Blogging Around

The first blog I commented on was Sophia's blog post about cleaning her closet. I really loved the way your and my brain really worked the same. I completely agree with you. When I feel like I have to do work, I hate it. But, when I'm able to sit down and actually get it done, I feel so much better. I love to clean, but it takes time. That's what everything is like for me, and I think that it's really cool you and share that fact.

The second blog I read was Malcolm's iMedia where he talks about "Tell Him" by Lauryn Hill, covered by Esperanza Spalding. First of all, I think Esperanza Spalding, she's a genius, and she presents herself in such a beautiful way that makes me love her even more. Malcolm, I LOVE this song. I myself love covers of songs. I think that it takes one thing that was already creative and makes it even more creative. This cover is particularly amazing. She makes this song hers. I absolutely love how passionate you are. Everyone knows that you love music, but it your writing we really know just how much.

Get Organized: A Tribute to Aristotle

Fact: Raina Payne has OCD.*
*Meaning she likes to clean and organize

I chose to organize my backpack, because I feel as if even though I use it almost everyday, I overlook it when it comes to cleaning it.

I threw out all of the little papers and wrappers at the bottom. Then organized my side pockets so it only had my ID and my iPod in it. Then I placed my latest script and my keys in the top pocket, my health/beauty(or aesthetics if you so desire). I then placed everything else there was to have in the big pocket.

It was spotless, at least for the rest of the day.

When I get things organized, I feel like everything is organized.

Obviously not everything in my life is organized just because of this one thing; but for a second, I not only feel a sense of cleanliness, but of peace.

That's how my brain works. It's no secret that I'm a control freak; but it's for a different reason than just wanting power. I want for my brain to be at peace.

Everytime I clean or organize, I know how I can relieve stress, or how I can get my brain back to square one instead of freaking out and having it go off in 50 different directions.

I'm all about the organization.

Metacognition: Floating Through the Paragraphs

I write essays in one day. I think of my thesis, find my quotes and information, and then start writing. I usually get a pretty good grade as well.

I've tried to spread it out evenly through a couple of days, but it never works.

I end up getting 4 pages of paragraphs that have nothing to do with each other. By the time I was finished, I never wanted to go back and change what I had written.

In one night, I'm able to successfuly accomplish an impressive paper in about 4 hours. I sit down, headphones in and just go. Writting until my fingers actually ache. Then when I'm done, I sigh, and go over it and over it and over it until I know that it flows.

Then of course I ask my mother if it makes sense.

I've gotten it down to a science:

1. Think about what I actually want to write about.

2. Find information that I actually want to prove.

3. Write a paper that I'm actually passionate about.

I've figured out how to make most papers I write not a waste of my time. I try not to write things that aren't for myself.

You can tell if you read a paper whether was written just because it was assigned, or because it was something that the person turned into something they loved, and it just happened to be assigned.

I want to be interested.

I don't want to be bored with what I do.

If I'm sitting at a computer for 2 hours writing something that I think is a bunch of crap, then it's going to be a bunch of crap.

And I don't want that.

Best of this Week: Presentation

Last week we started watching Born into Brothels and I thought that it was a very powerful documentary not just because it was a powerful subject, but because of how it was presented.

As you stated, the cinematography in this movie was impeccable;

The way the colors and movements flowed had a huge effect on how it impacted me.

 

 

This documentary really made me feel as if I was in India, living these children's lives. The swirving, the sounds, the colors;

 

I was able to connect with these children even though I've never come close to experiencing what they have.

 

 

I was so impressed by everything that was presented, and all in all, I really felt like it made the point it was trying to. It left a lasting impression.

 

I FEEL compelled do help them. I  FEEL like using

my talents and passions to help others.

 

But I mainly  FEEL impacted.

Connection: Payback is Creative

Fame is something that everyone has romanticized fame at one point or another. The glitz, the money, and of course the undying love from the opposite sex.

But nobody really takes time to think about the sad, hard side of fame.

Recognized as "the kid in the bedroom", Bo Burnham has created a career for himself by performing comedy songs on YouTube, using a crappy keyboard and a webcam. His talent still shown through, and has captured the hearts of many gawky, awkward losers all across the world.

Bo Burnham is not only vastly talented with music, but he is by far one of the smartest people I've ever heard of. Comedy and Creativity takes brains, and he's has more than even he knows.

In this clip (compliments of djstandifermusic) from a stand-up show in Portland, Oregon, Burnham expresses the hard side of fame.

 

He expresses, in one of the most creative ways ever, what it's like to have people constantly judging you. And the thing about this video is that it's relatable; no matter who you are, you know how he feels.

 

In the Sea of Information, we are taught that using Creativity can unite us all as a whole. In this video, we are united in this overbearing stress and sadness that comes with being judged, and being told what to do. People think they know who you are.

 

The best part of the whole thing has to be when people realize that it's a serious piece of art when the words We think. We know. You. sounds. The immediate response from the audience is an example enough as it is.

 

If you don't know Bo Burnham, I suggest looking him up. You can find anything from completely insightful to poop jokes. The whole spectrum is covered, and all of it is creative and uniting.

Captured Thought: Does Nothing Really Exist?

In Issues & Answers we've been talking about if "nothing" really exists. There's the classic question:

                    "if a tree falls in the middle of the

 

woods, and nobody is there to see it, did it

 

                     actually happen?"

 

The technical answer is both yes and no.

 

                                                                What the heck does that actually mean?

 

                 So the real question is does nothing actually exist?

 

So, it got me really thinking. Is nothing an actual something...

 

                                                    or is nothing a lack of something?

 

If a tree falls in the middle of the woods, and nobody is there to see if, did it happen? Yes. Just because nobody knows it happens doesn't mean that it didn't happen. Just because it's nothing to you doesn't mean that's is not something.

 

 

Something is something because it exists.

 

                                                                          Nothing is something because it exists.

 

                            Nothing is in the eye of the beholder.

 

                                                                                     Something is a universal subject,

 

       while nothing is an opinion.

 

             And in my opinion, nothing does exist, because it's something.