Tuesday, January 14, 2014
First assignment - Thought Piece
I personally found the article to be well written as well as inspirational overall. The whole time I was reading this, my mind kept going to an anime show called Naruto. I'm not sure if you know what it is so i'll give a quick summation of it. It is set in japan where all the major nations have ninja who protect and serve as their military. Every great nation has, what they call, a tailed-beast and to control the beast they seal it inside a special person from each village. This boy, Naruto, has the nine tailed fox sealed inside of him, so he is ostracized as a kid but ends up becoming a great ninja. The moment I kept thinking about was when Naruto battles the nine tailed fox for control inside of his mind. He wants to be able to control the beast so that it's hatred will not destroy Naruto. In many ways, I feel that we all have a demon inside our head that gets us down and makes us feel like complete shit. And much like Naruto, I feel as though we all have to battle that demon eventually in order to be happy. Some have already beat it but some of us are still at war with it. I just want them to know that you can beat it and when you do it will be the greatest day of your life. Everyone gets down and everyone will hit a low point some time, but it's not about how far down you go, rather how many times you get back up. There is a Chinese proverb that goes like "fall down seven, stand up eight". It basically just means that whenever you get knocked on your ass, make sure you pick yourself back up. Those were my thoughts about the article. Let me know yours.
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Mallory here...
ReplyDeleteThe first thing that impressed me about your blog was the name--it's creativity. Then I appreciated the design. One thing I love about writing is that we are expanding its definition: what is NOT writing anymore? Design is part of it, yes? Video? Music? Writing is big and beautiful, with a type of communication that fits every personality type.
I like the way you use metaphor. Your writing doesn't show fear of expressing your thoughts and you dive right in and give us your experience of the reading through the window of a genre (anime is a genre of writing, yes?) that many of us can relate to. That is good writing. Having something to say is half the battle, and you do. Being able to communicate that message is another big part of good writing and you do well with that too.
I have a challenge for you, though: As one reader, I can guess how writing fits in your message here, but I'd be assuming. I want to know where writing fits here--for you. I think it does fit, too. But I don't want to put words in your mouth, I want to hear more of your ideas. Gimme more!
--Mallory out