Miranda: English II, Section F

I don’t know what this is, it is just Creative Writing, here goes:

Why is the sky blue? Because that is the way our eyes choose to see it? Why do they choose so? Because blue is a happy color and the sky is happy. Why is the sky happy? Because it can look down on all of the people. Why can it look down on all of the people? Because it is way up high. But why does that make it happy? Because it likes to watch the people when they don’t know it is watching. What about at night, what are the stars for? They are bright little lights that sparkle down on us to make us happy. Why do they make us happy? Because they are so beautiful and they get to watch us when we do not know. Why are they beautiful? Because they sparkle in the night, when all else is dark, and sometimes you can see a shooting star and wish on it if you like. Why do you wish on it? Because it is a lucky star, so for a lucky person the wish will come true. Why is it lucky? Because shooting stars are so rare. What’s rare? It means that there aren’t a lot of them. Oh… I wish I could see a shooting star… Me too.

Why is grass green? Because that is the way our eyes choose to see it. Why do they choose so? Because green is a refreshing color and the grass is a refreshing thing? Why is it a refreshing thing? Because it is part of nature, and it is moist, and you can have picnics on it? Am I a part of nature? Yes. Well, why do you have picnics on it? You mean the grass? Yes. Well, you have picnics to relax and to eat your lunch outside? Why do you want to eat your lunch outside? Because then you are out in nature, not stuck inside? But what if it is hot–and what about bugs? Then you sit in the shade, and the bugs won’t disturb your picnic. Why not? Because they know you are having fun. Why are you having fun? Because picnics are fun. Oh…I wish I could go on a picnic…Me too.

Maybe one day we can go on a picnic at night and try to see a shooting star. No, that will be scary. Not if we do it in our backyard. Yeah! Let’s do it right now? No, I’m too tired. Okay, tomorrow night. Okay. Good night…..Good night.

Question: Who do you think the characters are?

I think they are an older sister and a younger sister, like me and my sister. That’s what I think. What do you think?

P.S. Blog # 21 and 22 were both posted today, Sunday, but they should have been posted on Saturday. I am sorry. I know this is becoming a habit, I am really going to try to change it.

“Home, Sweet Home”
Winslow Homer
1863

Blog Response to Winslow Homer Paintings

Question: How do you understand this painting? And another question, asked by me, what does it make you think about when you look at this painting and what to you think this painting is trying to express?

Home, Sweet Home, 1863

I understand this painting as setting a scene based on experiences of civil war soldiers. It seems to me that the soldiers have just returned from a battle, which can be inferred from the group of dead or wounded soldiers in the background of the painting. It seems that the title is slightly ironic, in that the setting of the painting is a makeshift village, in which most of the tents are blankets thrown over whatever can be found. In the foreground, two soldiers wear gloomy expressions that seem to express utter despair. It seems that they have nothing…their gloomy surroundings display that they lack proper shelter and they are trying to heat something on the fire. It seems as though there are some waffles in the painting, but they are very small and seem almost forgotten when compared with the rest of the painting. I think this painting expresses the hardships and harsh lifestyles of being a soldier, and I think that the title really expresses the desperate situation that they are in at this point. It seems that they have nothing, their wounded or dead friends are lying down in the background, and yet, it is probably a relief for them to have a place where they can call home and at least feel a small sense of security and safety. I think that this idea relates to the common feeling of war, which I remember from the portion of “The Things We Carried” that we read last year in our English class, it is one of the scariest things I have ever thought about, the feeling that you have nowhere to feel safe. During the Civil War, World War I and II, soldiers probably felt this. It is a simple idea, and yet it is so frightening. This idea that you literally have nowhere to turn, and nowhere to go where you are safe, wherever you go you are in constant danger, is very frightening to me. I think that is a very scary idea. I think this partially explains why people who come back from wars are completely traumatized, or even dysfunctional from their experiences.