In Praise of Ander Monson.

This essay made me LOL. Literally. In the waiting room at the doctor’s office. It was pretty embarrassring, but it was also proof that this essay is good. It was mostly the snide side arrow notes that got me, but the text itself had its moments, too. Sometimes I found myself getting lost on the page, and while normally this would seriously bother me, it didn’t in this case. Partially I was okay with it because everything still made sense, but also because it emphasized his point about the ridiculous abilities of various word processors. What made this essay really great though was that it revealed te unseen and reinterpreted the seen. Which is what we’ve talked about essays needing to do in class. And here I really saw that in action, and how it works. I mean, Monson made me see word processors, which I use everyday, in a totally new way. It had never occured to me before that something like Word vs. a notebook can affect your writing, but it really makes sense that it can. I’m writing my blog directly into WordPress rather than writing it in Word and then copy and pasting it for the first time because of that essay. And it’s different. While blowing my mind, Monson was also able to entertain me with his wit and tone. Really that’s all I can ask for in an essay. So yeah, well done, Mr. Monson.