Annotating a written essay was nothing new to me. When I was in high school my teachers especially, english teachers made us student annotate. Personally, annotating has helped me as a reader to comprehend what the author is trying to express. I never thought about rereading a past passage that I once read. However, going back and rereading “Is it OK to make art?” by Rhy Southan I missed key information. After reading it for a second time the passage became less confusing to me and made more sense. I was able to understand Southan’s arguments and connections between certain topics. Going back and annotating the text I was able to understand what the EA’s main focus was and what the true meaning of art was to be. Another part that I found helpful was looking up new words that I was unsure of. For example, avant-garde I had no clue what the meaning behind it was so I went to dictionary.com https://www.dictionary.com/browse/avant-garde?s=t and found the definiton. Avant-garde is a group of advanced individuals in art, music or some visual work. With the discovery of this term and many other terms that I was unsure about dictionary. com helped explained the meaning of the word. Overall, going back and annotating southan’s essay for a second time was very useful and beneficial because I could fathom more information about the text the second time around.
It’s amazing how much we can miss the first time! It makes me wonder about every movie I’ve watched, every book I’ve read. Continue to reread these sources at least once. It will help you immensely as you proceed through the class. Nice job!