5/26/2015

Day 1

Today in To The Woods we talked about what was expected of us and what we thought nature writing was and some of the ways it could be done. Before we started our conversations about what we thought nature writing was we did a few activities. First we read the quote “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately…”by Henry David Thoreau. We had to write down what we thought the quote meant. To me I envisioned a life were you do what you want  to better your own life instead of working fro others to get what you need, or in simpler terms I could reference the Lion King and just say Hakuna Matata.  After this we had a team building exercise  how to cross river stones

This in its self was pretty interesting and fun. We were also racing another team trying to find the fastest and most effective way to transport our team across the path, but as always team one is number one. After this exercise we had guess speaker Scott Gesel come in to talk to us about what is nature writing and what form it might take so one can describe there connection with nature to others. We recognized that putting detail into the smaller things can allow you to show a greater over all image to your readers, and how you can use metaphors, symbolism, and personification to help guide your reader to see and feel your experience and connection to the great outdoors.