Never have I received an assignment so vague – a research paper on… anything.
I have a lot of passions, a lot of interests. Yet, when someone, namely my Professor from my writing class, tells me to dive into these full force, my brain stops turning. Almost instantly, I am blank. As of now, my ideas consist of my passion for gender and sexuality, as well as the environment. However, narrowing a topic down to something other than those two large categories seems like something that will either:
- Take days or weeks to craft OR
- Happen overnight in a dream, during a night out on the town, or spontaneously as I am giving a presentation.
However, a blank canvas is the perfect medium to work with. Although I am not an artist, I would never want to draw on top of something another person has already started. All for team work – but the details (the small stuff) are something I need to create myself.
I have less than 10 weeks to craft a complete research paper from a blank canvas, a challenge I have done in less time throughout high school (my record is close to two days.) However, I am well aware that will not be the case this time, especially considering the prompt – nothing.