Well I have to say, paper making was a rather fun activity! Although I'm not too creative when it comes to things like that, it was a really unique opportunity to get to see the process in action. I won't go so far to say that I will be a papermaker when I'm out of St. Lawrence, but it does give you an appreciation for how huge the machinery must be in paper-making factories. However, I also enjoyed the paper-making process for another reason. I feel that in the last couple-hundred years poets have largely lost sight of being creative with both the poems they write AND where they write them. Anyone who takes a look at William Blake's amazing sketches from his tyger poem(s) will be impressed by how much time he invested in having a creative background to his poetry. Though he published and sold numerous copies of his poems, he always carved a unique design in each poem he sold. It just boggles me what kind of creativity and work ethic poets such as he have when it comes to their writing utensils.
So, having the opportunity to create and decorate paper had much more of an impact on me, I confess, than I expected. It gave me some fun insight into another side of poetic creativity. Hopefully I'll put it to use some day.
See you all tomorrow!
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