I shouldn't have procrastinated. I hadn't intended to wait until the morning the assignment was due to choose a song and create stills from newspaper and magazine photos for a music video. As the deadline neared, however, I had a revelation. I thought, "Why not use Device's song, 'What Is Sadness?' The lyrics are broad enough. I should be able to find lots of sad images from my sources on short notice..."
...And I did. I pulled the project together, got to class in the nick of time, and earned an A. As a bonus, the song went over well with the class. I saw students getting into the tune's beat while filming the video, and two of them quoted the lyrics during and after class, "So, tell me, what is sadness?"
Although I still wish I'd chosen a more uplifting subject, I can't complain about the results of my last-minute efforts.
