Essay Response

After reading the essay packet, the one essay that stuck with me was "Things to Do Today" by Joe Wenderoth. I just love that throughout the whole list of things to do, a lot of things are really vague and non-sensical, like #63 "Nudge the drowsy lumberjack." In fact, a lot of things in this list almost make sense. It's almost like it makes sense, but then I do a double take on each task, and then it doesn't make sense any more. For example, #85 "Let yourself 'go'." Now, at first glance, it's a normal statement. Let yourself go. But the quotes around go give it another deeper meaning. Go. Go where? Go what? Go who?

And even though it's slightly frustrating, I really like how confusing and sometimes non-sensical this list is. It makes you think, even though the thoughts it makes you think don't make any sense to yourself. I really like stuff like this. It's up to interpretation, and every different interpretation is right. Even if the task doesn't make sense, it does at the same time. Crazy.

Ben L.