 | A fan of Kirby but not so much the other.. |
I loved what Kirby had to share! I was inspired with what she had to say about rewriting the books and just keepin on keeping on. I also got real scared about my own book and how I too have thought many times, the story sucks and I need to rewrite it. I wanted to thank Kirby after the conference, so I ran up to the front where I was approached by a lady who tried to keep me from meeting Kirby. I waited anyway, and got to shake Kiby's hand and thank her for making the reality of writing more of a reality. On the other hand, Raschka was not as inspiring to me. It was interesting seeing his book of art, but I felt he went on and on. I got confused with all the different things he was talking about with his illustrations. He seems like a very complex person, whereas Kirby seemed more down to earth. Her openess was great! I thought she was honest and seemed humble. |
 | Re: A fan of Kirby but not so much the other.. |
I have to agree with you about the authors that I am a fan of Kirby and liked Chis but felt that he drag on a bit in speaking, but really like how he told two of his stories. |
 | Re: A fan of Kirby but not so much the other.. |
Funnily enough, I feel the exact opposite way. I felt that Kirby dragged on a bit, and although down to earth as Grace said contridicted herself. I Didn't dislike her, but I just didn't appreciate her speech that much. Chris for me was inspiring, fun, interesting, and different. For me what he did was refreshing, we always hear stories of "how to get somewhere" but he didn't do that. Which I liked. Guess each author really just clicked differently with all of us. |
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Raschka did bring a different element. And I agree with you: he was a pretty complex guy. I did learn some interesting facts about illustrating and publishing from him so that was worth the price of admission. I'm definitely a "Kirby fan" for all the reasons previously discussed here and in the classroom. |
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I also loved what Kirby had to say!! While she was presenting i could not help but listen and take in what she had to say. When Raschka was speaking i did not get as much inspiration from him, he just seemed to go on and on not really saying much. Kirby brought a more personable feeling to her presentation. |
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I love that we all have such differing opinions about the conference. We are a diverse group of people, all with different thoughts and investments into children's literature. One of my very favorite things about this class is that we haven't been forced to fit into a certain mold or to pull out a certain lesson or philosophy from this class. Sherri told us at the beginning of the quarter that we will get out of the class what we put in. Some of us had put in things similar to Kirby's talk, while some of us have put in things similar to Raschka's work. I think the fact that we all took something unique from the conference adds to our learning experience as a whole. If we were all Kirby Larson groupies, we would lose the dimension of Raschka's work, and vice versa. Just as the two authors were unique in their presentations, so are each of us. I took more away from Kirby's talk, but I believe that to be because I am more interested in young adult literature than children's books. I still greatly benefited from Raschka's speech as well as all of our discussions about his work. This community of learning that we havd developed this quarter has been the catalyst for great discussions, even when we don't agree, sometimes especially when we don't agree. I so appreciate the diversity in our class. |
| Re: I had a third reaction to the two speakers |
I have found I enjoyed the book by Kirby Larson and I do like the art and stories by Raschka but I did not enjoy either of the presentations. I found Kirby too false personal and Raschka far too forced casual. The story parts of their talks were the parts that stood out for me. It seem they were having to push to fill up the time spot not give us insight into Children's Literature. |
