Blog 18

After peer reviewing with Jamie and Terry, I feel a lot better about my paper. They provided very helpful feedback that I hope will improve my paper for the upcoming formal draft. I also absolutely believe reviewing someone else’s paper helps you with your own writing and I believe I am currently seeing the effects … [Read more…]

Blog 17

The media I plan on incorporating into my paper is some pictures, links to other podcasts, and links to the article that I will be talking about as well. For pictures, I am thinking of using a picture of a house plant because in my draft, I am going to talk about how interacting with … [Read more…]

Blog 16

Beauty is an ambiguous and often incomprehensible concept. Everyone perceives beauty differently and when asked how you view beauty, your answer will most likely be different than the person next to you. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then how can we use it to better our society? By getting more than … [Read more…]

Blog 15

The article I plan on incorporating in my paper is, “What Is Beauty? And the Importance of Beauty in Our Lives,” by Mark Goddard. This article talked a lot about the different forms beauty takes in our lives and why we should appreciate it more. For example, some of the topics included the importance of … [Read more…]

Blog 14

Armstrong’s comment about beauty, “To regard beauty as a luxury adornment or a social signifier was to miss the true potential of the experience,” is very similar to my own views on beauty.  If something is truly beautiful, I think it should be looked at as an experience. I think beauty in our culture/community is regarded … [Read more…]