Blogging Around

I chose to comment on Melanie's 360 Degree blog post about chocolate. She focused on the importance and influence that chocolate has in the world today, and what it would be like if chocolatle didn't exist.

Melanie, I really enjoyed this piece because you utilized your knowledge of chocolate, through experience and research from the Columbian Exchange project, to debate the pro's and con's of chocolate. I found it powerful how you used historical names (allusion) to support your ideas; it gave you credibility. Lastly, my favorite thing about your post was the contemplation of a world without chocolate. While reading that portion, I realized that chocolate is more than a confectionary delight. It's a symbol of love, color, sweetness, and much more. You made it clear that chocolate, whether viewed as positive or negative, has several influences on the world.

I picked Dylan's post because of his alluding to pop culture. His post was about the benefits and reasons for painting one of his walls with chalkboard paint so he can draw on them.

Dylan, I found this post very intriguing. First of all, the allusion to "Across the Universe" was very clever because I feel that, in academy, more people can relate to movie than to your passion for drawing. When I was young I had a "Don't draw on the walls experience" with orange markers and a white couch. If I had a giant wall to draw on I definitely think it could have been prevented. I also feel that because of my getting in trouble for drawing on the furniture, I began to slowly loose interest in visual art. I think it is very profound of you to realize that you need something more than paper in order to explore your brain. I hope you like your new wall; I know people that have chalkboard walls and they love them. There was one thing I thought you should consider. When writing on paper, you can save that piece forever and then move onto a new one. However, on the wall, once you run out of room you have to erase something else. Maybe it will turn out for the better and you'll be able to grow from and add onto the things you draw. But if you do decide to erase something, take lots of pictures first. Great post!