Inside My Mind

How can we express ourselves so that others can know who we are? Well, one way that I have been able to express myself is through learning guitar. When I play guitar, wether I am creating my own songs or playing others, I feel connected to my thoughts and am able to explore my emotions.   I first began playing guitar a couple months ago when my cousin gave me her old one. I goofed off on it occasionally as casually became more interested and dedicated to practicing. Eventually I found myself learning for hours a day. I found it calming and like a form of meditation to just ignore the stress of my day and focus on my emotions. Not only did it help me understand how I was feeling it helped me outwardly display those feelings through playing guitar. Wether it was making my own chord progressions or playing other artists songs it felt calming to fully encapsulate a feeling I was going through. I learned that other people felt the same way and there were even studies and articles ...

There are many different types of blogs out there. Some entertain us, while some inform us. With all these variations of blogs we can look at what makes some successful so that we can incorporate traits to improve our blogs. The first blog I chose to explore was Billboard  because it is the most popular so I wanted to see what made it so succesful. The first thing I immediately noticed was the layout of the website. It had a ton of large pictures with captions that drew in your attention.  This made me want to start reading everything to find out more about the headline. Clearly, you can see that they are using relevant pop culture and photos to draw in your attention which keeps you on the site exploring. On the other hand there is a flood of information that attacks you making you feel overwhelmed by the amount of articles you can view. As you begin to explore it just feels like more and more information is being thrown your way which can make it hard to navigate the site. O...