The positive article and video show and tell the truth of what is actually happening to the polar bears. They both give factual and up to date information about the polar bear situation and global warming in its current state.
The negative article and video show and tell nothing but false information. The article is naive and poorly researched. The article does not want to admit to the truth of global warming or that the polar bears are not endangered. The video is a fake. It pretty much has nothing to do with the fact that the polar bears are dying off or that global warming is the cause of it.
The Positive argumentation:
http://www.nwf.org/news/story.cfm?pageId=E9055F92-F1F6-7B10-3788A03291E5C483
The Negative argumentation:
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4468/
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Revision after email
My Eyes Are Opening, Slowly
With such a big world surrounding us all, it’s hard to imagine that the actions of one person could make any difference. With the apparent damage that has already been done, how could one person have an effect on a whole culture to stop the harm they are causing the earth. Is one changed mind really going to save humanity? Before this class, I had absolutely no opinion about the environment and was a firm believer that global warming was a hoax. Well, apparently I am naive, and misinformed of the situation our world is facing today. I had no idea that things are as bad as they are, and all it took was for me to watch a few silly youtubes to become aware that maybe everything isn’t really as safe and sound as I had once thought. Although, I, for the first time, have been exposed to the real situation of planet earth, I still have my doubts about what my actions could ever do to help prevent the destruction of mankind. I question how powerful one mind changed really is.
During my middle school and even high school career, not much about the environment was ever discussed. Sure, I heard my teachers talking about how the temperatures were at a record high and some babble about what was causing it. But for me, it was in one ear and out the other. I never thought that it would ever become a burden of mine to carry with me, a burden that would cause me to wonder all the time, what the earth is actually thinking, what it’s feeling, and what is actually being done to it. Even at home, I didn’t hear much about my parents thoughts about the issue either, but for all I know they could have been concerned about it, but never vocalized their opinion to me, I assume, because I was too young to understand. I can honestly say I never had a care in my mind about the future of the earth because I always believe it had one. But apparently I have been out of the loop for too long, and it seems like a grim future the earth is headed towards. And that grim future includes us humans as well. Although my lack of knowledge towards the condition of the biosphere leaves me with a small room of reference, I do appreciate the aesthetics that this place has to offer.
There is nothing better than lying on your back and watching the stars twinkle in the night sky. Last quarter I took a course in astronomy and I learned a lot about the atmosphere and that was my first look into what was actually happening to it. But again, nothing that I was told actually made me think, “Oh, what can I do to help prevent this from happening?” The more and more I think about it, there is information about this situation surfacing everyday. I watch television and the commercials about the polar bears and how they are slowing becoming extinct, and especially the different videos on the internet that have a harsh way of showing us the reality of our situation that we are facing. These different forms of advertisement are slowing opening my eyes to the big picture; we may be in a bit of trouble.
A specific video that caught my eye and jolted my conscious was of a green blob playing the guitar. He sang a song that said, “I don’t believe in global warming, come and sing with me.” There is a lot of rambling of words that don’t make sense which was signifying that maybe the other blobs in the video, didn’t really know much or didn’t want to know much about global warming. It is kind of like the feelings that I have had about the subject my whole life. As misinformed as they all start out in the video, by the end of the song, when the green blob starts thinking about how global warming is going to affect his grandchildren, his stance on the position start to change. The blob realizes that the damage that he and his friends are causing to the biosphere will be the burden of his grandchildren, and maybe that might be a bad thing. This also made me think too. I am at the age that these issues may even affect me in my future. I can’t let that happen. But I, again, still feel like little me couldn’t make any difference.
Considering now, that I am going to be 21 in a few weeks and a legal adult, maybe it is time to start thinking about the consequences of my actions today, to prevent a hazardous future for the next generation. Until now, I have never thought about the biosphere or what I myself am doing to help destroy it along with the rest of society. Maybe it is time to really make a change in lifestyle so maybe I could be one less problem adding to the big picture. We all have to think to ourselves, “What do we want for our children?” There is nowhere else for us to go. We must step up and protect the world around us because it’s the only one we are getting. I plan to take more time out to pay attention as to what is actually happening to our biosphere and our environment. I don’t want to be part of the problem; I want to be part of the prevention.
With such a big world surrounding us all, it’s hard to imagine that the actions of one person could make any difference. With the apparent damage that has already been done, how could one person have an effect on a whole culture to stop the harm they are causing the earth. Is one changed mind really going to save humanity? Before this class, I had absolutely no opinion about the environment and was a firm believer that global warming was a hoax. Well, apparently I am naive, and misinformed of the situation our world is facing today. I had no idea that things are as bad as they are, and all it took was for me to watch a few silly youtubes to become aware that maybe everything isn’t really as safe and sound as I had once thought. Although, I, for the first time, have been exposed to the real situation of planet earth, I still have my doubts about what my actions could ever do to help prevent the destruction of mankind. I question how powerful one mind changed really is.
During my middle school and even high school career, not much about the environment was ever discussed. Sure, I heard my teachers talking about how the temperatures were at a record high and some babble about what was causing it. But for me, it was in one ear and out the other. I never thought that it would ever become a burden of mine to carry with me, a burden that would cause me to wonder all the time, what the earth is actually thinking, what it’s feeling, and what is actually being done to it. Even at home, I didn’t hear much about my parents thoughts about the issue either, but for all I know they could have been concerned about it, but never vocalized their opinion to me, I assume, because I was too young to understand. I can honestly say I never had a care in my mind about the future of the earth because I always believe it had one. But apparently I have been out of the loop for too long, and it seems like a grim future the earth is headed towards. And that grim future includes us humans as well. Although my lack of knowledge towards the condition of the biosphere leaves me with a small room of reference, I do appreciate the aesthetics that this place has to offer.
There is nothing better than lying on your back and watching the stars twinkle in the night sky. Last quarter I took a course in astronomy and I learned a lot about the atmosphere and that was my first look into what was actually happening to it. But again, nothing that I was told actually made me think, “Oh, what can I do to help prevent this from happening?” The more and more I think about it, there is information about this situation surfacing everyday. I watch television and the commercials about the polar bears and how they are slowing becoming extinct, and especially the different videos on the internet that have a harsh way of showing us the reality of our situation that we are facing. These different forms of advertisement are slowing opening my eyes to the big picture; we may be in a bit of trouble.
A specific video that caught my eye and jolted my conscious was of a green blob playing the guitar. He sang a song that said, “I don’t believe in global warming, come and sing with me.” There is a lot of rambling of words that don’t make sense which was signifying that maybe the other blobs in the video, didn’t really know much or didn’t want to know much about global warming. It is kind of like the feelings that I have had about the subject my whole life. As misinformed as they all start out in the video, by the end of the song, when the green blob starts thinking about how global warming is going to affect his grandchildren, his stance on the position start to change. The blob realizes that the damage that he and his friends are causing to the biosphere will be the burden of his grandchildren, and maybe that might be a bad thing. This also made me think too. I am at the age that these issues may even affect me in my future. I can’t let that happen. But I, again, still feel like little me couldn’t make any difference.
Considering now, that I am going to be 21 in a few weeks and a legal adult, maybe it is time to start thinking about the consequences of my actions today, to prevent a hazardous future for the next generation. Until now, I have never thought about the biosphere or what I myself am doing to help destroy it along with the rest of society. Maybe it is time to really make a change in lifestyle so maybe I could be one less problem adding to the big picture. We all have to think to ourselves, “What do we want for our children?” There is nowhere else for us to go. We must step up and protect the world around us because it’s the only one we are getting. I plan to take more time out to pay attention as to what is actually happening to our biosphere and our environment. I don’t want to be part of the problem; I want to be part of the prevention.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Cradle to Cradle
Who knew that it was so time consuming when it came to deciding what kind of paper to use to produce a book on. I had no idea that there were so many harmful chemicals wound inside of what I thought to be, simple paper. Apparently it goes deeper than that. In Cradle to Cradle, by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, it is discussed how a book looks, the dimensions are even told. When I first started reading I started to feel really strongly to the different components of a book. Different components that I never really pay any attention to. "Yet attractive, functional, and durable at it is, the book will not last forever." After a positive paragraph about all the good things of a book, the authers then abuptly turn things around and tell you that the book won't last forever. Well, sure, we all know that books eventaully lose their bindings and pages fall out, but, before all that, aparently the book is dangerous in itself. All the different chemicals in books are terrible for the environment so it makes it hard on those producing the book to decide what kind of paper to use. This is all part of how the whole economy is starting to turn to making their most popular products with environmental friendly components.
When I googled cradle to cradle, this was what I was able to find:
When I googled cradle to cradle, this was what I was able to find:
- http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/cradle-to-cradle/
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21227970/
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
In George Monbiot's "Heat": How to Stop the Planet from Burning mostly deals with the issue of climate change. Monbiot is a believer of global warming and thinks that we have no time to spare, that we must start doing something to stop it now. In "Heat", the main purpose is to explain that the biggest influemce on climate change is the emission of carbon. Monbiot beieves that all countries must decrease output by 90%. He focuses mostly on change in the United Kingdom, considering that's where he grew up. He believes that the citizens of the United Kingdom need to change their ways of living considerably in order for there to be any change in the climate.
Monbiot shows rhetoric in his pice of work by trying to convince the reader to help make a difference. He gives factual information to be more convincing. "Carbon dioxied levels have been rising over the past century faster than at any time over the past 20,000 years." Along with another quote that states, "Both gases let in heat from the sun more readily than they let it out. As their leves in the atmosphere increase, the temperature rises" could possibly make the reader start the think about how bad things actaully might be. That quite possibly all the carbon dioxide being emitted into the earths atmopshere might be doing more harm in a less amount of time than they had once originally thought. Expecially when he starts to talk about the water shortage that humans may be facing in the near futer, should as well, hit home with all readers. The thought that one day we won't be able to turn the fossit on and not have any water left to come out, it a freaky thought.
Monbiot shows rhetoric in his pice of work by trying to convince the reader to help make a difference. He gives factual information to be more convincing. "Carbon dioxied levels have been rising over the past century faster than at any time over the past 20,000 years." Along with another quote that states, "Both gases let in heat from the sun more readily than they let it out. As their leves in the atmosphere increase, the temperature rises" could possibly make the reader start the think about how bad things actaully might be. That quite possibly all the carbon dioxide being emitted into the earths atmopshere might be doing more harm in a less amount of time than they had once originally thought. Expecially when he starts to talk about the water shortage that humans may be facing in the near futer, should as well, hit home with all readers. The thought that one day we won't be able to turn the fossit on and not have any water left to come out, it a freaky thought.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Revision
My Eyes Are Opening, Slowly
With such a big world surrounding us all, it’s hard to imagine that the actions of one person could make any difference. With the apparent damage that has already been done, how could one person have an effect on a whole culture to stop the harm they are causing the earth. Is one changed mind really going to save humanity? Before this class, I had absolutely no opinion about the environment and was a firm believer that global warming was a hoax. Well, apparently I am naive, and misinformed of the situation our world is facing today. I had no idea that things are as bad as they are, and all it took was for me to watch a few silly youtubes to become aware that maybe everything isn’t really as safe and sound as I had once thought. Although, I, for the first time, have been exposed to the real situation of planet earth, I still have my doubts about what my actions could ever do to help prevent the destruction of mankind. I question how powerful one mind changed really is.
During my middle school and even high school career, not much about the environment was ever discussed. Sure, I heard my teachers talking about how the temperatures were at a record high and some babble about what was causing it. But for me, it was in one ear and out the other. I never thought that it would ever become a burden of mine to carry with me. A burden that would cause me to wonder all the time, what the earth is actually thinking, what it’s feeling, and what is actually being done to it. Even at home, I didn’t hear much about my parents thoughts about the issue either, but for all I know they could have been concerned about it, but never vocalized their opinion to me. I assume because I was too young to understand. I can honestly say I never had a care in my mind about the future of the earth because I always believe it had one. But apparently I have been out of the loop for too long, and it seems like a grim future the earth is headed towards. And that grim future includes us humans as well.
Although my lack of knowledge towards the condition of the biosphere leaves me with a small room of reference, I do appreciate the aesthetics that this place has to offer. There is nothing better than lying on your back and watching the stars twinkle in the night sky. Last quarter I took a course in astronomy and I learned a lot about the atmosphere and that was my first look into what was actually happening to it. But again, nothing that I was told actually made me think, “Oh, what can I do to help prevent this from happening?” The more and more I think about it, there is information about this situation surfacing everyday. I watch television and the commercials about the polar bears and how they are slowing becoming extinct, and especially the different videos on the internet that have a harsh way of showing us the reality of our situation that we are facing. These different forms of advertisement are slowing opening my eyes to the big picture; we may be in a bit of trouble.
A specific video that caught my eye and jolted my conscious was of a green blob playing the guitar. He sang a song that said, “I don’t believe in global warming, come and sing with me.” There is a lot of rambling of words that don’t make sense which was signifying that maybe the other blobs in the video, didn’t really know much or didn’t want to know much about global warming. It is kind of like the feelings that I have had about the subject my whole life. As misinformed as they all start out in the video, by the end of the song, when the green blob starts thinking about how global warming is going to effect his grandchildren, his stance on the position start to change. The blob realizes that the damage that he and his friends are causing to the biosphere will be the burden of his grandchildren, and maybe that might be a bad thing. This also made me think too. I am at the age that these issues may even affect me in my future. I can’t let that happen. But I, again, still feel like little me couldn’t make any difference.
Considering now, that I am going to be 21 in a few weeks and a legal adult, maybe it is time to start thinking about the consequences of my actions today, to prevent a hazardous future for the next generation. Until now, I have never thought about the biosphere or what I myself am doing to help destroy it along with the rest of society. Maybe it is time to really make a change in lifestyle so maybe I could be one less problem adding to the big picture. We all have to think to ourselves, “What do we want for our children?” There is nowhere else for us to go. We must step up and protect the world around us because it’s the only one we are getting. I plan to take more time out to pay attention as to what is actually happening to our biosphere and our environment. I don’t want to be part of the problem; I want to be part of the prevention.
With such a big world surrounding us all, it’s hard to imagine that the actions of one person could make any difference. With the apparent damage that has already been done, how could one person have an effect on a whole culture to stop the harm they are causing the earth. Is one changed mind really going to save humanity? Before this class, I had absolutely no opinion about the environment and was a firm believer that global warming was a hoax. Well, apparently I am naive, and misinformed of the situation our world is facing today. I had no idea that things are as bad as they are, and all it took was for me to watch a few silly youtubes to become aware that maybe everything isn’t really as safe and sound as I had once thought. Although, I, for the first time, have been exposed to the real situation of planet earth, I still have my doubts about what my actions could ever do to help prevent the destruction of mankind. I question how powerful one mind changed really is.
During my middle school and even high school career, not much about the environment was ever discussed. Sure, I heard my teachers talking about how the temperatures were at a record high and some babble about what was causing it. But for me, it was in one ear and out the other. I never thought that it would ever become a burden of mine to carry with me. A burden that would cause me to wonder all the time, what the earth is actually thinking, what it’s feeling, and what is actually being done to it. Even at home, I didn’t hear much about my parents thoughts about the issue either, but for all I know they could have been concerned about it, but never vocalized their opinion to me. I assume because I was too young to understand. I can honestly say I never had a care in my mind about the future of the earth because I always believe it had one. But apparently I have been out of the loop for too long, and it seems like a grim future the earth is headed towards. And that grim future includes us humans as well.
Although my lack of knowledge towards the condition of the biosphere leaves me with a small room of reference, I do appreciate the aesthetics that this place has to offer. There is nothing better than lying on your back and watching the stars twinkle in the night sky. Last quarter I took a course in astronomy and I learned a lot about the atmosphere and that was my first look into what was actually happening to it. But again, nothing that I was told actually made me think, “Oh, what can I do to help prevent this from happening?” The more and more I think about it, there is information about this situation surfacing everyday. I watch television and the commercials about the polar bears and how they are slowing becoming extinct, and especially the different videos on the internet that have a harsh way of showing us the reality of our situation that we are facing. These different forms of advertisement are slowing opening my eyes to the big picture; we may be in a bit of trouble.
A specific video that caught my eye and jolted my conscious was of a green blob playing the guitar. He sang a song that said, “I don’t believe in global warming, come and sing with me.” There is a lot of rambling of words that don’t make sense which was signifying that maybe the other blobs in the video, didn’t really know much or didn’t want to know much about global warming. It is kind of like the feelings that I have had about the subject my whole life. As misinformed as they all start out in the video, by the end of the song, when the green blob starts thinking about how global warming is going to effect his grandchildren, his stance on the position start to change. The blob realizes that the damage that he and his friends are causing to the biosphere will be the burden of his grandchildren, and maybe that might be a bad thing. This also made me think too. I am at the age that these issues may even affect me in my future. I can’t let that happen. But I, again, still feel like little me couldn’t make any difference.
Considering now, that I am going to be 21 in a few weeks and a legal adult, maybe it is time to start thinking about the consequences of my actions today, to prevent a hazardous future for the next generation. Until now, I have never thought about the biosphere or what I myself am doing to help destroy it along with the rest of society. Maybe it is time to really make a change in lifestyle so maybe I could be one less problem adding to the big picture. We all have to think to ourselves, “What do we want for our children?” There is nowhere else for us to go. We must step up and protect the world around us because it’s the only one we are getting. I plan to take more time out to pay attention as to what is actually happening to our biosphere and our environment. I don’t want to be part of the problem; I want to be part of the prevention.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Rough ROUGH Draft
My Eyes Are Opening, Slowly
With such a big world surrounding us all, it’s hard to imagine that the actions of one person could make any difference. With the apparent damage that has already been done, how could one person have an effect on a whole culture to stop the damage they are causing the earth. In one changed mind really going to save humanity? Before this class, I had absolutely no opinion about the environment and was a firm believer that global warming was a hoax. Well, apparently I am naive, and misinformed of the situation our world is facing today. I had no idea that things are as bad as they are, and all it took was for me to watch a few silly youtubes to be convinced that things are not looking too bright for the earth’s future. Although, I, for the first time, have been exposed to the real situation of planet earth, I still have my doubts about what my actions could ever do to help prevent the destruction of mankind. I question how powerful one mind changed really is.
During my middle school and even high school career, nothing much of the environment was ever discussed. Sure, I heard my teachers talking about how the temperatures were at a record high and some babble about what was causing it. But for me, it was in one ear and out the other. I never thought that it would ever become a burden of mine to carry with me. A burned that would cause me to wonder all the time, what the earth is actually thinking, what it’s feeling, and what is actually being done to it. Even at home, I didn’t hear much about my parents thoughts either, but for all I know they could have been concerned about it, but never vocalized their opinion to me, probably because I was too young. I can honestly say, I never had a care in my mind about the future of the earth because I always believe it had one. But apparently I have been out of the loop for too long, and it seems to a grim future that the earth is headed towards. And that includes us humans as well.
Although my lack of knowledge towards the condition of the biosphere leaves me with a small room of reference, I do appreciate the aesthetics that this place has to offer. There is nothing better than lying on your back and watching the stars twinkle in the night sky. Last quarter I took a course in astronomy and I learned a lot about the atmosphere and that was my first look into what was actually happening to it. But again, nothing that I was told actually made me think, “Oh, what can I do to help prevent this from happening?” The more and more I think about it, there is information about this situation surfacing everyday. I watch television and the commercials about the polar bears and how they are slowing becoming extinct, and especially the different videos on the internet that have a harsh way of showing us the reality of our situation that we are facing. These different forms of advertisement are slowing opening my eyes to the big picture; we may be in a bit of trouble.
A specific video that caught my eye and jolted my conscious was of a green blob playing the guitar. He sang a song that said, “I don’t believe in global warming, come and sing with me.” There is a lot of rambling of words that don’t make sense which was signifying that maybe the other blobs in the video, didn’t really know much or didn’t want to know much about global warming. It is kind of like the feelings that I have had about the subject my whole life. As misinformed as they all start out in the video, by the end of the song, when the green blob starts thinking about how global warming is going to effect his grandchildren, his stance on the position start to change. The blob realizes that the damage that he and his friends are causing to the biosphere will be the burden of his grandchildren, and maybe that might be a bad thing. This also made me think too. I am at the age that these issues may even affect me in my future. I can’t let that happen. But I, again, still feel like little me couldn’t make any difference.
Considering now, that I am going to be 21 in a few weeks and a legal adult, maybe it is time to start thinking about the consequences of my actions today, to prevent a hazardous future for the next generation. Until now, I have never thought about the biosphere or what I myself am doing to help destroy it along with the rest of society. Maybe it is time to really make a change in lifestyle so maybe I could be one less problem adding to the big picture. We all have to think to ourselves, “What do we want for our children?” There is nowhere else for us to go. We must step up and protect the world around us because it’s the only one we are getting. I plan to take more time out to pay attention as to what is actually happening to our biosphere and our environment. I don’t want to be part of the problem; I want to be part of the prevention.
With such a big world surrounding us all, it’s hard to imagine that the actions of one person could make any difference. With the apparent damage that has already been done, how could one person have an effect on a whole culture to stop the damage they are causing the earth. In one changed mind really going to save humanity? Before this class, I had absolutely no opinion about the environment and was a firm believer that global warming was a hoax. Well, apparently I am naive, and misinformed of the situation our world is facing today. I had no idea that things are as bad as they are, and all it took was for me to watch a few silly youtubes to be convinced that things are not looking too bright for the earth’s future. Although, I, for the first time, have been exposed to the real situation of planet earth, I still have my doubts about what my actions could ever do to help prevent the destruction of mankind. I question how powerful one mind changed really is.
During my middle school and even high school career, nothing much of the environment was ever discussed. Sure, I heard my teachers talking about how the temperatures were at a record high and some babble about what was causing it. But for me, it was in one ear and out the other. I never thought that it would ever become a burden of mine to carry with me. A burned that would cause me to wonder all the time, what the earth is actually thinking, what it’s feeling, and what is actually being done to it. Even at home, I didn’t hear much about my parents thoughts either, but for all I know they could have been concerned about it, but never vocalized their opinion to me, probably because I was too young. I can honestly say, I never had a care in my mind about the future of the earth because I always believe it had one. But apparently I have been out of the loop for too long, and it seems to a grim future that the earth is headed towards. And that includes us humans as well.
Although my lack of knowledge towards the condition of the biosphere leaves me with a small room of reference, I do appreciate the aesthetics that this place has to offer. There is nothing better than lying on your back and watching the stars twinkle in the night sky. Last quarter I took a course in astronomy and I learned a lot about the atmosphere and that was my first look into what was actually happening to it. But again, nothing that I was told actually made me think, “Oh, what can I do to help prevent this from happening?” The more and more I think about it, there is information about this situation surfacing everyday. I watch television and the commercials about the polar bears and how they are slowing becoming extinct, and especially the different videos on the internet that have a harsh way of showing us the reality of our situation that we are facing. These different forms of advertisement are slowing opening my eyes to the big picture; we may be in a bit of trouble.
A specific video that caught my eye and jolted my conscious was of a green blob playing the guitar. He sang a song that said, “I don’t believe in global warming, come and sing with me.” There is a lot of rambling of words that don’t make sense which was signifying that maybe the other blobs in the video, didn’t really know much or didn’t want to know much about global warming. It is kind of like the feelings that I have had about the subject my whole life. As misinformed as they all start out in the video, by the end of the song, when the green blob starts thinking about how global warming is going to effect his grandchildren, his stance on the position start to change. The blob realizes that the damage that he and his friends are causing to the biosphere will be the burden of his grandchildren, and maybe that might be a bad thing. This also made me think too. I am at the age that these issues may even affect me in my future. I can’t let that happen. But I, again, still feel like little me couldn’t make any difference.
Considering now, that I am going to be 21 in a few weeks and a legal adult, maybe it is time to start thinking about the consequences of my actions today, to prevent a hazardous future for the next generation. Until now, I have never thought about the biosphere or what I myself am doing to help destroy it along with the rest of society. Maybe it is time to really make a change in lifestyle so maybe I could be one less problem adding to the big picture. We all have to think to ourselves, “What do we want for our children?” There is nowhere else for us to go. We must step up and protect the world around us because it’s the only one we are getting. I plan to take more time out to pay attention as to what is actually happening to our biosphere and our environment. I don’t want to be part of the problem; I want to be part of the prevention.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Graphic Redemption
(Oops. It's fixed now.)
In Terry Tempest Williams' Stories from the Field, Williams was able to make a connection between the ecosystem and human emotion by using extremely vivid describing words. For example, she is able to relate a broken heart to a hawk that had been shot and landed in a barbed wire fence in the short essay called Winter Solstice at the Moab Slough. It reads, ".. chained or grazed to a stubble, or a hawk is shot and hung by its feet on a barbed wire fence, my heart cannot be broken because I never risk giving it away. "
The most disturbing short story she wrote about was Redemption. Shee described "another crusifiction in the West, ..." She graphically explains a hide that had been hung on a barbed wire fence with a wrangler's prayer. The prayer read, "Cows are scared. Sheep, too." The words that she uses to describe this scene are few, but the graphic and gruesome enough that words he writes is able to paint a picture in your mind of this mangled hide, blood soaked, with flies swarming the carcass, not to mention the smell that was probably emanating from it as well makes your stomach churn. This essay, only consisting of a few sentences, is able to take you from a good mood, then rips you down so fast and makes you sick to your stomach.
Gross.
In Terry Tempest Williams' Stories from the Field, Williams was able to make a connection between the ecosystem and human emotion by using extremely vivid describing words. For example, she is able to relate a broken heart to a hawk that had been shot and landed in a barbed wire fence in the short essay called Winter Solstice at the Moab Slough. It reads, ".. chained or grazed to a stubble, or a hawk is shot and hung by its feet on a barbed wire fence, my heart cannot be broken because I never risk giving it away. "
The most disturbing short story she wrote about was Redemption. Shee described "another crusifiction in the West, ..." She graphically explains a hide that had been hung on a barbed wire fence with a wrangler's prayer. The prayer read, "Cows are scared. Sheep, too." The words that she uses to describe this scene are few, but the graphic and gruesome enough that words he writes is able to paint a picture in your mind of this mangled hide, blood soaked, with flies swarming the carcass, not to mention the smell that was probably emanating from it as well makes your stomach churn. This essay, only consisting of a few sentences, is able to take you from a good mood, then rips you down so fast and makes you sick to your stomach.
Gross.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Ashlee Reynolds
ENG 308J
1-8-09
I know a place where I feel safe. I know a place, very well, where I am in control. A place where I decide to turn left, right, or to stay straight on a one way highway. I know this place well. This place takes me anywhere I want to go when I want a way out. I can get in a drive for hours. I can take me to friends that I find comfort in. It can take me to new beginnings and new chapters in my life. This place holds more memories than any high school kid could remember. I’ve had to say goodbye to sensible hearts that sat in the passenger seat for hours pleading their case. I’ve burned rubber and left tire tracks on those hearts in this place. This place has seen me at my worst and at my best. It reeks of cigarette smoke from all the people who have sat in its plush seats looking up at the stars as they slowly rotated, just as the analog clock. The sounds of screaming echoes that blared out of the speakers could make anyone go deaf. This place is my permanent studio. I can sing as loud as I want and as bad as I want. But this place has seen tears, so many tears as the saddest City and Color songs played. My car, with it’s bald tires, smoky, yet, comforting scent, sunroof, and lifesaving speakers, nothing could ever make me feel more at home and more safe than my car. All the times I’ve needed an escape, my car has taken me somewhere else. Most of all, my car doesn’t have emotions. My car feels nothing. I can cry, I can laugh, I can sing, and my car would never judge me.
Word count: 299
ENG 308J
1-8-09
I know a place where I feel safe. I know a place, very well, where I am in control. A place where I decide to turn left, right, or to stay straight on a one way highway. I know this place well. This place takes me anywhere I want to go when I want a way out. I can get in a drive for hours. I can take me to friends that I find comfort in. It can take me to new beginnings and new chapters in my life. This place holds more memories than any high school kid could remember. I’ve had to say goodbye to sensible hearts that sat in the passenger seat for hours pleading their case. I’ve burned rubber and left tire tracks on those hearts in this place. This place has seen me at my worst and at my best. It reeks of cigarette smoke from all the people who have sat in its plush seats looking up at the stars as they slowly rotated, just as the analog clock. The sounds of screaming echoes that blared out of the speakers could make anyone go deaf. This place is my permanent studio. I can sing as loud as I want and as bad as I want. But this place has seen tears, so many tears as the saddest City and Color songs played. My car, with it’s bald tires, smoky, yet, comforting scent, sunroof, and lifesaving speakers, nothing could ever make me feel more at home and more safe than my car. All the times I’ve needed an escape, my car has taken me somewhere else. Most of all, my car doesn’t have emotions. My car feels nothing. I can cry, I can laugh, I can sing, and my car would never judge me.
Word count: 299
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