Hmmm...

For this blog I decided to blog about my work I have done recently. When I first started in this class I was worried about all the writing assignments and the poetry and blahh blahhh. I didn’t really want to take this class either; I was pretty upset now that I think about it. The only reason I was upset is because I hate writing classes, I mean I have written thing before obviously, but with poetry and stories I liked to do those just for fun and would NEVER show anyone. So you can only imagine the fear I through had to share my stories and poetry. I was nervous and scared; I mean I only wrote things in private because I’m not a great writer at all.  The people actually surprised me though they were nice and gave feedback. The people in my group never once said this sucks or you should drop the class like I thought they would say. They would give constructive criticism and make me feel a little bit better about writing.

This brings me to the class and why I’m now happy I took it, I learned a lot. I learned how to be more comfortable with my writing, and its okay if you have a bad piece someone will help ya out. I also learned more about poetry, like everyone gets their own message from it. Which is okay just because you got one thing out of it doesn’t mean you’re necessarily wrong, I mean there could be multiple meanings in the poem. In class we read some interesting books that I liked a lot. To name one Blood Dazzler, I loved this one in particular. I think it’s because there is so much heart and actual experience in each poem. The poetry in the book is so unique and has its own story. Another book I was fond of is To After That, I think I liked this one because it was interesting, and I just didn’t mind reading it. Now to bring up the entire essay packet collection we have, I like them as well. I know some of them are little parts of books and I wish I could read the entire thing. Some of the writing in them was weird and I didn’t like em but others I just loved.

Overall I am really happy I took this class, it has inspired me to write more. I’m not sure if I’m ready to share my writing with other people just yet, I’ll probably stick to family and friends. I’m just happy I can improve my hobby of occasionally picking up a pencil and just writing (also learned that) don’t think too much about what you want to write, just write. I enjoyed the class and am happy I could learn more about writing styles and such.

Essay packet two...

So I want to talk about the fine art of sighing... This one was interesting to me because it was simple. I guess it was surprising because most of the things we have been reading in class or for class are so confusing and odd and you have to try and find the hidden message. You can only imagine how thrilled I was when this reading came so easy; I guess you can say easy for me. It made me happy haha. In class when you told us to pick from the three on the board I knew right away I wanted to talk about this particular essay, just because it was easy for me to talk about.

Anyways to cut to the chase I’m just going to start talking more about it. I liked how the essay made me think of sighing, because you know I’ve never really thought about people sighing and if I had I would automatically jump to the person being upset.  While reading this it actually opened my eyes to a sigh is more than just a deep breath it is an emotion almost. It can mean happy, sad, pissed off, and annoyed, relief, death… It can mean anything. There really isn’t a word or a way to describe a sigh; everyone does them for their own reasons. I started to pay attention to people and see if they notice that they sign and they don’t. It’s funny to me how people including myself sigh without really realizing it. I loved how the author called sighs meaningful, because if you think about it they are.

The “hidden” message I found in this is everyone is connected somehow through sighs. An example is the author says “it’s a reflex and a Legacy (meaning you inherited it, and so did everyone else), this SOULful SPECIES of breathing”.  I capitalized soul and species because the author gave sighing identity like it is its own person or everyone does it. Also the reason I think the author is trying to say we are all connected is because he goes on and talks about people all over the world like a guy in Milwaukee, and Judge in Munich. I just really liked and appreciated the message and how it got me thinking.