary information. By learning and using making meaning early I was able to do that in a way that was in order and not too confusing for the reader to understand. I chose to really emphasize creating a relationshiop with my audience because I feel like when a reader is able to connect and grasp your writing, they enjoy it a lot more, and they don't get bored as easily.

If I had time for one more draft, I would probably focus more on the speed of my writing. I tend to add lots of commas when I write because when I read the writing out loud, it sounds like pauses are needed. But after learning that speeds can vary and switch up according to how fast you want the pace of your writing, and your reader to move while reading your writing, I wanted to experiment a little more with speeds but it was a little too late. So maybe next time I will try out different speeds and include them in another writing piece.

Looking at Beyonce is similar to looking at myself in the mirror.

This sentence from my artist statement really stands out to me because it was my guiding sentence. After I began with this sentence, everything else started to flow and I knew what direction I wanted to go in. This sentence also stands out to me because its almost like I'm making a hidden comparison. I'm telling the reader that I feel like looking at Beyonce is similar to looking at myself in the mirror, but they dont find out the reason why I feel that way until they continue to read everything else.