Blog #3

Apple pie is a big part of American culture. That can't be denied. People love it and nowadays they don't need special occasions to have some. Even so, many people believe that apple pie is American, that it is originally from America. I beg to differ, apple pie's origins go back to fourteenth century England. They would have meat pies that would later have fruit put into them instead for dessert. Apple pie became a favorite dessert during the time of Queen Elizabeth I and was brought across the Atlantic Ocean into the colonies.

Though this may be a very silly argument, it's something that matters to me. I have this weird thing where I think about the originality of popular foods and dishes. So this was a big deal.

The recording made sense and explained well the way we react because of mental pictures. I have experienced this myself while watching the news or reading a book. The mental pictures have made me shudder and be disgusted or vise versa, being excited and feeling happy. Imagery and mental pictures impact us more than we know and may even be the cause of some of the decisions we make!

Writing

I don't know of there really is a process to writing. From my own experience, thinking about a process simply complicates things. So I just write. I think about my topic and start writing. After I finish a paragraph I go back, move some words around, and some nice words and try to make the sentences nice and smooth. In my opinion, thinking about writing before you begin a piece only makes it harder. I find it much easier to clear your mind of everything except for your particular topic and start writing. You will see that things will start coming to you very quickly.
There are the obvious steps of having good paragraphs with good transitions that may need some thought, but personally, I don't think getting started on the paragraphs needs much though. You just write. Just start writing and everything will come to you. From there, once you have your material, you go back and clean things up, making beautiful sentences and paragraphs.