Materialities of Writing

Initially, I drafted my assignment on notebook paper. I had an away field hockey game and I assumed the combination of a bumpy bus trip and my attempt to write in crayon would not be a good idea.  If I were to have drafted initially in crayon, I might have found myself thinking differently.  However, my draft on notebook paper, was longer than the version I translated with crayon on the colored paper.  As I wrote with the crayon, I found I would not have enough room, due to larger, and sloppier lettering, so I cut out ideas.  Surprisingly, it took longer to write a shorter amount of text with crayon, than to actually come up with my three paragraphs and jot them into a notebook.

If our culture wrote solely in crayons,it indeed would be different.  Personally, I prefer writing in color versus black ink because I feel it expresses myself more accurately.  If everyone wrote in crayons, it would reflect moods more clearly.  The visual aspect would add to the piece, versus the content of the piece.

After completing this crayon exercise, I think it would be fun to write in colored pencils, or paint!  On occasion, I have written journal entries in colored pencils, but usually I write in colored pens.  In my opinion color adds another, exciting dimension to writing.  I wonder how differing writing implements would affect the style, content and quality or a writing piece.  I'm sure drafting beforehand in pen would have different results than initially drafting in colored pencils, paint or other writing implements.  This assignment is really expanding my thinking, and is creating a curiousity within me.  I just might have to experiment!