Freedom Restrictions

Drugs are most restricted, ignoring the fact that since the beginning of humanity drugs have been a necessary "evil". Drugs have been considered dangerous, some are, some are less, some are made worse, and some are unrighteous banished or allowed. Humans are drug addicts if they want to believe it or not. Since all "daily" drugs are just as necessary as illegal drugs, if you think closer you will find that every person that drinks a coffee in the morning is dependent on that drug. This means, television, media and money, they are all drugs, but why are these not illegal, since they are just as dangerous as most illegal drugs. This is not just opinion, since people kill for money, media mentally brainwashes people, and video games make some people insane. The restrictions made on drugs are totally unnecessary, because it is just an excuse to blame crime, but we all know most politicians don't even care about crime because they do not experience it. It is outrageous that medication which can make you intoxicated, are socially accepted, as opposed to other drugs that are forbid by law. Since the beginning people have been using all kinds of drugs, the Greek, the Romans, the native Americans and many more have been taking use of drugs for rituals and other reasons. So it is fairly inhuman to forbid drugs, since they have been a gift to humanity if they are used right. So I suggest that we all learn the right usage instead of criminalizing drugs and their consumers.

Inspiration

This Poem was made by me because it was an assignment of our English teacher. Another reason was because I didn't know what to write and my inspiration was missing. As an artist I got pissed at myself and thought if I cannot feel any inspiration, then I will write about inspiration. Immediately I began writing and what I was trying to create was a type of guide how be inspired and how to create phrases for lyrics or poems. I am trying to challenge people to use all there creativity and emotions. I provide a goal that you can try to achieve when you do what the guide provides.
The form of this poem is a Villanelle and it has a rhyme scheme that goes: A B A A B A.
Enjoy this poem:
Inspiration

The source of inspiration is devotion
working day and night to drink and think
enjoy what you do when its the perfect portion

love to relax, floating on the ocean
Don't be wasting your time with a drink
The source of inspiration is devotion

Writing down thoughts and emotions
Challenging and hoping, get your mind to think
Create an impact and a flowing motion

Go a direction, write down some notions
try make some sense out of this ink
The source of inspiration is devotion

I want you too, in motion,
Be critical and find the missing link
It’s a gift, include your emotion

Meaning on paper, like skin and lotion
Line to line, word to word your able to link
The source of inspiration is devotion
enjoy what you do when its the perfect portion

Funeral Blues

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

W.H. Auden
My analysis:
I like this poem because it provides a really sad feeling. It is a mix between missing someone, regret, fear of change and sadness due to loss of a lover. There is a little bit of imagery in phrases like, "he was my north, my south, my east and west, my working week and my Sunday rest, …" These are set in the poem to show a picture of how things were and why now it is different it’s the human fear of change. Some objects and colors are used to set a feeling of silence, sadness and fear. This is seen in stanzas like the first one that has phrases like "stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone"
And silence the pianos and with muffed drums" or in the second stanza "let the policemen wear black cotton gloves." This poem has a lot of great examples of all kind of features of poetry.

The Eagle

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

by Lord Alfred Tennyson

My analysis:

I enjoy this poem because of the picture it sets in your head. It is very beautifully written. The imagery of the eagle is amazing, when you think about phrases like "he watches from his mountain walls, and like a thunderbolt he falls." There is no special message that challenges you to become a better self but that is also not always necessary. Imagery can be very powerful too, giving you a picture setting you in exactly that moment the writer wants you to be. This is what this poem does to me. It is written so clear that I can see the eagle on the crag in exactly that scene.

'Totally like whatever, you know?' analysis

I like this poem because Tailor Mali wants to get us thinking about what has happened with society. This poem makes you think, it gives you a critical perspective on the society of today. How we are not able to form real sentences and we seem to be inarticulate. How we can not be cool by being smart but by not expressing your thoughts. He wants us to speak without 'Instant messenger language' with repeatedly using words like, like, whatever, you know after each sentence and totally. These words have no real meaning to Taylor Mali because they have no weight and no backup. Taylor wants, well actually challenge, you to speak with meaningful words, to say your thoughts and speak up because with what has happened to us and the world around us we need more people with meaningful speeches and meaningful ideas.

In our blog

I think that there is no problem in sharing our outlines because it gives us the opportunity to see "live" other student models for us to compare and reflect. On the other hand I think that some people might use that to their advantage in an other way, and copy or just rewrite someone else outline and show it as their own. Just that if their is any similarity that the teacher should notice then the person that had the outline up first that gets the credit so actually their is no point of not setting it onto our blog for our benefit. I think the teacher wants us to put them on so we can help ourselves instead of cheating ourselves to some rewritten outline. I am not dying to write anything except a new song and personally I would love to not do anything.

My Protagonist

My Protagonist is called Jimmy. This hero wears his clothes depending on his feelings but he prefers to wear black. He loves to eat, eat anything and is thankful for what he has. His hobbies are karate, archery, fighting and writing music. The hero is defined as a special person with great generous qualities, is this hero a hero? One who wants to save the world, one who does barely care about his own life but if he could he would save the world. This hero is different from superman he has no super power he saves no one beautiful girl but he wants to save the world, he wants to heal all wounds and fix all places. He loves to hang out with his friends and is very popular, he loves to drink and have fun with women, and he has a love for motorbikes and fights. He believes that musicians have so much influence that they can save the world. That is what he wants to do, as many have tried. He is a musician and wants to spread his music all over the world, and influence people to learn from his words to stop racism stop prejudice and stop all hate and conflict. However, before he gets to that point he needs to save himself, break out of his cage, solve his own conflicts with himself.
The call: The call is when the protagonist gets the opportunity to start his journey into the unknown. My character is introduced into a world of music and producers unknown to what he has done in the past, and needs to develop new skills to get through this separation from his own familiar world.
The threshold: Now he is fully over an imaginary wall separated from family and friends, his skills are now needed to get him through without the help from friends and family. He is now under pressure not to do any wrong step and do what is asked from him but at the same time use his own ideas. Not to lose himself. The threshold guardians are his band members to secure his behaving and steps.
The Challenges: Challenges come up like inner and outer conflicts that keep him from succeeding in some tasks and he now has to work up what was lost which brings more pressure.
Into the Abyss: The abyss he reaches here is different, then a giant three headed monster that’s not to die. But it is a fight for friendship, a fight not to lose him and reach his goal.
Transformation and Revelation: My Protagonist has now reached his goal made up his work and not gotten rid of his problems but learnt to work them out.
The Atonement: He has now found out that no one can change the whole world but with his efforts he can be a good influence for part of the people and send messages out in his own artistic ways.
The Return: Well this character does not fully return from his journey, because this journey has now become part of his life. The unknown is not unknown anymore and his is on his way to greater levels within this now known world.