Ok, so after all this image work in class, I got to thinking. Why is it that sometimes the least descriptive things give you the best images? Is it some subconscious connection that you make which allows you to connect some part of the words to an image, or a moment in your life? As a writer, descriptive writing is something that I am constantly battling with. I found that today, in that activity we did where we had to pick two passages and write what images came to mind, with the ones that had less descriptions(ie Sam and Buddy), it was easier to let the mind wander and creat images in our heads. Whereas the one about the guy putting up cones on the NYU campus did not leave much to our imaginations. Great visuals, but didn't "do" that much for me. So, what do I do with this as a writer? I feel like when I try to put descriptions in my writing it usually comes out horribly cliché. And it drives me nuts! How do I combat this? Do I describe things in less detail? How much detail is too much? Too little? Sometimes I feel like those in depth descriptions of the arbitrary things like a watch or some article of clothing are totally unecessary, and sometimes(like in the case of that piece we read in Class on Monday), they work. I just always feel like a cheat writing these descriptions in stories or essays that I just don't really believe. I guess I am being a cynical writer, but I just don't care for the excessive descriptions most of the time. However, I don't really know what to do in the place of them, since I am obviously still struggling to find a balance between less and more. Is less more? Or is less less?