intro to writer's pick

The first blog assignment involved our own wallets and how much/little we can find out about ourselves through its contents. The example given in the gallery was in the form of a short story. The story described a well-intentioned stranger picking up a stray wallet and analyzing its contents. Though the assignment didn't required a short story, I was so impressed by the author's story telling skills that I decided to do something similar with my own blog post.

Instead of stranger's perspective, I wrote the story with the wallet as the protagonist. As the story progresses, the wallet begins to learn more and more about the owner: "[Fossil, the wallet] seen a lot of receipts, discarded membership cards, in my day. From my current contents, [Fossil] was able to compile information about [its] owner: Her name is Pauline and judging from her last name, she is of Hispanic origin."

This piece left a strong impression on me not because of its epiphany-inducing depth, but because of its fun factor. As a science major, the majority of our writing is technical science major stuff.  You don't have any room to be creative, unless you're fully intent on rewriting the laws of nature.  I can give you the fine points of cellular metabolism, but when it comes to writing with creativity in mind, I'm stuck. I'm glad I was given the opportunity to write this.