This exercise was about taking the original writing, and it's content, and reducing it down so it still keeps the same meaning, but is a lot more to the point. This is something which journalists practise in their writing.
Reduced by half.
Reduced by half again.
In eight words.
In three words.
In one word. (fictional)
The image in your mind of specific words.
Some words are more beautiful than others, although is this something which I believe due to having a passion for words, literature, typography and words meanings?
My word 'Matuman' I believe to be extremely ugly, masculine, and due to it's image in my mind I don't think my work will be as inspired and exciting as if I had a 'beautiful' word I felt was aesthetically pleasing.