Blog #6

After reading Anne Lamotts essay it honestly gave me a lot of hope with my paper. In her fourth paragraph she refers to the first draft as a “childs draft” in other words your essay where you get all your ideas on the paper lay them out for everybody to see and then effectively organize Read More …

Blog #5

This stage of peer review taught me a lot. When I read through these essays and edited them it seemed easier, when I work with my own writings I become to attached and fear changing them to much. You have to read an essay like it’s never your owns because that’s how you will get Read More …

Blog #4

After reading and reviewing “Is it ok to make art” and watching “How does music transform us” I have never been more convinced that art has more power then I ever understood. I don’t think the question should be “Is it ok to make are” I believe it should be “Why wouldn’t we make art?”. Read More …

Blog #3

For the ted talk I chose Benjamin Zander’s “How Does Music Transform us? In Zander’s ted talk he says that music has the power to be a transformational. His form of art in his ted talk is music. Music is an art form and cultural activity whose medium is sound organized in time. Music can do Read More …

Blog #2

Annotating the text and reading through it a second time was very benfical to me. When I read it the second time I went in more confidently. Talking about it in class today really answered a lot of questions and concerns I had with the text. I went into the reading with a better understanding Read More …

Blog #1

Follow the thread #1: One thing that I commented was on page #3 she said ” writing scripts and making movies demands resources that, in the right hands, could have saved lives.” Is art worth it in this sense? If the things we use to create are can saves lives instead whats really important?  I Read More …

About Me

My name is Matthew Remavich and I am a first year student at The University of New England. I wanted to attend a school where I felt at home, could play the sport I love and that has my major. Luckily I can do that here, I am a wide reciever on the football team Read More …