Saturday, November 21, 2015

This was supposed to be an intro to an essay

"Perception and presentation go hand in hand. By altering presentation, the way the world perceives the individual changes. Experiences like this are common, from the way we dress to the way we act society relentlessly judges us." Notice the intended subject of these lines, at first a vague statement with no subject. Then a vague individual is mention, this is subtly implied to by the reader because in this sentence an action is proposed to no one in particular but impacts an individual. As a reader becoming aware of this connection and capable of taking this action you become the individual mentioned. Common Experiences addresses all of humanity, but the "we" addresses only the people aware of the connection between presentation and perception. The society the relentlessly judges includes not only the people that don't know this connection but especially those that do and will judge others with the understanding of what is going on. Yet us again refers to only those who understand the connection. Though these few lines were addressed to different audiences and intended to be read different ways.

I have learned basic grammar today. It is not the grammar aspect that interests me, it is the reasoning for choosing to phrase a statement in one way rather than another. The majority of this statement is phrased so that I am the teacher and the reader is a sort of student. Yet if this kind idea wanted to be enforced the sentences could be rearranged to the connection was less vague. What reason would someone have for doing this? I have know this about language for a long time, today i actually understand it. It's about time.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Otter disapointment

Fun fact, sea otters have pockets.

There are a lot of different topics that can fill a page or cause a debate. Some of these topics came to my mind when thinking about what I should write about video games as an art form, why modernists believe that understands only makes you unhappier, the last lines of Winesburg, Ohio, and feminism. Well, video games as an art form would require examples, and focus to craft an argument. POCKETS!! Enough said. I was afraid to discus disillusionment because the answer might not be satisfactory. Discussing Winesburg didn't actually come to my mind, having a list of there is general writing practice and that is unacceptable. If saying the wrong thing gets you not only backlash but whiplash as well its a topic I'm going to avoid, feminism. Sea otters having pockets seemed as good as any other topic to write about. After all some where in the world a child is visiting an a aquarium and is absolutely fascinated my the sea otters. This experience will gradually drift out of the young boys mind, life will go on and it will take the boy by the ear. In two years after he will have failed a test he will happen to sea  picture of a sea otter and that will make his day. While a general consensus will agree that Winesburg and disillusionment are worth more study and thought than sea otters this boy may but probably wont exist in the future values sea otters more. The fact that is created him for the sole purpose of valuing sea otters more than Winesburg, Ohio is not important. In the past five seconds this boy has come to represent the diversity of the human experience for me, because that boy is different in his interests, and as people our interests are different from the boy's. People must be diverse. A=B, B=C so A=C.I know this logic is faulty, and if i was writing about disillusionment that might bother me. The point is (No way, there is a reason for the madness!) i have wanted to write something worth reading, something of weight, something that is worth the space on a page, but knowing that importance is subjective. Its are to write about something the is "important" without sounding cliche, yet the consensus exists for a reason. While this does keep writing interesting it keeps me set up for failure, there is no proper way to do things. So I accept this failure and wrap my writing in humor knowing with pride that at least my thoughts are my own.
Like a sea otter *insert vague connection about a sea otters over coming adversity, call it symbolism*