Blog 2

 Blog #2:

• Write about some of the pieces you have been exploring in the ELC.  
• Also, create an imagined "self" or character and develop at least three scenes and two discussions/reflections that will reveal layers of the character or "self".  Make an outline. (This will be the beginnings of a basis for Project 1.)

One of the pieces that instantly drew me in was "Birds Singing Other Birds' Songs", a work of genuine literature with animation.  The interesting form of literature left me with thoughts of how literature is just about everywhere, in reference to the internet and computer programming.  Another piece I looked at a couple of times in the ELC volume 1 was "Landscapes", by Bill Marsh.  This was another work of animation.  The author describes this work stating: "Each landscape pairs a short Biblical proverb with a series of images taken from street protests, multimedia conferences, Hollywood films, and other private and public sites. The proverb in each of the landscapes scrolls on a loop across the screen and is "locked" in position behind a viewing portal".    In this piece, the viewer is able to choose from a list of different series/proverbs that deal with biblical events.

Another work I liked that was from ELC volume 2, was "A Show of Hands" by Mark C. Marino.  "Show of hands" is an adaptive hypertext narrative about U.S. immigration written in English and Spanish on the Literatronica storytelling engine designed by Juan B. Gutiérrez.

This is the piece I would like to brainstorm and maybe use for my review assignment.  My outline would be:
Character: A hardworking immigrant man who comes from a Middle Eastern Country, looking for a better life in the United States.
 This character would leave his family behind in his native land and travel to the United States.

He would then work long hours for low paying jobs and send some money back home.

He would eventually bring his family to live with him in the U.S and become a well established citizen and father.

Hope that's an okay start; just brainstorming!

Blog assignment 1

Blog assignment #1: Describe some of the strategies you used to "read" Twelve Blue. Indicate what you did + what you hoped to achieve - and what you got out of doing whatever you did.

As I opened up the link for 'Twelve Blue', I noticed the box with all the thread looking colors.  I wasn't sure what to click so just clicked inside the 'thread box'.  After this, a new window appeared with the title 'white moths'; this short story seemed sort of incomplete therefore I wasn't sure how to translate it.

After that, I went on clicking the underlined sentences; which led to different pages.  I opened up a word document so I can kind of copy and paste the story and write some notes for each paragraph.

Although reading 'Twelve Blue' is a bit challenging; I liked that it was different from the norm and look forward to reading more excerpts like this.