Surrounding context: Yo -Yo Ma is an accomplished cellist and songwriter and has been recognized for decades, receiving various awards for his craft and successfully publishing this essay in 2014. Ma dedicates his essay to the education system and suggests a few different ways that it could be done better. Imposed context: It occured … [Read more…]
OLD When Ben Zander speaks about inspiring change, he says his job is to “awaken possibility in other people” and he wants to motivate them to accomplish their dream. When he speaks it’s encouraging and you want to jump out of your seat to agree with him. He’s a wonderful leader. On the other hand, … [Read more…]
BEFORE: Art is created and interpreted in many different ways. Exploring the importance of art and the role it has played in developing our society has made me come to realize that it is an essential part of life. I didn’t realize there was a controversy around the importance of art until reading Rhy … [Read more…]
The shitty first draft article was pretty funny. It’s also extremely accurate. When she explains how the world seems like it’s collapsing when you start a first draft is certainly what it feels like. The daunting blank page makes you realize how incapable you are of writing, how stupid you really are! But all those … [Read more…]
Reading my peers essays helped me realize how important strong transitions are. They keep the reader engaged and make the whole essay interesting. The papers I read also used strong vocabulary to make the essay more colorful. Another thing I saw was the incorporation of really good ideas, but they didn’t relate to the thesis … [Read more…]
Art could mean many different things. No matter the interpretation I’ve always liked ‘art’. I love that its a form of expression. It’s hard to explain to someone why you like a certain color or pattern so much because you’re using the right side of your brain; the creative hemisphere. You feel a certain way … [Read more…]
Ben Zander spoke about the meaning of art in his TED talk, “The Transformative Power of Classical Music”. Choosing one out of the three TED talks was difficult because they’re all so relevant to what were discussing and they’re all equally interesting. I chose Zander’s talk for a few reasons; He is clearly excited and … [Read more…]
Reading Southan’s text a second time made a few new things jump out at me. The first thing I realized was almost all the references he uses in the text are on the Effective Altruism website. That helped me better understand how much weight these projects held. Also on the website, there were so many … [Read more…]
Expanding the Thread The article “Is Art a Waste of Time?”, by Rhys Southan, sparked a lot of deep thoughts. I didn’t think that my first english assignment would make me ponder all of my life choices and influence my future choices. The first ‘thread’ that stood out to me was when Sam … [Read more…]
–My first impression of blogging– So far making a website has been extremely enjoyable. I am guilty of not being tech-savvy, but with the help of the teachers, it was so easy! I know we will be covering how art can relate to writing in the future and I feel as thoughts is our first … [Read more…]
