I particularly enjoyed reading poetry each day before getting into our lesson. One piece that stuck with me was from the beginning of the semester, Deborah Garrison’s “I Saw You Walking”, regarding the appreciation the narrator has for a survivor of the September 11th attacks. I was moved by the affection that the narrator had for this perfect stranger and admire the truth that it speaks of humanity’s potential for empathy. It serves as a reminder that each human life is important and that, in the face of adversity, we all have the capacity to band together and wish well for others. Overall, I really enjoyed reading the poems; I feel like they helped us to view each of the performances and exhibits from different perspectives and with a deeper understanding as we applied the same critical analysis skills to everything that we took part in this semester.
