To be honest, the only reason I decided to take Humanities was because a.) I was sick of writing papers about books, and b.) I wanted to create a Mindbook. Unfortunately for me, the writing papers part didn't stop, but I'm happy that for once I can write using my own voice, where I can actually use my speech mannerisms, not end up falling asleep because what I'm writing is generic student garbage, and I don't have to worry about an anally-retentive teacher marking off points just because I write in first person, use contractions as I'm <--(see what I did there?) currently doing, and I sound like an actual human being. I've gone into the habit of being myself while I write, math teacher grading a first quarter writing assignment be damned.
In this class, I finally feel I'm in my element, English class-wise. I love my Mindbook because I am able to try out new mediums of art, like collages of rich color and variations in shapes formed to create an image. I even bought another Mindbook for personal use, like sketching and more. I learn new things about myself, like a bit of how insane I am (my philosophical dream home has padded walls, a super secret panic room with swords in case of attack, and is nearly claustrophobic in my bedroom as it would feel nice and safe), and I can look in this book again in ten years and get a feel of what the hell I was thinking at the moment these entries were created.
This class also makes me confront the fearsome and unanswerable thoughts I first discovered I had freshman year, what is the meaning of life, is there an afterlife, and what future lies in store for myself and my loved ones. When I started reading Sophie's World, I felt an immediate connection, and I felt that by reading it, I would be able to begin finding my own philosophy and answers to these questions by studying other examples of philosophic thought. I am thinking I may like existentialism, as well as keeping the thought in my mind that humans still have a long way to go knowledge-wise, and we do not know everything, therefore we should not disregard the existence of everything we don't believe is real.
Blog entries are a little tedious and I tend to do them last-second, but all in all, later on, I'll be happy I did them.
I don't have much else to say about this class except, I'm happy I chose this class instead of World Lit. or Rhetoric, where my type of creativity wouldn't be fully utilized.
