So here we go, blog post one.
Writing assignment on the Rocks chapter of Desert Solitaire.
Straight up I thought the chapter was...a brick wall.
The first page was fine at first and quickly rattled off the names of gems into a droll list giving and set no proper precedent for the page after. Stories of destructive human exploitation of the land.
There was no real narrative to latch on to, just tangentially related stories which actively disinterested the reader and is only read because it's the assigned work. It felt like taking a pick to bedrock.
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Also at the same time of reading this chapter we stacked rocks in class in the style of gravity glue.
It was interesting and in extremely different the application of balance on stones. It was genuinely fun to figure it out and assemble the allotment of rocks with another class mate. I much rather shape the world than let it be within reason.
