Today in class we talked about how to write a college essay. The process we described is one that took time and a whole lot of passion and creativity. It takes six weeks to write an outstanding essay, and this reminded me of the musical group The Antlers. Their album called Hospice was written by Peter Silberman. The band gained fame because of the heart-wrenching story it tells about a doctor in a hospice who falls in love with his dying patient. The process that Silberman took while writing this album is what made me draw the connection.
Silberman decided that he wanted to write a concept album. However, he wanted to be 100% devoted to it, so he bought an apartment and locked himself inside, only leaving for food and other necessities, until the album was finished. No one knows how long it took him to write it, but rumors have cited months to even a year. In class we discussed that taking the college essay in small steps is the right thing to do, but Silberman made me realize that great works take time. I can't do my college essay in a night. It will take weeks for me to have a finished product that I am proud of.
(Here's a link to The Antlers website: http://www.myspace.com/theantlers. Check them out!)
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