Quote

"Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul." -Anonymus


I was absolutely stunned when I was reading this quote. I could tell because I think I might have stopped breathing as I was reading it the first time. I had to add words, phrases, and quotes into a prezi I made. So, I decided to look for inspiration on google. I typed in "Music quotes" This site popped up and had bunches and bunches of quotes. I picked the one that was the longest; and so I saw this wonderful quote and think I must have fallen in love with it. "Music speaks what cannot be expressed.." this means that music is a language all in itself. Figuratively and litterally, it is a language that you have to learn. It's litterally a language because it's a series of dots, lines, symbols, and random words in Italian. It all has to be in sync with the instrument you're playing which takes time and practice. Figuratively, music is a language because it be expressed and taken into perspective in so many ways by so many different people.

"...soothes the mind and gives it rest.." this means that music can be an escape from this crazy, messed up world that we're living in today. I know when I am so stressed from homework and school all day, I immediately go straight to my piano and start playing. I release everything into what I'm playing. All my emotions speak through what I play. It calms me. It comforts me. It tells me that I am still here and I have to get on with my life.

"...heals the heart and makes it whole..." this means that when you're suffering through a difficult time in your life, music can always make it a little better. When your boyfriend/girlfriend dumped you, go play your iPod. When your grandmom's in the hospital, go sing her a tune. It will not onyl heal your heart, but can heal others' hearts as well. Another aspect I found when I saw this part of the quote is when someone bad, like a thief or a murderer, listens to music, they might turn good. It's like all they really needed was this song to "speak" to them. It could have given them a change of heart. It could trigger all those happy memories that were somehow clouded in all this anger and revenge. Music could ultimately, "fix" someone's sad, lonely, messed up heart.

"...flows from heaven to the soul..." I believe this quote says that music is something wonderful that came from heaven and is given out to the earth, through someone's soul and passion for music. The melody of the music and the tones and pitches, when put together, make something as beautiful as if it came from heaven. Music does come from the soul. It comes out through all these different instruments and voices.

My American Dream Prezi

My American Dream on Prezi

This Prezi thing is so cool.

Symbolism on Prezi

Book Review 3- Spirit Bound by: Rachel Mead

Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Danica A.

11/19/10

English I

Mr. Williams



Book Review 3- Spirit Bound



I loved everything this book had. I loved the content, I loved the ending, I loved every little part in the story. It did not get me bored out of my mind, it gave me the romance that I craved for, and it always had a surprise waiting at every corner. It's like getting candy from Halloween; it just gets better and better. These are the reasons why I gave it a 5 out of 5 and the reason I would definitely recommend this book.



To begin with, the book was very entertaining and kept my mind occupied. It never bore me, which is always a plus when reading a book. The main character's personality kept things new and intersting. HEr comedic side of the story was always entertaining. In one part of the book, she said, "He has no right to threaten my boyfriends. I'm eighteen. An adult. I don't need his help. I can threaten my boyfriends myself." I love it when the main character always had some retort to say to anyone who annoyed her.



Secondly, the romance in this book was through the roof. It had multiple couples suffereing their break-ups, their make-ups, and the akward "just friends" phase they go through in the middle. The emotion behind the story was so powerful, I cried when they cried. I got angry when they got angry. And it always got me saying "Awhh! How sweet!" throughout the whole book. An example of when I cried in this book was when the main charcter's ex-boyfriend tells her, "I gave up on you. Love fades. Mine has." This was a very big milestone in the story because this was who the story was moslty about. And without this guy, there would be no story.



Lastly, Spirit Bound always had a surprise in every chapter. That's probably why I got through this whole book so fast. I must have read 10 chapters in a single- reading. When your ex-boyfriend's an evil vampire who hunts you down, when you and your best friend go on a quest to find a cure for "turning good" again, and when you get tried for a murder you never committed, these are the kinds of things that would make you go "Oh my gosh did that just happen?"



Spirit Bound was an awesome book that never got you bored, always had that mushy side for those of you that love that romance stuff, and it had so many suprising twists and turns throughout the novle. For these reasons, I gave this book a 5 out of 5 , and the reason I would definite recommend this book.



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Meaningful Quotes #2

"The best proof of love is trust."
-Dr. Joyce Brothers

I believe this quote means that to know if the person you love is the real deal, you must have their trust and they mst trust in you, or it wont work.

Meaningful Quotes #1

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
-Helen Keller

Me and my couin were actually pondering about this at 12:08 AM. I needed a blogpost and this is what we found.

I thinks this quote means that in order to get the most out of life, you need to understand it and live it firsthand. Another explanation was that life is meaningless and worthless unless you learn the lessons you need?

I'm 15!......already?

Now that I think about, I'm half way there to 30! D: NOO! Not that there's anything wrong with being 30..... but, us teens don't like to think of ourselves as, getting old. I don't want to grow up matter of fact. If we could live our whole life, stuck in the age you desire, I would love to turn back to when I was happiest. I don't want anything to change. I'd like new experiences, but I don't want to change. But the sad part is, you kind of have to. So far, I hated being 14 because a lot of things have changed. Some good, some bad. I got to meet these amazing people, I got to say goodbye to the ones I had before. I got to go to an amazing program, I got a lot more to do. And I thought being 13 was going to be hard. Bottom line: I wish genies and fairy godmothers existed. Say goodbye to another year, say hello to a new one.