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Observation - Rheomode

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Submitted by et502 on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 7:36pm

It seems like a lot of people chose to use the rheomode to re-write/re-levate their paragraphs. Is this the most natural way for us to write? The easiest? 

Or perhaps (and I think this may be the case) is it the clearest mode to emulate - the directions for this form are the clearest. 

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I don't know if it was the easiest or...

Submitted by sara.gladwin on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 12:01pm.

I think David Bohm might have been the clearest description of how to use his language... I might be wrong but I think he was the only one that used direct examples. Because I tried re-writing in Rhemode and it definitely wasn't easy but I felt like I could do that better then I could the other ones....

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Not for me!

Submitted by rachelr on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 7:13am.

I also thought it was interesting that so many people used the rheomode, because I had so much trouble with it. I didn't even consider re-writing my piece that way. I guess other people made more progress than I did with it after class. All of the rheomodic interpretations are very different, however, bringing us again to how much personal experiences play into our world view. 

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Rheomode

Submitted by sarahj on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 10:28pm.

For me, the rheomode was definitely the easiest one to emulate although I did end up thinking somewhat about what Paula Gunn Allen had to say about Keres tales.  That is why I used compass directionals instead of saying left or right, although I think this reasoning also overlaps with the rheomode.  Although, now that I write this, I think directionals such as north, south, east and west are more suited to "wandering" because they are much more open, I guess?  I think "moving to the left" is a lot more specific than saying "moving to the east".  East just seems so much bigger than the left. 

I also have to say that I didn't use the other forms of writing because I didn't like them. For the most part, I don't think that I like the rheomode, it is just fun to play with. 

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