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January 22, 2005
Abstract writing
I play on the boundaries of a variety of academic disciplines, which makes me a master of pretty much nothing. Or at least that is often how it feels when I sit down to write something new.
I have spent time this previous week reading and rereading sections of texts on semiotics preparing for an article that has been fomenting in my brain for some time. Semiotics is not necessarily a new field for me, but neither is it one in which I feel like an expert. Does one ever feel like an expert in semiotics? I think that goal could be a moving target.
Today I began my abstract preparatory work by rereading the first couple of chapters of:
- Schechner, Richard (2002). Performance Studies: An Introduction. London & New York: Routledge.
I find that taking the time to reorient my thinking helps me to sidestep some of biases that seem to build up in my thinking as I wonder through my daily life. The process of discrimination, as a part of selection from the infinite whole, needs to be unblocked to allow the eyes to see something in a new and potentially different way.
So here I sit, surrounded by semiotics, linguistics, and performance texts as I work through the 250 words I am penning on the performative aspects of adolescent blog naming.
Posted by prolurkr at January 22, 2005 01:49 PM
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