MA K I N G M E A N I N G BY MA K I N G CON N ECT I ON SK I M JA XO N ( AN D P E T E R K I TT L E I N S P I R I T ) N O RT H E RN C AL I F O R N I A W R I T I N G P RO J E CTHTT P : / / K I M JAXO N . C O M

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• Writing• Making As…• Teaching & Making• Making

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P O Ï E S I S ( AN C I E N T GR E E K : ΠΟ Ί ΗΣ Ι Σ ) I S E TYM O LO G I C AL LY DE R I V E D F R O M THE AN C I E N T GR E E K TE R M ΠΟ Ι Έ Ω , W H I C H M E AN S " T O M AK E . ” T H I S W O R D, THE R O O T O F O UR M O DE RN “P O E T RY , " WA S F IR S T A VE R B , A N AC T I O N T HAT TRAN S F O R M S A N D C O N T I N U E S THE W O R L D .

— W I K I P E D I A

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YO U K N O W T H AT ‘ M A K I NG ’ ( PO I ES I S ) H A S AW I D E RA N GE ; FO R , YO U S E E , E V E RY K I ND O F M A K I N G I S R E S P O NS I B L E FO RA NY T H I N G W H AT SO E V E R T H AT I S O N T H E WAY F R O M W H AT I S NO T T O W H ATIS . A N D T H U S A L L T H E P R O D U C T I O N S T H AT A R E DE P EN D E NT O N T H E A RT S A R EM A K I N GS , A N D A L L TH E C RA FT S M EN E NG AG E D I N T H E M A R E M A K E R S ( P O IE TA I ) .

— PL AT O ’ S S Y M P O S I U M

WHAT KEY WOR DS DO YOU AS SOC IAT E W IT H MAK ING OR MAKER ?

JOT DOWN WOR DS T H AT C OME T O M IND…

WHAT DOES A SPAC E LOOK L IKE T H AT I S DES IG NED FOR M AK ING AND MAKER S ?

DRAW T HE SPAC E OR JOT DOW N DES C R I PT OR S OF T HE SPAC E

W H AT K E Y W O R D S D O YO U A S S O C I AT E W I T H C O M P O S I N G , W R I T I N G , O R W R I T E R ?

WH AT D O ES A SPACE LO O K L I K E TH AT I S D ES I GNED FO R CO MPO S I NG AND WR I TERS ?

CO MPARE YOUR K EYWORD S AN D YO UR I D EAS ABO UT M AK I N G AN D WR I T I N G SPACE S : WH AT S I M I L AR I T IE S D O YO U SEE B ETWEEN M AK I N G AN D WR I T I N G?

WH AT D I F F ERE NC ES TO YOU SE E I N YOUR WORD L I S TS AND I D EAS ABOUT SPACE S?

ON CE YO U ’VE CO MPARE D YO UR OWN L I S TS , SH ARE WI TH O TH E RS : WHAT D O YO U H AVE I N C OM M ON ?

Making As…

I . M A K I N G A S D I S PO S I T I O N …

“The vicious cycle starts: if you fail at something, you think it is your fault. Therefore you think you can’t do that task. As a result, next time you have to do the task, you believe you can’t, so you don’t even try. The result is that you can’t, just as you thought.” 

― Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things

I I . M A K I N G A S C O N T E N T …

C O M PO S I N G SC I E N C E

“Design is really an act of communication, which means having a deep understanding of the person with whom the designer is communicating.” 

― Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things

I I I M A K I N G A S R E PA I R …

P O Ï E S I S = " TO M AK E "

TH I S W O R D, T HE R O O T O F O U R M OD E R N “P OE TRY , ” WAS F I R S T A V E R B , AN AC T I O N T HAT TRA N S FO R M S AN D C O N T I N UE S TH E W O RL D .

“ PA I N UN MAK ES T H E WO RL D . ”

– DR. L AURA S PARK S

“Scarry argues that while the world, like the self, is ‘unmade’ in instances of war or torture, it is ‘made’ through imagining and creating artifacts. If extreme pain unmakes the world, if pain is indeed language-destroying, what possibilities exist out of that for rhetoric to create, remake, or bring forth?”

–Dr. Laura Sparks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f66b2UE9lk0

“ I F WE ARE COMM ITT E D TO PROV ID ING ST UD E NT S WIT H O PP ORT UN IT IE S T O FO RG E NE W CONNE CT IONS , T O WO RK I N N EW WAYS , T O PRODU CE NE W K INDS OF T E XT S . . . I T I S CRU C IAL THAT WE TAKE CARE NOT T O L IM IT T HE TE XT S , TO OLS , A ND COMP OS ING ST RATE G IE S ST UD EN T S M IG HT E M PLOY A ND ALT E R IN COM P EL L IN G WAY S . ”

— JODY SH IPKA “NE GO T I AT IN G RHE T OR ICAL , MAT E R IA L , ME T HO DOLO G ICAL , AN D

T E CHNOLOG ICAL D I FFE RE NCE : E VA LUAT ING MU LT I MODAL DE S IGNS ”

TE A M S M AK E :

CR EATE A R E PR E S E NTAT I O N FO R MA K I N G OR M AK ER C ULT UR E : A D RAWI N G OF T H E SPACE , A C ON CE PT M A P O F K E Y TE R M S , O R SO M E C OM B I NAT I O N?

PER H APS A LS O PO S E Q UE ST I O NS A BO UT TH E CO NN E CT I ONS BET W E EN MA K I N G / CO M POS IN G TH AT W E C OU LD CO NS I D ER A S W E M OVE T H R OU G H TH E DAY.