Point of View (2)

* Still digging the enthusiastic (and stylistically diverse) responses to April’s Savor of the Month prompt: Rust. Join in here!Today’s post is part of a series. Every year I teach a five-week class on “point of view,” for the School of Visual Arts’ Products of Design program. For Supporters, I’m reprinting a series of posts about the class — the assignments, the thinking behind the class, how it shaped and has since been shaped by TAoN, and other fun behind-the-scenes stuff. The first installment is here.Last time, I described the “heroes and villains” and “always/never” exercises I ask students to complete before they take a shot at writing a personal manifesto. But as mentioned, there’s a third preliminary exercise. I call it the “cocktail party manifesto.” It works like this: Read more