The Space that Twitter Affords (3/12)

What I really think about the writing space that twitter affords is that it is convenient. To some it may seem inconvenient as they may think they need more space to express their full thought. Twitter is a place for short, often witty, thoughts and often times small descriptions of one's whereabouts or current status. I do not think that twitter ever had the intention of being used as someone's journal. If ever someone should find that he or she needs more space while using twitter, he or she should probably start to think about writing those select thoughts elsewhere. Of course, I am biased. I have never been much of a twitter-er and for the longest time (still actually) I have not been able to figure out what is necessary for what form of status update. What content is actually necessary for twitter that cannot be put on one's facebook page. For that matter even, I am not really much of a facebook status updater either. I guess I do not understand the purpose of twitter even if it is just to let people know what is on your mind or where you are. These days, everyone feels so entitled to everyone else's business and it is most likely due to social networks such as twitter and facebook. Twitter was created so that people could jot down a quick thought before it left their mind, or tell about their whereabouts before leaving to go to the next place, or telling what they're doing before moving on to the next thing. That is all it should really ever be used for. To partake in anything deeper and therefore requiring more space, finding a new area to write these thoughts would be ideal.

Texts on Clothing (2/12)

I'm not sure why so many people wear texts on their clothing and on their skin.  Perhaps they feel that such portable writing serves to express more easily who they are, where they have come from, where they have been. Often times, I will see shirts that have a highschool team sport on them, or maybe even just a school name. This shows me that either this person went to that school and played that sport, or that they know someone who does. Personally, I know that one of my favorite and most comfortable sweatshirts is a sweatshirt I had bought when I visited Ocean City. I wear the sweatshirt because it is comfortable and legitimately for no other reason. However, it is the reason that I bought it that helps to explain why others might wear texts on their clothing and skin. That vacation in Ocean City was one of the most fun times I have ever had and I want to always remember it and keep some material part of it with me; it is probably similar to the reason why people get tattoos. Something is of such great importance to them, that they wish to keep it with them forever. Not only for themselves, but they are proud of what they keep with them and do not hide it from the rest of society; they wish to show everyone and make it visible. I rarely see people wearing shirts or clothing with a brand name all over it, but I know that I have seen it before. Perhaps that person simply wishes to show his or her shopping tendencies Perhaps it actually says more about a person than just that he or she likes to shop here or there. Finally, when it comes to the writing on clothing that does not hold any specific value (e.g. a sports team, high school or college name, even clothes that are dedicated to certain fundraisers or memorials, etc.) I feel that the people who wear those types of writing on their clothes just wish to amuse people who will read it and allow the reader to know what interests him or her; what makes that person laugh, what he or she might find interesting.

Describing the Tree (1/12)

The argument that Hass creates within this poem is that poetry often uses language, such as personification, which may make it seem as though what is being described in the poem can do many things. However, when Hass says "no" and states that there are limits to what the tree can do, he is explaining that even though poetry has the ability to describe things in a variety of ways that, say for example scientists would not, there are still description sand actions that would indeed not describe the tree no matter how poetically beautiful the poem's descriptions have become. When we read poetry much like this poem, we find ourselves believing that the tree is dancing. Words, in the end, may never be able to describe exactly what a certain tree looks like or resembles.

I think that when Hass writes in his poem "dance with me, dancer," it is the tree is is supposedly speaking this. Hass has already explained that the tree is dancing and it is now as if the tree invites the observer to join the dance. It is as if he is now accepted by the tree having experienced and acknowledged nature in all its movements for what it really is in all of its beauty.

Thoughts on Project 3

I keep thinking about my project 3, and I'm pretty sure my next rhetorical move will be to add more descriptive language. I feel as if I do not describe the place about which I am speaking clearly enough. I have talked enough about how the place makes me feel when I am there, but my audience does not have a good enough idea of what I am actually looking at while I am there; the audience is not able to imagine themselves there and try to understand fully what it must really feel like to be there.