Geoffrey Sirc, in his article, “box-logic,” brings up so many ideas and questions. His ability to walk between traditionalism and the new digital wave is admirable. Never does one feel he steps too far one way or the other, as we see many who support or don’t support the digital era. On a visual note, even the text layout of his article is unique, it is avant garde at times when he is introducing the artists who influenced him (texts boxes spread across pages, cubist boxes straddled next to each other), but then he falls back into traditional layout when he speaks of bringing his different views into the composition classroom. This tells me he understand he cannot change the system without entering the discourse in a way that will not alienate the reader who doesn’t share his non-traditional mindset.
As for his assignments, they are again unique in that they blend visual elements with traditional prose essays. Personally, I welcome this kind of pedagogy—I think today’s’ student can be encouraged to accept and engage academia when they realize academia accepts and engages them.
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