Sunday, February 3, 2013

dewey reading notes.


“experience” as defined by Merriam-Webster: the fact or state of having been affected by or gained knowledge through direct observation or participation.

Art As Experience by John Dewey

“experience” is continuous, never ending action.
“an experience” is when there is an end of materials or end of course
            i.e. when the problem attains its solution.
Main way that we speak of “real experiences” is made up of situations and episodes from our everyday lives.

“experiencing like breathing is a rhythm of intakings and outgivings. Their succession is punctuated and made a rhythm y the existence of intervals, periods in which one phase is ceasing and the other is inchoate and preparing.”

Overall, I felt that there was too much wording. The main point of the piece was lost over the redundancies; one or two examples can be good, but to keep restating the same thing in different ways made me as the reader feel not intelligent. I know that as a writer, you are faced with attempting to communicate your thoughts to a wide audience, but I think fewer examples would have brought about quicker impact+more important of an impact. I kept reading each sentence hoping that it would further express what was being discussed but it did not and in turn made me want to stop reading. Articles, chapters, or other types of writing should always compel the reader to continue reading, strive for change, and/or research the topic more in depth, not simply reiterate the idea.

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