While preparing the assignment with crayon, it felt significantly different than it would have completing the assignment with more familiar medians. The crayon made it seem more casual so I felt as if I had to write less and in a more juvenile fashion. On the other hand, it was more liberating and I felt more creative writing with crayon. Therefore, in my opinion, writing with crayon has both its benefits and downfalls.
If a society were to write only in crayon, it would differ greatly from our own. Creativity would be more strongly valued and the line between artistic intelligence and academic intelligence would be blurred. Meaning, if one had exceptional artistic talent, they would have an easier time portraying their academic ideas and having such ideas accepted by the society as a whole. The overall academic intelligence of the society may suffer as the importance of visual presentation outweighs the importance of the content.
After experiencing the assignment, it became clear to me the affect the writing implement had on the writing. It allows the writer to think and create in a whole new way. Many classmates complained about how physically tolling it was to write in crayon and that is the reason they wrote less. I would be curious to see how they would respond to watercolor paint, colored pencil, or some other body that would be easier to write with. It would then be easier to determine the extent of the affect writing implements have on the creative process behind a work.
