I LIKE using the words piece and create.

Week 9:

This week was full of revising. It's just as exciting as it sounds. For me, this meant editing my tour scripts. The real challenge for me was the script about abstract expressionism. I think I was convincing myself I didn't understand it, but I really do. It was just the articulating it that was the problem. After meeting with Tania and bouncing ideas off classmates I think I have a workable script.

I know for me one the most annoying part of revision is the list of "forbidden words" we received from the art museum. It includes words such as artwork, piece, and create. One might think it wouldn't be that hard to write without these words. That person would be wrong. Artwork I can do without, especially because we can still use work of art. Piece killed me. In my scripts, it was mostly replaced with the word object, which I loathe. When I think of an object, I think of random items laying around my apartment, not a piece (that's right, I used the word piece) of art. Also, I never realized how much I like the word create. I definitely like it more than make or paint. Needless to say, it was very frustrating trying to replace these words. I became particularly annoyed when I found a sentence that ended with "created the piece of artwork." or something along those lines.

Another small portion of my week was planning out the documentary. I have a general idea of how it will flow, but it made me realize I need to do some more in-depth interviews with students at the VBC. So next week is interview week. I know all my classmates are looking forward to it =)