Response #24

Summary
In her article "Tllili Tlapalli: The Path of the Red and Black Ink" the Gloria Andzaldua talks about what writing means to her. She says that her writing is her "blood sacrifice" (225) and that writing heals her and "brings her great joy" (222)

Synthesis
This article is similar to the other articles that we have recently read about identity. Cixous and Alexander write about what influence gender has on writing, while Smitherman and Delpit discuss the differences between "white and colored rhetorics" and how race influences writing styles. So, all of these articles talk about identity in some way, and how all these different identities make each author's writing original.

My Response
I really liked this article, mostly because it was easy to read and I could relate to it more than I could most of the others that we have read. I could really see who she is coming through in the piece, so she really practices what she writes about in this piece.


AE
1. Anzaldua explains western art to be viewed, while she describes tribal art as being more personal. I think that current literacy and art culture is becoming more communal, particularly in the media because in today's world everyone is connected somehow, so art that is put out there today is seen by large masses of people, even though the artist and the art still have their personal connection despite this.

2. No I do not think that it would have been more effective if it were in a academic format, at least for me anyway. I felt like I could actually understand this piece, and like I actually got something out of it, rather than when I read those articles that are in an academic format, I often think to myself, "what did I just read?"