Stuff on Research

Our final paper is research based, and is a doozy of a length at 8-10 pages. Not to worry though, as an English major I am used to this and it is going to be absolutely no problem. I was given some suggestions in class last week to narrow down my pretty broad spectrum paper choice of "death" in regards to Emily Dickinson. I have decided to go with one of my suggestions and pick a single fascicle (27) and focus on her discussion of death inside the limits of that fascicle. I think this makes sense because if I was left with just "death" it would probably be possible for me to fill thirty pages with that content. I realized later that people have written entire books on that idea, so maybe i was biting off more than I could chew. I have picked some research materials (Lunacy of Light, Trying to Think with Emily Dickinson, Dickinson's Misery, and the concordance to Emily Dickinson's poetry) to use in the writing of my paper, and I plan on bringing them to class to get opinions from my class mates about their use. I started to read this books yesterday, and I think I have some good ideas for talking about death coming out of Lunacy, and Misery. I am going to continue reading and hope to be starting the writing of my paper by the end of the week. Keeping you posted.

Creative Work Finished

My creative work for my Emily Dickinson class is officially finished. I meant to make this post last night, but I was up until 2am or so this morning getting my editing done, so here we are. The filming went well, with surprisingly few hiccups over the last few days. Did you know that hanging out of a moving vehicle while holding a video camera can technically be counted as reckless endangerment? I did not know this in fact, and a Shenandoah County sheriff's deputy was kind enough to bring me up to speed on that principle. Anyway, the shot I ended up using for the visual part of my short film was not the exact one that I had planned on using originally, but I decided to go a different way while editing, and I think it worked out for the best. My original plan had been to do the run during the daylight, but seeing as how the poem is about Death picking someone up and continuing on towards final Judgment, daylight hours did not seem to be appropriate for my use. It is a little dark, but I can explain exactly what is happening, and the important parts are still able to be seen, so I think it all worked out for the best. I will post here again to inform you all of the grade I recieve on it.