Reading Response No. 24

Summary:
In her article "Tllili Tlapalli: The Path of the Red and Black Ink" Andzaldua conveys to her audience what writing means to her. She refers to her writing at some point as "blood sacrifice." This tells the audience that she believes that her writing is somehow apart of her that she gives to others. She also says that her writing heals her and brings her great joy. This only reiterates how personal writing is to the author.

Synthesis:
One could relate this article to the articles we have read recently about identity. The Smitherman and Delpit articles deal with race and how that plays into our identitiy in writing, and the the Alexander article puts emphasis on gender and identiy in writing. I think that you could compare these articles because Andzaldua puts emphasis on identity as well by saying that writing is a blood sacrifice. This tells the reader that writing is a part of this author's identity.

Applying and Exploring Ideas
1. I think that one could look at it both ways. In a way, western art is not a communal thing becasue since art is such a personal thing--much like writing--it is hard to think of it as a communal thing. But on the other hand, in today's world, many people are connected to art. I guess it might depend on the type of art one is reffering to.

2. I don't thik that this piece would be more effective of it had been written in an academic format. In fact, it probably would take something away from it. The creative expression of the piece adds to the fact that the author is talking about her identity.

Personal Response:
I liked the way that this piece was written. It was a lot more fun to read than the other articles that were written in more of an academic format. This also made it a little bit eaiser to read as well.