Viewing things 1″ at a Time

In a recent Writer’s Mind class, my professor had us describe everything that we saw throu a 1 in picture frame.  As a class we were given the topic of school lunches, and the assignment consisted of us listing ,with as much discription, everything that we could see.  One could also take this a step further by adding a sence of smell and possibly even touch.  The idea is to help student become as discriptive as possible.  To help further their writing potentials and to highten their awarnesses of the “readers visualization”.   In addition I’d like to point out that this type of educational experience can be done in classrooms other then English or Writing.  When I was in high school we did the same thing in one of my art classes.  We took a 1 inch picture frame and placed it onto a photo graph.  We would then paint, draw, or with what ever medium we might be working on at that time.  The idea was to help us focus on the details; thus allowing for a similar reaction with the students out come.  I have attached a copy of my own paper for this project, just to give you an idea as to what this type of writing might come from a project such as this.

1” Picture Frame: School Lunch

Shades of browns and tans in a swirling like pattern.  A smooth and yet rough type of textured surface.  A raisin is half sticking out, full, plump and bumpy.  Its juiciness very appealing, causing my mouth to slightly water.  Yet somehow it looks like an old mans face. The smell is strong with sweetness, and the faint touches of cinnamon are aroused.  I bite into it.  It’s soft all around, to my hands and my teeth.  The sugars rush to my teeth and pallet, it’s good; no really good, for now I detect something else, it’s soft too, but this time it’s creamy.  I look down; it’s white unlike the rest.  Its texture is sooth like velvet and there is no real odor.  I do not recognize a specific sent.  It’s not good, and not bad, just different.