The National Day on Writing at Fairfield University was a very inspirational event. I liked doing different writing exercises such as making a list about things I care about and writing a prompt using only numbers. In his presentation, “Writing for Justice and Writing for Healing”, Dr. Yohuru Williams discussed that writing is a reflective process and that your wounds produce an effective narrative. I also learned that, “the core of writing is communication”. For example, Dr. Williams is very passionate about civil rights and justice and communicated his thoughts through books and the Huffington Post to touch people. He further discussed how important social media is as a form of sharing and writing one’s opinions and thoughts about anything you care about, “Be a part of the conversation”.
Dr. Yahuru asked us to write five things that we care about and then elaborate on one of the topics. I wrote a paragraph about the crisis in Syria because …show more content…
I did not expect his talk to be as enriching as it was. I was truly inspired by Fitzgerald and his work. To begin, Fitzgerald read a couple of short stories from his book. His book is a collection of chefs’ stories across the country, about the message portrayed in their respective tattoos and how that incorporates into their cooking. For example, Chef Timmy Malloy has a tattoo of a snake and a dagger. He wrote that the dagger represents that life is a constant fight and the importance of overcoming that fight. The snake represents the constant cycle of life. Chef Malloy had to overcome a multitude of obstacles to become the accomplished chef he is now. Chef Sean Thomas has elaborate flower tattoos on both arms and his explanation for his tattoos is simply, “they’re just pretty”. Tattoos are very personal and have a different purpose to each