Writing culture

Writing Visual Culture

Writing Visual Culture

This article examines the recent emergence of the motion comic as part of a growing relationship between comic books, animation and new forms of digital entertainment and distribution. Motion comics typically appropriate the narrative and ‘static’ artwork of a comic book, which is then manipulated by animation software such as Adobe’s After Effects to create an impression that is similar to pap...

Writing Visual Culture

This paper queries the contrasting epistemological frameworks that operate in the sciences and creative arts. An epistemological matrix is proposed that maps knowledge as a Boolean array, primarily referencing the work and ideas of Charles Saunders Peirce and the infamous statement of Donald Rumsfeld concerning "known unknowns". The work of Pye and Ingold is referenced so as to articulate how c...

Culture and the Health Benefits of Expressive Writing

Expressive writing, in which individuals put their thoughts and feelings about traumatic events into words, can benefit physical health by fostering insight into the personal meaning of stressful experiences. The authors predicted that expressive writing would neither increase insight nor reduce symptoms of illness among Asian Americans, whose culture deemphasizes the act of verbalization in me...

Writing and Writing Patterns

In " Writing and Writing Patterns," M^5 Marion Richardson has made a very valuab'e contribution to the art of teaching. Apart fro*11 setting forth an excellent method of teaching handwriting, these little books must help ^ child who uses them to develop an appreciatiojj of rhythm and beauty. One hopes they ^ inspire creative effort and that they shall not used merely as copy books. The examples...