Blog 21

Language is how we communicate. Language does not have to be vocal, it is any expression that is used to communicate with other people, such as sign language or different symbols. Without language people would not be able to understand each other and the world around them. Everything has a name to it and without … [Read more…]

Multimodal Paper

Is Art the New Cure: How Art Therapy is Being Used as a Way to Treat Depression There are millions of people who suffer from mental illness every year. It can come in multiple different forms that can be both seen or hidden. Depression is a type of mental illness that can be developed by … [Read more…]

Blog 17

The problem that I chose to look into was mental illness and how art therapy can affect it. I specifically chose to focus on schizophrenia as a mental illness. In the future I plan to study/work with people who have any form of mental illness, but I have always thought that schizophrenia was interesting and … [Read more…]

Blog 15

TREAC Paragraph Art can be used as a way to expand our knowledge of different scientific processes and see them through different perspectives. While the scientific process is good in some areas, it is also flawed in other aspects. In her article, The Future of Science… is Art?,  Jonah Lehrer explains how science would not … [Read more…]

Blog 14

I believe that I am doing really well in my annotations. I have been trying to ask lots of questions about the text. These are not only clarifying questions, but also questions questioning the text. There were a few points where I was wary of some of what he was saying or he sounded arrogant. … [Read more…]

Peer Review 2

 Once upon a time, in the middle of a forest, lived a hare and a tortoise. The hare always bragged about his speed; one day the tortoise decided to challenge him to a race. The entire forest showed up to watch. As soon as the race began, the hare sped off. Once he was far … [Read more…]

Blog 12

I had a much easier time starting this essay compared to the first one. I believe this is because I started with a body paragraph instead of starting with an indtroductionary paragraph. I think this allowed me to get some of my words down and have a better understanding of what I was going to … [Read more…]

Blog 11

Every person has their own persona that becomes their self identity. It is the identity they identify with and how they want others to see them. Though a person may have a certain way they see their identity one day, it is possible for that view to change. Though forming and changing one’s identity is … [Read more…]