Great Words for Writing About Art

A list of words from our in-class brainstorm, and from words you used in writing a narration of your morning on the back of a postcard with an image by the Surrealist photographer, Manuel Alvarez Bravo.

wadded

in tune

hefty

delusional

old-fashioned

cheap

goggling

gurgling

blaring

eternal

bamboozled

fleeing

fleeting

floating

caffeinated

gourmet

forgotten

monotone

literal

semi-awake

out-of-order

cold

spinning

spoiled

entombed

hibernating

adventurous

creeping

poured

crashing

swung

lingering

typical

atypical

semi-awake

drift

collapse

ponder

embrace

reflect

snooze

shower

contact

proceed

arrive

shrug

strain

push

relate

blare

annoy

repeat

spring

drift

awaken

grumble

pieces

Cannery Row

a million

wrath

sentiment

facade

scribble

euphoria

Atlas

refraction

bone hair

window

family

music

comedor

chains

love

coffee cake

ghostly image

lens

manuscript

mirror

vision

cheap carpet

honey