Today in Records of Practice, a very important question was brought up in how to teach poetry: how could a teacher make poetry, or any other type of creative writing, more relatable and enjoyable for the student to read and create? One idea was brought up ( I believe it was Eleni). The idea was to incorporate music into the classroom when creating, reading, and understanding poetry. Music could serve as a source of inspiration, or the students could use it as an initial introduction to poetry.
However, I love this idea! I remember a creative writing class where our teacher allowed us to look at art and listen to music as inspirations for writing! But the point of this blog is to inform any readers out there (maybe just Erin, but who knows?) that one of my favorite short stories was based off Bob Dylan's song, "It's all over now, Baby Blue." I wanted to post the link for anyone interested in checking it out! It also serves as a resource for any aspiring creative writing teachers (I don't think I am the only one!) to see that this can work!
http://jco.usfca.edu/works/wgoing/text.html
I will also include the song for anyone who wants to listen to it before/after/during reading the story.
"But all the boys fell back and dissolved into a single face that was not even a face but an idea, a feeling, mixed up with the urgent insistent pounding of the music and the humid night air of July."
ReplyDeleteI had a grant once to look at the connection between classical music and writing and anecdotally found a huge increase in figurative language. It's a powerful connection!
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