Blog 15

The chapter I chose to read was chapter fifteen “On Closer Examination”. This whole chapter fully explains on how to look at the closer picture. It gives the example of the image of the duck that also could be a rabbit. To me, that was something that caught my eye. It made me relate to … [Read more…]

Blog 14

My goals to revising this essay is to make it flow more in a way to better incorporate the sources. I feel like it was extremely difficult to follow and I feel like making it true to who I am along with integrating the other sources will be really helpful to me. The steps I … [Read more…]

Blog 13

Galen’s makes his argument saying that narratives do not make up who you are. He explains key details that talk about the times that he felt he was experiencing the world and that his own personal story did not influence it. I agree to some extent, and to an extent I do not. I feel … [Read more…]

Blog 12

Beck points out some very noticeable arguments and points that stood our and caught my eye. The first quote that caught my eye was the hook itself. Beck says, “It’s just not how I expected my life would be.” What made this quote catch my eye was that it made me start reflecting back on … [Read more…]

Blog 11

I noticed that there seemed to be a pattern with how often I used transition words. I feel like I rely the most on transitions and not as much on key points when writing my paper. I feel as if my paper can sometimes get lost in the transitions and forget to explain the actual … [Read more…]

Peer Note

Urja, Overall, I think you had a wonderful free draft essay. I loved how you were sticking to the prompt and really expressing how it relates to your ultimate career goal. I think you added great analysis that fit the quotes. I think your main area of focus should be to really make your argument … [Read more…]

Blog 10

Freewrite I feel like I am having trouble deciding what I really believe in. However, I think I am leading more towards yes in that art and science can go hand-and-hand with my career choice. I want to work in rescue and rehabilitation for marine mammals. There is a lot of science behind the making. … [Read more…]

Blog 9

Art is an important key to our lives and can be beneficial to scientific purposes. Lehrer suggests that art is also essential to science. He states, “We need to find a place for the artist within the experimental process , to rediscover what Bohr observed when he looked at those cubist paintings.” This explains how … [Read more…]

Blog 8

In this article, “The Future of Science… Is Art?” by Jonah Lehrer, gives a compelling argument of how integrating art into the sciences is essential for overall success. He goes in depth about how there are so many dead ends in science and how we need to expand on our knowledge. However, this is not … [Read more…]