
A collection of writing and art work from WriteDesign
students, current and past, and others
associated with WriteDesign.

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Melissa | E-Mail Doug at mrdoug@aznet.net
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CAN I ?
can i look into your sketchbook
can i gaze into your soul
can i rip out all the pages
can i glue in what fell out
can i build for you a memory
can i create for you a dream
can i dance a dance for only you
can i share what can't be seen
and can i have a page of my own
to look back on and laugh about?
Meari
Keating 18
- SDJA's Literary Magazine Mishelle Apalategui -
'00 -
an "ode to
midnight" Sylvie McClelland -
'00 -
a web portfolio and
illustrations JJ Anacker
- '01
- a powerful found poem about the
Jewish resistance movement in WW2 Natasha McCray - '98
- show not tell - senses Vince Carrillo -
'99
- a short story about
parochial school Alison Mollenhauer -
'99
-
poetry of life and love Loni Christiansen -
'99 - photography and poetry (elegant
imagery) Nicole Mournian - '98
- show not tell - raw senses Jared Cohen -
'00
-
writing about humanity Dawn Moy -
'00
- a short story
titled, " The Devil's Own" a step back to life coincidence
-
excerpts from a conceptual multimedia
arts show centering on 1919 expressionism Karina Perez -
'98
- Spanish and English
poetry, a short story, and show not tell Cheryl Concannon -
'98 - physical poetry Melissa Powell -
'00 -
painting and writing that needs to be seen, remember her
name, she will be famous Michael Cornell -
'99 - poetry and short stories from another
world Chris Prieto -
'00
- art and writing
that makes you feel... Katie DeLagrave -
'99 - poetry that looks back River
of Words -
9th grade cross-curricular project
(multiple parts under construction) Nicole DeLagrave -
'97 - a powerful short story titled "summer
love" Charlie Rowell -
'00
- art and writing
with personality Mike Dolinka -
'03 -
several poems, a real departure from the two short stories
about the old west Sacha St. Germain -
'99
- a site with
"integrity" doug
- sketchbook
- doug's
experiment - we
hear the word no... - photos
from africa - bio
-
drawing, photography, writing,
ranting, and self-promoting Jacqueline Sandberg -
'01 - poetry that moves as
smoothly as Jacqueline dances Melissa Escobedo -
'99 - journal entries addressing moving away
- a dedication to all victims in Littleton,
Colorado Erika Sanchez -
'00 -
comic characters from another planet,
stellar work...sorry about that, but I love this
site Jianyne Figueroa -
'99
- poetry with
answers San
Diego-Sha'ar HaNegev Teacher
Exchange
- photography,
drawings, poetry, commentary, and links to Israel Shasta Friend -
'99 - senior sonnet Jamie Schork - '99
- poetry that is anything but
sweet Henry Goldberg -
'98 - poetry that fills your soul camille shapiro
- '05 - bizarre works Cara Grote - '98
- poetry that bites Kristina Simmons - '99
- insight into a singer Amy Hansen -
'98 - poetry that you consume Shelby Sterrett -
'99
- a look back to go
forward Ashley Huck - '98
- a holiday memory and an "ode to...TP" Summer -
'98
- a reality
check Tyler Huff - '00
- show not tell - senses Nicole Tempel - '98
- an ode to coffee shops Tim Ivison -
'00 -
painting and writing from another
place, worth the visit Michael Velez -
'00
- writing with as
much character as the actor himself Karrie Jackson -
'98 - poetry with an edge Sean Vienna -
'99
- a review of Tom
Wolfe's, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Meari Keating -
'00 -
poetry of love and life Daisy Williams -
'98
- writing that
requires an open mind Andrew
Koorey - '98
- an interactive sci-fi short story
(very cool) - Wait, there's an update...or as AK calls it,
"yet
more roadkill on the information
superhighway." Erica Wolfsen -
'00
- writing and art, I
wish there was more Caitlin Kuhwald -
'98
- a commentary on the
WTO protest, poetry, and show not tell Derek Wood
- '00
- expressive
art Gareth Lloyd -
'00
- drawings and art
with a view of other places Michelle Wright -
'00
- a review of: The
Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien Jessica Luedtke -
'98 - show not tell and insight into Moos -
not the cows Yosemite
1999 - 6th grade
trip
(There are three
parts)
- drawings,
photography, and poetry Nathan Luedtke -
'00
- poetry of love,
life, and remembrance Yosemite
2000 - 6th grade
trip
- drawings,
photography, and poetry Tina
Malka's 6th Grade Quilt
Project
- Judaic text re-representation
through art Marco -
'99
- short story about
nothing special
WARNING: The content in some of the pieces below represent issues
that are important to the individual writers. We have allowed a
responsible, yet uncensored forum for them to express these issues.
Oh, by the way. Feel free to comment on any of the work by
e-mailing Doug. He will see
that the appropriate student receives your feedback. Don't forget to
reference the student and work if appropriate.
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or Melissa at melissa_mckinstry@hotmail.com
Your whole life is your
portfolio.
And that will always be
who you
are.
I've seen more people come into the
business with a great education. Then they lose touch with what their
career in advertising is supposed to be about. Pretty soon, people
are seduced by client guys. They begin to make small concessions. You
become the assistant creative director's favorite guy--you get a
raise, get married, buy a house. Now you get to rein in the creative
guys in your group. Pretty soon, you become creative director. Big
house, two kids, but now your job is to keep accounts running
smoothly. New management comes in and wants more creative work. They
get a new creative director. New blood. Now this guy has to find a
job with this lousy portfolio. His Art Center degree doesn't mean
anything. People don't burn out--they sell out. Stay true to what's
in your book!- LEE CLOW Chairman and chief creative officer at TBWA
Chiat/Day, Inc., Venice, California. (from a talk at Art Center,
October 13, 1997)
Dream
"You can set your mind to do
anything. Whether you accomplish it is up to you. You work how hard
you want to work, and only you know when you're done, and if it's
good. Whether or not you receive accreditation for your deeds is out
of your hands, but if you know what you did is the best, and you are
proud, that is better than any award given. So display your work for
yourself with pride, in a portfolio, a book, or in your own great
mind."
Ashley Huck
Some of the student works were inspired by the power of
Pablo Neruda's Poetry
It's the words that sing, they soar and descend...I bow to them...I
love them, I cling to them, I run them down, I bite into them, I melt
them down...I love words so much...The unexpected ones...The ones I
wait for greedily or stalk until, suddenly, they drop...Vowels I
love...They glitter like colored stones, they leap like silver fish,
they are foam, thread, metal, dew...I run after certain words...They
are so beautiful that I want to fit them all into my poem...I catch
them in mid-flight, as they buzz past, I trap them, clean them, peel
them, I set myself in front of the dish, they have a crystalline
texture to me, vibrant, ivory, vegetable, oily, like fruit, like
algae, like agates, like olives...And then I stir them, I shake them,
I drink them, I gulp them down, I mash them, I garnish them, I let
them go...I leave them in my poem like stalactites, like slivers of
polished wood, like coals, pickings from a shipwreck, gifts from the
waves...Everything exists in the word.
Pablo Neruda
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