Writing Journal 9/25.
The human mind is a complicated network composed of a vast collection of information ranging from thoughts, ideas, and emotions varying in theme all determined from wisdom gained throughout the lifetime of each individual. As such the statement made within On Multimodal Composing in which “composing is tied to the human experience of time” holds true and strong. To compose any work of art, music, or form poetry, a person relates and reflects on their life experiences and prior occurrences to constructively display meaning and expression. Along with mental and cognitive expressions, the mind is also able to manipulate and influence the human body into reflecting a visual interpretation of the thoughts residing within each individual. “Composing is inherently multimodal” that sentence within On Multimodal Composing is accurate in that the formation of composing for each human has a personal value and develops throughout a lifetime from experiences influenced by family, associations like friendships and partnerships, influential teachings, and knowledge exchanges. Every human being has their own physical, digital, spiritual, and mental way of processing and composing their writings.
That brings me to discuss the second reading, Multimodal Composing and Woman, Rhetoric, and Politics on Pinterest in which Pinterest was studied as an online space mainly directed for women and in which they express themselves freely. Pinterest is multimodal and all of its users use visual, linguistic, aural and text to convey thoughts and feelings. As the title suggests, Multimodal Composing and Woman, Rhetoric, and Politics discovered that although the target audience of Pinterest mainly being women and geared towards discussing more feminine topics, politics were discussed within the boards of its users and many pros and cons rose from these debates. It was incredible reading that although some women wanted to exclude politics from Pinterest to avoid online conflict or confrontation, many women freely expressed themselves and were vigilant in stressing how important it is to have a voice and to use it.
I will personally state that Pinterest is not solely a social media platform for only women to use (I use it moderately to look for tattoo ideas, arts relating to specific things I like such as movies, video games and tv shows, future house design and arrangement ideas, love quotes to share with my girl, and for various other reasons). I use Pinterest in aiding certain agendas of mine and thus without even realizing it, I indirectly expand my insights on the way I personally compose.
I truly enjoyed reading these two articles and happy to say that I Love to express myself through visual modes, such as the influential GIF below and through text so that I can properly describe in words, the information I am trying to relay upon others.
