Writing that moves me

Writing that moves me....

In this assignment, the class was asked to write about a piece of writing that touched us. I wrote about a quote. I think that quotes withhold the most powerful meaning behind them, you just have to know how to decipher them.

Creating a powerful piece of writing can require much effort. It has to entail not only passionate meaning but also utilize flawless grammatical creativity. With the two pieces combined, it creates a beautiful song that can touch anyone’s soul. The unique and perplex combination is used by various writers that have gone beyond the stage of ordinary writing in order to move the reader. Recently, I came across the quote, “Don’t just look, observe…Don’t just swallow, taste…Don’t just sleep, dream…Don’t just think, feel…Don’t just exist, live...” (Unknown) This quote was able to capture my attention for numerous reasons including passion, meaning and grammatical originality.

The first part of creating a beautiful piece of work that can touch people is the meaning. Meaning is the part of the song that is the lyrics. Without lyrics, there would be no fully functional song. Just like without meaning there would be no passion to the writing. Thus no point to the writing to which is an essential part. There is one general significance to the quote previously stated; that is not to exist, but to live. This writing personally influences me in several ways. The writer talks about basically how people don’t just need to survive but actually experience things to the fullest. Too often people take life for granite. We just see with our eyes but don’t really observe what we are looking at. Meals are not enjoyed, but swallowed and consumed for just energy purposes to move on with the day. Sleeping becomes a requirement to renew our bodies but is never enjoyed just to dream. And work becomes so over bearing that we shove feelings aside to constantly think. Combining all of these habits of our daily lives, it becomes a repetitive process in which we are just existing but not living. Another reason that this quote is powerful is because the message is relatable to almost anyone. I think that having a meaning be relatable is a potent and effective technique to use because it can really communicate a clear message to the reader. This quote as a whole has introduced me into a new mindset. Instead of taking life everyday as just life, I want to embrace it and truly appreciate every moment that life has to offer. Now that the lyrics and message have been established, is crucial to place the lyrics with the right melody just like the message with the right grammatical methods.

When placing a structure to meaning, it is important to use the right techniques. In order to convey the point properly, the structure and meaning must flow. Just like you can’t place country lyrics to a classical melody. The entire point will be misconstrued and confusing to understand. The unknown author from the quote above did a good job with merging the so-called “lyrics” and “melody” to create the proper idea that the writer was trying to convey. He used the technique of repetition schemes, more specifically the method of anaphora. By using the word, “Don’t” at the beginning of each sentence; it creates an intense read that separates each piece of the whole. Also by separating the sentences with the three periods, it makes you pause and think about each section but not so much by separating each sentence by one period. It shows that it’s still a continued thought. With these grammatical structural skills and the previous meaning, the author was able to create an insightful and powerful piece of writing that inspired people.