Afternoon Pages: Dear Vincent

"I long so much to make beautiful things. But beautiful things require effort and disappointment and perseverance." 

~ VINCENT VAN GOGH

Vincent,

While working on my UGP, I have come across multiple frustrations. I am frustrated when brainstorming my ideas and when I am actually crafting my words, but especially when I am staring at a blank computer screen. I feel like I am holding myself back from making my Unfamiliar Genre Project great. I overthink everything.

Because I am working on writing a eulogy, I am researching all of these sad, incredibley well-spoken eulogies, however I want my finished project to be something different. While I do want it to say goodbye to the aspects of education that are sad, I also want it to look towards a brighter future. I hope to eloquently express my ideas, while remaining true to the eulogy format.

In my ideal world, in the most beautiful outcome of my UGP, I will write my eulogy with respect to its traditional format, while conveying my ideas in the way that I want. How do you recommend I do this? The point of the project is to write in an unfamiliar genre, but I don't want to make my words seem unfamiliar to me as well.

Today, to make my UGP into a "beautiful thing", I will research how to best intertwine the genre with my beliefs. I will also begin constructing my rough draft, hopefully turning my UGP into something beautiful.

Allison