Tonight's Homework And Reading

READ: Artist's Way Chapter 3 do the exercise on page 73
READ Newspaper Designer's Handbook Chapter 6 (pages 150-182)

Homework 1: HAVE AN ARTIST'S DATE!
Make a small blog entry about C2 x4 and x9 and what you're gonna do about them. Take photos—your final post must include 3 small photos. Try to go for a sequence and don't let their taking interfere with your enjoyment. Also you don't have to be in any of them if you don't want. Write up a small thing about what you did to foster your creativity and post it online.

Remember, make us care by telling us a story about why what you did matters so deeply to you or how your renewing activity connects to a larger cultural context ("I wanted to cook because I used to cook with my mother when I was a child; we'd make feasts of leftovers— combining cold pasta with Monday's cut steak. Cooking by myself reminds me of her). In making us care, tell us why it's really important or what you actually think about your relationship to the images.

Try to talk while you type for a natural voice.

MINI-GROUP PROJECT (due MONDAY): Use photoshop to personalize your blog with some visual flair with a nameplate, customized colors, and icons for each writer. Then using your blog's color scheme and nameplate fonts, design a flier promoting your blog in a style that conveys its intended tone/audience. Be sure to prominently mention the URL and what your blog is about.

Use the fliers and word of mouth to invite readers to take part! ("We wanna hear from you!" "Join the conversation!" "See what everyone's talking about!") Post your fliers around campus in each residence hall, the sub, the library, and departmental buildings and take pictures to bring on Monday conference as proof of our strategy. We'll gauge how successful your team's campaign in by new commenters and page views over the next week—so talk your blog up to people and get them clicking!