Blogging has been extremely beneficial to me as a student, thinker, reader, and a writer. As a student, the standard shell of how homework is done was completely broken by the opportunity to blog. Assignments don’t seem as strict and the pressure has decreased because of that. As a thinker, blogging has been extremely beneficial; especially last weekend’s blog. When we are given the chance to free write I think that is when most of my brain cells are spinning and my inner most thoughts are portrayed. Blogging has also improved my reading and writing skills. Our blogs are always on topics that include some sort of preliminary reading, so in order to successfully blog, I always make sure that I have read and understood the text clearly. As a writer, I think that blogging has made those writing skills stronger because each week I am challenged to write a new paper, on a completely different topic. By doing this I am learning how to write about different things in different ways.
This approach to submitting writing for class has given me confidence and responsibility. I gain the confidence when my peers comment about how they agree and like my ideas and when they give kind remarks. Also, I feel confident when [YOU] Mr. Fiorini gives me positive feedback on my writings. I also take responsibility from this new experience because not only do I have to make sure to sign on BlogSpot, write a powerful paper, and then finally submit my blog, I also have to read and comment on a classmate’s blog.
I feel that this work has only been helpful and that we should continue to do this kind of work. Hopefully in the future we can have some more free writing opportunities. Maybe we could also have blog assignments that we as students have come up with. This way we all get a chance to blog about a topic, issue, or thought that we personally want to discuss. I think that we should be graded the same way we would get graded on regular essays that we would be submitted on paper. Since we get them every weekend and not during the course of the week, in fairness, they should be graded higher than an average homework assignment would. I don’t think that this work has changed the community within 11-1 and 11-2. To change this I think that every once in awhile we should be assigned to a person that we normally wouldn’t comment on or read their blogs. This way we can get insight into a person’s writings that we normally wouldn’t’ experience on our own.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
The Great Gatsby - Freewrite!
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald was a book mainly focused on characters living in a world in which they didn’t belong. The characters in this novel were always trying and never actually being what they wanted to be. They were so engrossed with being ‘great’ that their lives shaped according to that very definition.
“It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of definition. It is the business of Art to give things shape. Anyone who takes no delight in the firm outline of an object, or in its essential character, has no artistic sense. He cannot even be nourished by Art. Like Ephraim, he feeds upon the East wind, which has no boundaries.”
This is a saying that I came across from an Australian author and poet, Vance Palmer. This is a perfect description of what “The Great Gatsby” characters were trying to do. They were trying to define the word great as themselves, when in actuality the individual is the definition of great. It is our actions and achievements that make us great. You cannot want the money, and the popularly known name, because you know that it is great. Working towards this image will get you attention, but won’t suffice in the end.
Jay Gatsby was born on a farm in North Dakota. His life was simple until he was inspired to become wealthy while working for a millionaire. Gatsby’s entire life was based on trying to get approval from Daisy. He was involved in illegal activities all to obtain the power and money that he thought would win her over. Did he achieve his short term goal? Yes, he was extravagantly rich, his Saturday night parties were famous, and everywhere you went, someone knew who Gatsby was, but he didn’t t win the girl of his dreams, wasted his entire life trying hard to impress people and eventually was killed by Wilson. Gatsby’s life may have seemed ‘great’, but it was all an allusion.
Daisy Buchannan was a gorgeous woman who was loved and adored by the people in her hometown. However, she only felt love for one man-Jay Gatsby. She promises to wait for him to marry her once he returns home, but foolishly marries Tom Buchannan instead. She lives a ridiculous life, never concerned about her daughter, who is mentioned once the entire novel, and is only concerned about material things. She always harbors a hidden pain because she knows her husband Tom is cheating on her. Instead of getting a divorce and pursuing a life that would make her happy, she stays, probably because she is too afraid of what others would think of her. She lived an unhappy life because she was to afraid to be who she wanted to be.
We don’t know much about Myrtle Wilson, except that she feels that marrying George Wilson was a huge mistake, and so she tries desperately to change her life. We now have another female character unhappy with her marriage and won’t get a divorce. She decides on having an affair with Tom. In her mind, this will eventually work out in her benefit, but in reality she is only being used. The way she transforms from her introduction at the garage in the Valley of Ashes to the aristocratic townhouse woman at the apartment is truly remarkable, but not in any form of the definition – great. Myrtle could’ve had the life she wanted if she only waited for someone who would treat her right, instead of trying to be this socialite that she never truly became.
Jordan Baker is a liar and a cheat just like Tom Buchannan. There isn’t much more to add to the characters of the two, except both of them are considered beautiful in some way and both of them try to achieve greatness in the wrong ways.
Finally, the narrator of our story is Nick Carraway. He wasn’t exactly rich growing up, but his family was well-off and there didn’t seem to be any financial worries. His father owned and operated a hardware store that dated back generations and was also a graduate of college. Nick seemed to be following in his fathers’ footsteps by attending the same college. Unfortunately, Nick was attracted to the city life of a bondsman and left home to pursue a career in New York City. There he tries to live out the American dream. He associates with the right people, attends the lavish and widely-known parties, and becomes engulfed in this new lifestyle. Thankfully, at the end of the novel he has an epiphany and realizes that he has wasted his time with these outrageous people and living in West Egg and decides to return home.
Like Ephraim in the quote above, these characters “feed upon the East wind, which has no boundaries”. They see the lavish lifestyles and attitudes of the people living in East Egg and aspire to live like that without any problems or limitations. What they do not know is these people have more trouble and sadness in their life, because of the image they uphold. Without the image, they’d probably all be living simple, happy lives with the people they love. Instead, they become wrapped up in a pretentious world and forget what greatness really is.
“It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of definition. It is the business of Art to give things shape. Anyone who takes no delight in the firm outline of an object, or in its essential character, has no artistic sense. He cannot even be nourished by Art. Like Ephraim, he feeds upon the East wind, which has no boundaries.”
This is a saying that I came across from an Australian author and poet, Vance Palmer. This is a perfect description of what “The Great Gatsby” characters were trying to do. They were trying to define the word great as themselves, when in actuality the individual is the definition of great. It is our actions and achievements that make us great. You cannot want the money, and the popularly known name, because you know that it is great. Working towards this image will get you attention, but won’t suffice in the end.
Jay Gatsby was born on a farm in North Dakota. His life was simple until he was inspired to become wealthy while working for a millionaire. Gatsby’s entire life was based on trying to get approval from Daisy. He was involved in illegal activities all to obtain the power and money that he thought would win her over. Did he achieve his short term goal? Yes, he was extravagantly rich, his Saturday night parties were famous, and everywhere you went, someone knew who Gatsby was, but he didn’t t win the girl of his dreams, wasted his entire life trying hard to impress people and eventually was killed by Wilson. Gatsby’s life may have seemed ‘great’, but it was all an allusion.
Daisy Buchannan was a gorgeous woman who was loved and adored by the people in her hometown. However, she only felt love for one man-Jay Gatsby. She promises to wait for him to marry her once he returns home, but foolishly marries Tom Buchannan instead. She lives a ridiculous life, never concerned about her daughter, who is mentioned once the entire novel, and is only concerned about material things. She always harbors a hidden pain because she knows her husband Tom is cheating on her. Instead of getting a divorce and pursuing a life that would make her happy, she stays, probably because she is too afraid of what others would think of her. She lived an unhappy life because she was to afraid to be who she wanted to be.
We don’t know much about Myrtle Wilson, except that she feels that marrying George Wilson was a huge mistake, and so she tries desperately to change her life. We now have another female character unhappy with her marriage and won’t get a divorce. She decides on having an affair with Tom. In her mind, this will eventually work out in her benefit, but in reality she is only being used. The way she transforms from her introduction at the garage in the Valley of Ashes to the aristocratic townhouse woman at the apartment is truly remarkable, but not in any form of the definition – great. Myrtle could’ve had the life she wanted if she only waited for someone who would treat her right, instead of trying to be this socialite that she never truly became.
Jordan Baker is a liar and a cheat just like Tom Buchannan. There isn’t much more to add to the characters of the two, except both of them are considered beautiful in some way and both of them try to achieve greatness in the wrong ways.
Finally, the narrator of our story is Nick Carraway. He wasn’t exactly rich growing up, but his family was well-off and there didn’t seem to be any financial worries. His father owned and operated a hardware store that dated back generations and was also a graduate of college. Nick seemed to be following in his fathers’ footsteps by attending the same college. Unfortunately, Nick was attracted to the city life of a bondsman and left home to pursue a career in New York City. There he tries to live out the American dream. He associates with the right people, attends the lavish and widely-known parties, and becomes engulfed in this new lifestyle. Thankfully, at the end of the novel he has an epiphany and realizes that he has wasted his time with these outrageous people and living in West Egg and decides to return home.
Like Ephraim in the quote above, these characters “feed upon the East wind, which has no boundaries”. They see the lavish lifestyles and attitudes of the people living in East Egg and aspire to live like that without any problems or limitations. What they do not know is these people have more trouble and sadness in their life, because of the image they uphold. Without the image, they’d probably all be living simple, happy lives with the people they love. Instead, they become wrapped up in a pretentious world and forget what greatness really is.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Reading Journal - Chapter 1
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had”, are the words of Nick’s father on the first page of the book. This piece of advice was the best that Nick ever received and I agree that it is worth saying and listening to. We are told in this chapter that Nick comes from a prominent family in the mid-West. His father owns a hardware business and also graduated from the same college that Nick did;
Nick seems to have a great plan by buying a house with a friend in
Tom seems to be a very opinionated and ignorant person, while his wife Daisy is the complete opposite. We are also introduced to Ms. Baker. She is a very mysterious character that we don’t know much about and Nick even points out on p. 11, “It occurred to me now that I had seen her, or a picture of her, somewhere before.” Ms. Baker tells Nick a few family secrets, including one about Tom having an affair.
As Nick leaves he feels disgusted and doesn’t seem in awe of the Buchanan’s like the way he did when he first arrived. I probably would have felt the same way. I find it funny how money can try to mask the problems in a person’s life, yet they always seem to surface while you’re in the issues company for awhile. I’m also looking forward to learning more about Gatsby. At the end of the chapter Nick sees him and wants to invite him for dinner, but he vanishes. This leaves me very intrigues at the end of chapter 1.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder was born on May 8, 1930 in San Francisco. He was brought up and spent most of his childhood in Washington and Oregon because of the Great Depression and his parents’ divorce. In Oregon he and his family tended dairy cows, kept hens, had a small orchard, and made cedar-wood shingles. In Washington Snyder developed a strong interest in the Coast Salish people and the Native Americans of the area. Most of his poems are based around the visuals, aspects, and interests he experienced as a child in these three states. An example of a poem that was written around his experiences in San Francisco is ‘North Beach Alba’, http://www.wenaus.com/poetry/gs-alba.html. An example of a poem inspired by his Oregon life is ‘Rolling in at Twilight’, http://www.wenaus.com/poetry/gs-rollingin.html. An example of a poem written based on his life in Washington is ‘Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout’, http://www.wenaus.com/poetry/gs-sourdough.html.
He worked as a newspaper copy boy, a logger, a tail-crew member, and a seaman on a Pacific tanker. He received his BA in Anthropology and studied Oriental languages at Berkeley. For 12 years he lived in Japan and studied Buddhism while he was there. He interest in japan and India was was drove his writing career towards an entire new world. Some of his poems have high Buddhist and Asian influences in them. Some examples include, ‘For a Stone Girl at Sanchi’, http://www.wenaus.com/poetry/gs-sanchi.html , ‘The Snow on Saddle Mountain’, http://www.wenaus.com/poetry/gs-saddlemtn.html , and ‘An Autumn Morning in Shokoku-ji’ http://www.wenaus.com/poetry/gs-robin3.html.
Gary Snyder is often associated with the San Francisco Renaissance, which was a global term for the poetic activity that centered around San Francisco including visual and performing arts, philosophy, social sensibilities, and an appreciation of other cultures; specifically the Asian cultures. He is also associated with the Beat Generation, which was a group of American poets who rejected the standard American ways of life, experimented with sexual preference and drugs, and had great interests in Easter spirituality. Besides being a great poet, Gary Snyder was also a lecturer and an essayist. He has been called the modern-day Henry David Thoreau and described as an eco-writer and an eco-poet.
I picked the following poem entitled ‘Ripples on the Surface’, by Gary Snyder.
Ripples on the Surface
"Ripples on the surface of the water - were silver salmon passing under - different from the ripples caused by breezes" A scudding plume on the wave - a humpback whale is breaking out in air up gulping herring - Nature not a book, but a performance, a high old culture Ever-fresh events scraped out, rubbed out, and used, used, again - the braided channels of the rivers hidden under fields of grass - The vast wild the house, alone. The little house in the wild, the wild in the house, Both forgotten. No nature Both together, one big empty house.
Gary Snyder
Snyder, Gary. No Nature: New and Selected
Gary Snyder has a definite theme in this poem. He talks about how nature is neglected and forgotten by humanity. Humanity is the house standing alone and the wild in the house is the natural connection humans have with nature. He goes on to say that both nature and our connection with it are forgotten. Snyder uses figurative language to describe nature’s beauty and a metaphor saying ‘nature not a book, but a performance’. He has not structure or meter in his poem. Like most of his others ‘Ripples on the Surface’ is written as free write.
As a reader of Gary Snider’s work I find that we can learn a lot from these short simplistic poems. He talks about very serious earth and environmental issues in discreet and beautifully disguised ways. I admire his passion and respect for the earth that we live on and I find that his life experiences are very unique and interesting to read about. It must have been hard for him as a child since he moved from city to city within three states. To take those hardships and struggles he faced and transform them into poetry that we can hopefully obtain knowledge from and learn from is an awesome thing.
As for Gary Snyder having anything that makes him distinctly American, I would have to say that would be everything about him. He opposed all of the standard living styles of regular Americans and he strives to be unique and individualistic. Most of his adulthood was spent in the East and his writings talk more about life in India, Singapore or Japan than they do about his dairy farm in Oregon. I’m not sure if he was distinctly American in the sense that he acted like other Americans at the time, but he was more of an American than anyone else because of his passion and respect for the Native Americans, who I believe are the true and ‘pure’ Americans. So I guess that Gary Snyder’s ideas and outlooks on life made him a distinct American in every sense of the word.
He worked as a newspaper copy boy, a logger, a tail-crew member, and a seaman on a Pacific tanker. He received his BA in Anthropology and studied Oriental languages at Berkeley. For 12 years he lived in Japan and studied Buddhism while he was there. He interest in japan and India was was drove his writing career towards an entire new world. Some of his poems have high Buddhist and Asian influences in them. Some examples include, ‘For a Stone Girl at Sanchi’, http://www.wenaus.com/poetry/gs-sanchi.html , ‘The Snow on Saddle Mountain’, http://www.wenaus.com/poetry/gs-saddlemtn.html , and ‘An Autumn Morning in Shokoku-ji’ http://www.wenaus.com/poetry/gs-robin3.html.
Gary Snyder is often associated with the San Francisco Renaissance, which was a global term for the poetic activity that centered around San Francisco including visual and performing arts, philosophy, social sensibilities, and an appreciation of other cultures; specifically the Asian cultures. He is also associated with the Beat Generation, which was a group of American poets who rejected the standard American ways of life, experimented with sexual preference and drugs, and had great interests in Easter spirituality. Besides being a great poet, Gary Snyder was also a lecturer and an essayist. He has been called the modern-day Henry David Thoreau and described as an eco-writer and an eco-poet.
I picked the following poem entitled ‘Ripples on the Surface’, by Gary Snyder.
Ripples on the Surface
"Ripples on the surface of the water - were silver salmon passing under - different from the ripples caused by breezes" A scudding plume on the wave - a humpback whale is breaking out in air up gulping herring - Nature not a book, but a performance, a high old culture Ever-fresh events scraped out, rubbed out, and used, used, again - the braided channels of the rivers hidden under fields of grass - The vast wild the house, alone. The little house in the wild, the wild in the house, Both forgotten. No nature Both together, one big empty house.
Gary Snyder
Snyder, Gary. No Nature: New and Selected
Gary Snyder has a definite theme in this poem. He talks about how nature is neglected and forgotten by humanity. Humanity is the house standing alone and the wild in the house is the natural connection humans have with nature. He goes on to say that both nature and our connection with it are forgotten. Snyder uses figurative language to describe nature’s beauty and a metaphor saying ‘nature not a book, but a performance’. He has not structure or meter in his poem. Like most of his others ‘Ripples on the Surface’ is written as free write.
As a reader of Gary Snider’s work I find that we can learn a lot from these short simplistic poems. He talks about very serious earth and environmental issues in discreet and beautifully disguised ways. I admire his passion and respect for the earth that we live on and I find that his life experiences are very unique and interesting to read about. It must have been hard for him as a child since he moved from city to city within three states. To take those hardships and struggles he faced and transform them into poetry that we can hopefully obtain knowledge from and learn from is an awesome thing.
As for Gary Snyder having anything that makes him distinctly American, I would have to say that would be everything about him. He opposed all of the standard living styles of regular Americans and he strives to be unique and individualistic. Most of his adulthood was spent in the East and his writings talk more about life in India, Singapore or Japan than they do about his dairy farm in Oregon. I’m not sure if he was distinctly American in the sense that he acted like other Americans at the time, but he was more of an American than anyone else because of his passion and respect for the Native Americans, who I believe are the true and ‘pure’ Americans. So I guess that Gary Snyder’s ideas and outlooks on life made him a distinct American in every sense of the word.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Kate Chopin was a leading woman writer in her era. Her collection of short stories with embedded life lessons have touched upon the ideas of American Romanticism and American Realism. Chopin’s writings compare with those of American Romantics we have read in a great sense. All of the romantics express a celebration of the individual, as well as show a passion and a respect for nature. Also, Chopin shares the ideals of American Realism in that one can control their own lives, without anyone elses influences.
A Pair of Silk Stockings mainly demonstrates ideals found in American Realism. The fact that Mrs. Sommers initially had judicious ideas on how to spend the abundance of $15, and then went out and spent the money indulging herself on stockings, boots, gloves and an expensive lunch anyway, is an example of Realism. This is because Realism is all about people encouraging themselves and others towards self-development and self-improvement. Realists also believe that humans control their own destinies. In A Pair of Silk Stockings Mrs. Sommers tries to change her destiny and how she is perceived by others by dressing differently and acting accordingly with her new clothes. Seeing that she bought tight fitted gloves, we can determine that she wanted people to think that she was a ‘lady of leisure’ which we were told from the beginning that she was not. Mrs. Sommers was living in an environment that she didn’t want to be in, “The neighbors sometimes talked of certain “better days” that little Mrs. Sommers had known before she had ever thought of being Mrs. Sommers.” She tried to step out of her reality for a day and play a role in the life of a woman that she was not. This touches on the issue that some women aren’t satisfied with their lives and they think that by filling it with materialistic things they can improve it.
I don’t think that in A Pair of Silk Stockings there was any progression towards American Romanticism. This is because Romantics were sympathetic and willing to look back and remember their past. This excerpt says differently, “She had no time- no second of time to devote to the past. The needs of the present absorbed her every faculty. A vision of the future like some dim, gaunt monster sometimes appalled her, but luckily tomorrow never comes.”
In Chopin’s story Lilacs I believe that there are many examples of American Romanticism. Adrienne Farival is a performer from Paris who is driven to her childhood convent school each spring when she is approached with the scent of lilacs. Romanticism originated from those who rejected religious intellect and consisted of the people that desperately tried to break free of the strict religious traditions of early settlement. While reading Lilacs one can see that when Adrienne lives her risqué life in Paris she is subconsciously trying to break away from the religious aspect of her life. Also, I say that Lilacs entails more romantic ideals because when I read it I got more intense emotions than I did when I read A Pair of Silk Stockings, which was a very boring and cut and dry story to me. Romanticism is all about the emotions that you get and what those emotions make you think. That is exactly what happend when i read Lilacs.
Both of these short stories have messages about people dealing with dual personalities. The personalities Chopin writes about both have two very extreme sides to their character. One side is a modest, conservative, traditional side, and the other is an extravagant and unorthodox side. As a reader of Chopin’s work I have inferred that maybe this is how she viewed the world at that time. She saw average women who were suffering with boring lives at that time in history so she wrote short stories to encourage woman that they can lead whatever life they want to lead and act however they please.
I enjoy Kate Chopin’s short stories. They are very brief and to the point. They convey messages that are extremely relevant to today’s world. Also, the two stories I read and most of her others focus on the lives of women. This is very important since she was writing in an era of male domination in the writing world. I admire Kate Chopin for being so extreme and different. I like how she doesn’t have one set style of writing and that she in unpredictable in her thoughts, this makes her a very interesting writer.
“She stopped, as she had always done, to pluck lilacs in her path.” This quote is what draws my attention to this particular writer/story. In a short story full of drama, chaos, and unexpected twists, Chopin still manages to catch your breath with a single sentence, more than with a thickening plot. The beauty that nature takes in this story is so intriguing. The presence of a lilac illustrates the main characters (Adrienne’s) motives, decisions, emotions, and deep thoughts. This makes Chopin a great story teller because she can spin an entire story from the beauty found in a flower.
A Pair of Silk Stockings mainly demonstrates ideals found in American Realism. The fact that Mrs. Sommers initially had judicious ideas on how to spend the abundance of $15, and then went out and spent the money indulging herself on stockings, boots, gloves and an expensive lunch anyway, is an example of Realism. This is because Realism is all about people encouraging themselves and others towards self-development and self-improvement. Realists also believe that humans control their own destinies. In A Pair of Silk Stockings Mrs. Sommers tries to change her destiny and how she is perceived by others by dressing differently and acting accordingly with her new clothes. Seeing that she bought tight fitted gloves, we can determine that she wanted people to think that she was a ‘lady of leisure’ which we were told from the beginning that she was not. Mrs. Sommers was living in an environment that she didn’t want to be in, “The neighbors sometimes talked of certain “better days” that little Mrs. Sommers had known before she had ever thought of being Mrs. Sommers.” She tried to step out of her reality for a day and play a role in the life of a woman that she was not. This touches on the issue that some women aren’t satisfied with their lives and they think that by filling it with materialistic things they can improve it.
I don’t think that in A Pair of Silk Stockings there was any progression towards American Romanticism. This is because Romantics were sympathetic and willing to look back and remember their past. This excerpt says differently, “She had no time- no second of time to devote to the past. The needs of the present absorbed her every faculty. A vision of the future like some dim, gaunt monster sometimes appalled her, but luckily tomorrow never comes.”
In Chopin’s story Lilacs I believe that there are many examples of American Romanticism. Adrienne Farival is a performer from Paris who is driven to her childhood convent school each spring when she is approached with the scent of lilacs. Romanticism originated from those who rejected religious intellect and consisted of the people that desperately tried to break free of the strict religious traditions of early settlement. While reading Lilacs one can see that when Adrienne lives her risqué life in Paris she is subconsciously trying to break away from the religious aspect of her life. Also, I say that Lilacs entails more romantic ideals because when I read it I got more intense emotions than I did when I read A Pair of Silk Stockings, which was a very boring and cut and dry story to me. Romanticism is all about the emotions that you get and what those emotions make you think. That is exactly what happend when i read Lilacs.
Both of these short stories have messages about people dealing with dual personalities. The personalities Chopin writes about both have two very extreme sides to their character. One side is a modest, conservative, traditional side, and the other is an extravagant and unorthodox side. As a reader of Chopin’s work I have inferred that maybe this is how she viewed the world at that time. She saw average women who were suffering with boring lives at that time in history so she wrote short stories to encourage woman that they can lead whatever life they want to lead and act however they please.
I enjoy Kate Chopin’s short stories. They are very brief and to the point. They convey messages that are extremely relevant to today’s world. Also, the two stories I read and most of her others focus on the lives of women. This is very important since she was writing in an era of male domination in the writing world. I admire Kate Chopin for being so extreme and different. I like how she doesn’t have one set style of writing and that she in unpredictable in her thoughts, this makes her a very interesting writer.
“She stopped, as she had always done, to pluck lilacs in her path.” This quote is what draws my attention to this particular writer/story. In a short story full of drama, chaos, and unexpected twists, Chopin still manages to catch your breath with a single sentence, more than with a thickening plot. The beauty that nature takes in this story is so intriguing. The presence of a lilac illustrates the main characters (Adrienne’s) motives, decisions, emotions, and deep thoughts. This makes Chopin a great story teller because she can spin an entire story from the beauty found in a flower.
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