Bajan Bookshelf

What a wonderfully informative session led by Cyndi Celeste! My three highlights? 1. We co-created the workshop. After listening to our expectations of the session, Cyndi prompted activities and discussions which addressed those expectations. Great job! 2. We were reminded that inspiration is everywhere - on the table in front of you, on the shelf behind you, in the tree outside your window; in what we see, hear, smell, touch and taste, and in how we feel about what we percieve. 3. Awareness of your physical body enhances how you express emotion vocally and is essential to optimise your performance. What were your highlights?

So.... what was the most important takeaway from today's session? For me it is the fact that although erotica may have many varied definitions, we all agree that its goal is to evoke sensuality. Also, no matter what we are writing, the craft is paramount. What do you think?

Marc gave a very insightful presentation... so much information! I will never read a comic (or graphic novel, for that matter) in quite the same way again... not now that I know some technical terms. Just want to add that I use comic strips in my teaching. In language arts they make great writing prompts, and in literature I have students illustrate texts as 8-panel comic strips. This calls for them to summarise the text and add their own dialogue. To be honest we don't focus on the artwork; students can draw stick figures. It's the representation that matters. Once the cartoons are complete, students share their creations with classmates so we can all see how similar and yet how different their creations are. And we all learn. #ThePowerOfComicsInEducation LOL