"The Preface: The Disproportionate of the Small" by Bernard Cooper  is about a man who studies art. They have a very big interest in art and paints art In the text it says " While studying fine art in college, it dawned that any image I wanted to work with could be conjured solely through words." This shows that this person was very interested in art and his own work. He closely studied people work like Joseph Cornell. In the text it says" Each of his boxes, with their spare groupings of found objects--fossils or marbles or glass vials--suggests an entire lifetime of melancholy.

   The preface to me is basically showing how he got into nonfiction writing. Where the interest started, what sparked the interest, and the important people that inspired him too get into this type of writing. He talks about memories and things he did that took him from one thing to another, and what even got him into nonfiction writing in the first place.

 
   Overall, the preface was a start off inspirational story that showed how people like Bernard get into nonfiction writing. There are plenty ways people get off into the interest of it, but this preface was just one way somebody did get into it. He told memories, interests of art, and inspirational people that made him push it to the next level and the memories with him that sparked it. I like the preface and it made me seem inspired to writing, and to make better writing.