Hzns Humanities ISLANDS Dr. Thom Buescher REFLECTIONS on your own ‘ISLOMANIA’ Writing Assignment #1 Horizons ISLANDS begins as a journey to many ‘kinds’ of Islands—those on the horizon, those near at hand, and those that are a product of our imagination and creation. Bill Holm, a writer you will meet in while here, sees ISLANDS as ever-present: we are and act like ‘islands’ all the time. This writing activity gets your reflective powers brewing as we prepare to venture off to MONHEGAN Island and others in the coming months. PREPARATION Read (better TWICE than just ONCE) the attached article from Maine Boats, Harbors, and Homes that is a reprint from a previously published work. The author, Franklin Russell, in 1965 published a book about his own experiences of being in and around islands across the globe: The Secret Islands: An Exploration. The segment copied for you addresses the matter of ‘ISLOMANIA.’ Try to conjure up the viewpoint of the writer as he spins this curious narrative. ASSIGNMENT In a carefully crafted piece of about 300 words or so, please reflect on your own particular case of ‘ISLOMANIA’—longing and desire—that captures your experience of a favored ‘exotic place’—maybe even an ISLAND! Keep in mind that some of these longed-for places may be more imaginative than real! One way to do this is to start with one of Russell’s comments/observations about Islands and Island life. There are many small sections/paragraphs that may be the spark that starts your own thinking and reflections. Please complete the writing in the best style and vocabulary you can comfortably muster. It should be typed, double-spaced, and cleanly spell-checked. I read and grade writings in a ‘holistic’ fashion, but with an equal eye and ear for content (thoughts) as well as style (mechanics). This writing is due on [PRINTED please] on THURS 09-17-09—the first class meeting after our MONHEGAN trek on 9-15-09. Questions? Please ask . . .
REFLECTIONS on your own ‘ISLOMANIA’
Writing Assignment #1
Horizons ISLANDS begins as a journey to many ‘kinds’ of Islands—those on the horizon, those near at hand, and those that are a product of our imagination and creation. Bill Holm, a writer you will meet in while here, sees ISLANDS as ever-present: we are and act like ‘islands’ all the time. This writing activity gets your reflective powers brewing as we prepare to venture off to MONHEGAN Island and others in the coming months.
PREPARATION
Read (better TWICE than just ONCE) the attached article from Maine Boats, Harbors, and Homes that is a reprint from a previously published work. The author, Franklin Russell, in 1965 published a book about his own experiences of being in and around islands across the globe: The Secret Islands: An Exploration. The segment copied for you addresses the matter of ‘ISLOMANIA.’ Try to conjure up the viewpoint of the writer as he spins this curious narrative.
ASSIGNMENT
In a carefully crafted piece of about 300 words or so, please reflect on your own particular case of ‘ISLOMANIA’—longing and desire—that captures your experience of a favored ‘exotic place’—maybe even an ISLAND! Keep in mind that some of these longed-for places may be more imaginative than real!
One way to do this is to start with one of Russell’s comments/observations about Islands and Island life. There are many small sections/paragraphs that may be the spark that starts your own thinking and reflections.
Please complete the writing in the best style and vocabulary you can comfortably muster. It should be typed, double-spaced, and cleanly spell-checked. I read and grade writings in a ‘holistic’ fashion, but with an equal eye and ear for content (thoughts) as well as style (mechanics).
This writing is due on [PRINTED please] on THURS 09-17-09—the first class meeting after our MONHEGAN trek on 9-15-09. Questions? Please ask . . .