The encryption section was very interesting and held me tightly to the readings. The first essay didn't strike me very strongly, however, I remember a specific quote from the essay on page 72 that said "fiction can be mildly described as outlandish." This is true, and moving towards Matthews paraphrases it is. I thought paraphrase one was the most striking. By reading the paraphrase you get a sense of exactly what is being done. Anytime I am able to imagine myself in a specific situation, I know a lot has been accomplished, these paraphrases do just that. By seeing the dog on the right side of each page kept making me wonder how to implement its context. That is, what I enjoy, using your own imagination to gather what the author may have be meaning.
Jackson MacLow's concept of poetry in terms of art in all his works leaves me wondering. Sometimes you wonder where his vision of art is supposed to take you. However, the segment on letters intrigued me.
The newspaper blackout poems were awesome. I have yet to find something as creative as this. Taking works from an article and mixing them up after blacking out a significant section of the article is interesting and can be fun. Much like the blackout section, Ronald Johnson's Radios is also extremely interesting. I would define these types of work as creative, and the main reason is because thinking goes into selecting the words to peace together. It may not be extremely difficult, but it does take time figuring out.
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