First Blog!

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There are several reasons why reading for a writer is so important. Well, it's almost like taking another look at there own job. Jumping out of their own shoes you might say. Once writing, each author gets into their own niche which sometimes causes them to become narrower minded and less interesting. With reading each writer can be an observer of a novel and it gives them a different perspective on writing books. Also, it helps with the creative part of the writing. Authors sometimes get into ruts causing them to loose the focus and the imagination necessary for a best-selling novel. When reading it spurs many different thoughts and ideas that could potentially be used in their upcoming novel. Finally, it would just allow writers to enjoy other writers work. Rather than being analytical and in their own job mode, they can relax and immerse themselves into another author's world.

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Something that rather irks me about the world of today is our society lack of recognizing world catastrophes. Rwanda and Darfur are just example of the horrific man created problems that many governments refuse to recognize because the catastrophes are so inhuman and savage like. Many just believe genocides like these to be myths because of the lack of coverage on the events and censored information. No one would want to be in a situation such as that one, so why wouldn't we help other countries with such problems? Others argue that because they don't hit close to home so no one cares, but actually they could. If we were in the middle of a huge catastrophe wouldn't we want to call for reinforcements? And how would we feel if no one came? Horrible. Human societies need to come to grips with the truth of mankind’s nature and start helping as much as we can.

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There is one painting that truly does give me inspiration and I found it on my first trip to Milan my sophomore year. I was with friends in a Renaissance Museum full of sculptures, paintings and furniture when I first saw it. It was the last painting in the whole gallery and it portrayed a marvelous palace with a man and a woman walking together decorated with elaborate colors and real life expressions. It was like nothing I had every seen. Other paintings had never truly made me stop and just stare into the picture as much as this one had. It being a very simple picture with just a few props allowed me to realize the simplicity of life and relax. Once in the gift shop I immediately bought a poster and have been able to ponder upon it ever since.