Angela Davis states in the first chapter of her book Are Prisons Obsolete?: "Even the staunchest advocates of capital punishment acknowledge the fact that the death penalty faces serious challenges. Few people find life without the death penalty difficult to imagine" (Davis 2003).
> Why is it so difficult to imagine other ways of being?
> How can we change society without first imagining a social system anew?
> Why are our imaginations deeply controlled? And by whom? Or what?
For this next class, we will rewrite the world. I have attached a link to a worksheet I found on a website for beginner writers called "The Scriptorium". "The World Builder" is an aid to your imagination. The worksheet outlines different sections from society, government, time, space, and ontology.
Take a look at the "World Builder" and fill out sections to your heart's desire. Or feel free to come to class with your own writing and ideas! This week is all about creating.
See you this coming Friday March 22nd, the usual place and time.
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