Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Reaction to "Those crazy ideas" by Isaac Asimov.

Crazy ideas are all over the place, you are at the most amazing place or situation and they strike you in just a nano second. This brilliant ideas or crazy ideas, sometimes, are the conclusion of a combination of things that we have in our lives; as Isaac Asimov says you need five key characteristics to be able to create this type of ideas or at least be able to notice that you can create them. The first characteristic that Isaac says we have to have is that we have to be well educated, meaning that "the creative person posses as many "bits" of information as possible". Mr. Asimov uses the word “bits” as a collection of information, facts or individual pieces of data. The second characteristic that he presents is that the creative person should be intelligent meaning that the person should be able to combine all bits in an organized and logical way. This lets the person to acquire as much information as he can and store it in an organized way. The third characteristic is that the creative person should be intuitive so he should be able to see things that others cannot see and making that noticeable faster than any other person in the world. The fourth and for me the most important characteristic that a person should have to be a creative person and be able to made up with brilliant ideas is to be courageous, that is being brave and take an action on what ever you believe in and proving that you can do what ever you set your mind to. The final and concluding characteristic that a creative person can have is to be lucky and it is a big part of what you do because no matter how hard you try to get a new and brilliant idea or even crazy idea, if it does not hit you in that second provably it will never hit you at least in that precious moment that you are trying so hard.

With this five characteristics Isaac Asimov drives his entire essay of "Those crazy ideas" and makes you think in the possibility that may be you are not capable of making all this great ideas. What I think is that no matter where you are or even where are you from, looking at your background or family structure you can be what ever you set your mind to be and trust me you could make it real, I am a vivid prove of what I am saying. Provably if you are not that smart but good at the arts you are going to succeed no matter how hard life turns to be at the end of the road what ever you think you are good for you are probably going to be successful.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Reaction to “My daily dives in the dumpster” by Lars Eighner

There has been at least 4 times that a person has told me that you can know a person intimacy because of what you find in their trash. With this essay it is obvious that we do not realize how many thing we have in our house that could be useful for other people that is not a fortunate as we are, some things that we throw away are eatable and others are used to give nutrients to the land. I remember when I was a little girl that I heated to go to my grandma’s house because she cooked with thing that expired the day before. Now that I grow up I did some research that proves that some food can go even for 1 whole year without getting damage. It is very irresponsible from my own point of view that some people are not realizing what a damage we are doing to this planet by throwing away some things that some day will be use full, or even buying things that we really do not need.

This days it is a shame what is predicted to happen and we are part of it, so every time that you see a person going trough your dumpster do not be afraid may be he or she is a person that we can learned a lot from.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Reaction to " Television Adiction" by Marie Winn.

As Marie Winn says the word “addiction” is something that is used very loosely and it should not be used that often also. On her essay she addresses the topic of television addiction as some thing very serious like alcohol addiction or even drug abuse; why do you think she is comparing T.V to things as harmful as does? Well I think I have the answer. Does addictions create a very pleasant experience when they are noticeable by the human body and creates a discomfort where they are not present, the same thing happens with the T.V. when the T.V addict is watching his favorites channels is something that creates pleasure to him and when it is off is a necessity to have the T.V back on.

Having that on mind you can assure that, as a T.V addiction is also very hard to turn it off that is why it consumes the majority of your time. On my personal case I love T.V unfortunately I grew up with the era of the reality T.V and I love shows of fashion and chefs and all that ordinary stuff, that with the magic of television the channel transforms does things in something amazing that you can not stop from watching and when it is over an other great show just appears on T.V, what can you do? The people that are working for does channels are brilliant....

I consider my self a T.V addict, some of the programs that I watch are "T.V trash" but other are very interesting, so I am not filling my head with none sense. To be fare I am also addict to books so I have a very addictive personality, in conclusion. Some day when I start working (all the time, not like today that I work 20 hours) I will have to control does addictions and be able to manage does two monsters, but for now I am keeping up a good rhythm between classes, shopping, boyfriend, family, books and T.V.