April 28, 2005
To Whom It May Concern:
As I finish out my time this semester and my time at the University of Colorado I feel constant feelings of sentiment. I see myself telling friends I may never see again goodbye, reminiscing over memories of the past and figuring out what are the few things that still remain for me to do.
What has been a balancing force for me during this rough time of transition is the ability to write. I have no unique writing ability, but I still feel that I am able to produce a high quality level of work because of the emotion I put into it. As I wrote the stories of “A Month Later” and “The Regular” as well as the drama piece “The Boys of Summer”, I found myself using the characters as outlets of my own emotional issues.
The specific characters are not necessarily reflections of me, but their emotional responses are. Each character embodies feelings or things I have gone through emotionally and spiritually. As I seek out purpose, deal with turmoil in relationships, and lament over leaving the past behind, I use the characters of my stories as a vehicle to display my brokenness.
I consider myself a particularly happy and joyful person. I am an extrovert that everyone loves being around and I give life to those people. This seems so ironic in light of the tone of all my writing. Although my stories are not written just to be depressing, the majority of them have a dark light on them. There is nothing outright joyful about any of them. It is so weird that I find myself writing stories of pessimism when in reality I am a constant optimist.
I do not know what type of stories will be written in the future or where I will take these ones, but I do know that writing is great therapy for me. As I stated in my portfolio reflection letter, “although this assignment presents a formal ending to my required writing, I know that I will continue to write. Being able to convey emotion on paper is an incredibly useful tool. I do it not for an audience, but for myself”.
Sincerely,
Shaun William Davies
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