Writing Exercise 1.1

Writing Exercise

BLOG PROMPT:
"So there are two strands that intertwine in the notion of cosmopolitanism. One is the idea that we have obligations to others, obligations that stretch beyond those to whom we are related by the ties of kith and kind, or even the more formal ties of a shared citizenship. The other is that we take seriously the value not just of human life but of particular human lives, which means taking an interest in the practices and beliefs that lend them significance. People are different, the cosmopolitan nows, and there is much to learn from our differences. Because there are so many human possibilities worth exploring, we neither expect nor desire that every person or every society should converge on a single mode of life. Whatever our obligations are to others (or theirs to us) they often have the right to go their own way. As we'll see, there will be times when these two ideals - universal concern and respect for legitimate difference - clash. There's a sense in which cosmopolitanism is the name not of the solution but of the challenge." - Kwame Anthony Appiah, Cosmopolitanism

In light of the above quote, write a poem/essay/fiction piece on the studio's theme - The Particular Is The Universal.


My piece: DRAFT VERY DRAFTY

This little lonely world.

Sit alone on the train

by a window facing forward

Whats passed is history

coming back slowly

a line ether stops 

or is infinite

and this bitter repetition

Over and over you

Carousels turning and turning

Jump and smell the air

Listen to the laughter

take polaroids of those

you love