Write about the HRC Bronte Family Documents: What do they reveal about the relation between collaboration, competition, and creativity? What do they reveal about the relation between childhood creativity? What do they reveal about the Brontes and Romanticism? What do they reveal about the Brontes and Gothic?

The three C’s Collaboration, Competition, and Creativity. The topics seem to have already touched by the discussion board, but in relation to the documents we viewed today we literally see the amazing works of the Brontes. To begin, the tiny writing itself is phenomenal. Why would one write that small? Possibly time, space, or privacy? In reality seeing the writing simply furthers the family connection. Patrick Bronte and his sisters collaboration left behind the relics that fill the room today – relics which fascinate me in many ways. After doing last night’s reading I learned what their lives were like and seeing their works alike and real is amazing. The connection between Patrick’s writing and his sisters is the bridge between childhood and adult creative aspects. The depth and quality is amazing but on two different levels. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne lived short lives, each unique from the others. Charlotte, whose names is most often thought of when Bronte comes up, was the only one of the girls to live long enough to get married, but she too died slightly after. Death is something that came fast for this family. I finally got to see the cute, little, green book, the first edition of Poems by the “Bells.” There is something about old books that is incredibly alive. The smell of old ink and the crackle when you turn the page signify’s something fro the past that you can never lose. Rethinking my LR, writing a book/magazine/journal should be higher on my list of goals. Leaving behind a tangible object is so rarely done, but is very possible.