How can the experience of beauty change you for the better? It seems like to me that one of the single biggest life changing emotions one can feel is the feeling of witnessing something beautiful. It doesn’t matter as much what is beautiful, and for the sake of the discussion we will say beauty … [Read more…]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699193/ In this article, Corbett takes a look at a few spots and arguments in history on what beauty means to humanity. The abundance of quotes and unique perspectives will cause it to be a strong article to pull from for my paper. I am excited to use it because I think it pairs … [Read more…]
I really liked the perspective of Lamott in their writing. It almost felt like she was wrestling with the paper, trying to capitulate it and have the paper call ‘uncle’. The concept of doing creative writing and allowing your characters to ‘do whatever they want to do’ was really interesting to me. Some kind of … [Read more…]
I thought it was interesting reading through the different papers and seeing the different writing styles of everyone. I saw myself putting suggestions, like add more personal experience, and realized I could do that for my own paper as well.
To me, art is one of the most human things in the world. It is something that has connected a dizzying amount of nations and cultures and has been done since humans have been around. It inspires those down on their feet and brings light to things no one might’ve thought of. I don’t … [Read more…]
The Ted Talk I decided to focus on is “How Can We Address Several Centuries of Racism in Art?”. This was a very powerful one for me because I have been very interested in history for a long time and hadn’t always thought of the other, less represented sides when looking at paintings from the … [Read more…]
I didn’t really react too differently to the author’s texts. One can still be a both helpful and happy member of society. I respect the fact that it’s saying all these people should make these changes and if these changes are met then the world will be a better place, but I am confused on … [Read more…]
“If the move in question is clearly frivolous, this seems impossible to justify.” My response on paper: Made me squirm in my seat wanting to justify. My personal view on life is that we are all given one chance at it and we should live it to, how we perceive, the fullest. If you … [Read more…]
I like to read and write but I slowly feel like that enthusiasm is draining with college.. haha, just kidding, I’m sure that love will last until I start working on my master’s.
