Tell Tell Signs You are a True Writer
True writers continue to write in a secret space to work out their thoughts
Many writers seek to make a name for themselves in the media industry just for fame. However, many times writers can lose sight of their initial vision as they pursue journalism writing or creative writing if they don't keep at least a handheld notebook by their side to write private notes of stories or inspirations.
As a Mass Comm & Journalism major, I find that its rules and boundaries have given me creative freedom in my own personal writing. I like to take a fresh notebook with me whenever I travel and close it when the trip is over as as sign of closure after the trip is done. I like to revisit the handwritten memories and recall the inspirations that moved me to write these personal notes in the first place.
For example, I dedicated a whole notebook to my trip to Costa Rica where I wrote lots of secrets and insights I perceived that fell heavy on my heart. Then when we came back home to Florida, I closed it up and started a new journal.
Now, I'm back in class working on my MFA in photography retaking some classes I failed last semester but that doesn't make me a failure. Thanks to God I got lots of opportunities and recognitions over the summer by building my street photography portfolio in Costa Rica that you can see here.
I'm moved to write this post because of notes I had to take for my Language of Photography Class this week.
The idea of Visual Communication translates a message to the audience, which is a concept many people learn in mass communication classes.
The idea of Visual language in my mind is like a vehicle one uses to transport elements of a message in a communication. As a polyglot, I understand there are thousands of languages in the world with many options for people to choose from to communicate the same message in the language of their choosing. For example, I could use written cues in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese to tell the same story through a different vehicle of communication aka language.
In photography, you would use elements such as light, shadows, color and texture as a visual language to get your message across and it is all up to the discretion of the artist which one to focus on to get their message across.
So I would choose a subject, and place it in a setting with movement with accents that highlight the subject as I conduct that message for visual communication as I would in a sentence thinking about how I would take the noun in movement as the verb and accenting it with adjectives and adverbs to highlight the subjectβ but visually.
I don't know if I explain myself clearly, sound crazy, or am misunderstood. I'm just going through the processes in my mind as I take this course and would like to share some of the secrets from this season in my journal with you.
I hope you enjoy and find inspiration for your own visual language if thatβs what youβre into. :)