The Door That Opens Your Imagination

The famous fairytale Alice in Wonderland was the big talk of the town when a mysterious miniature door was spotted at the opening of a hole at the base of a tree at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. No one is certain who is responsible for the addition of the small door to the tree, but it is known that this mystery has allowed for many individuals to expand their imagination.

The Article about this pleasant mystery indicates that the door created a sense of joy and delight throughout the citizens strolling through Golden Gate Park. The small door was unexpected surprise that uplifted the spirit of individuals, and brought out their creativity.

"Visitors have placed notes inside, hoping they'll be read by whatever creature lives in the hole. Some have speculated it is a gateway to a "far off fairy land."

I believe it is healthy to expand your imagination, and to think outside the box every once in a while. The “mystical world like Wonderland” generated by the mysterious door has been a positive distraction to the people living in San Francisco. So many individuals get caught up in their jobs and daily routines that they never really get the chance to get in touch with their creative side.

Could you imagine how bland life would be if you never used your imagination? I think that dreaming and fantasizing helps keep people sane. What do you think? How would you react if you stumbled upon this enchanted door? 

Struggles in Writing

I can remember all the way back to second grade in elementary school when we began piecing together short stories to start the life long venture into creative writing. During writing time in class I would sit and stare at a blank white page until the bell rang to be let out of school, because I could never figure out how to go about starting my paper.

Teachers in high school always advised me to begin the writing process with brainstorming. Brainstorming can be a very affective tool when starting a paper, but even after making many lists and diagrams I still found myself trying extremely hard to find the right words to introduce the topic I am discussing.

My favorite English teacher in high school Mrs. Schulz gave me the best advice on how to get past my struggle in writing the introduction. She simply said, “Skip it.” At first I looked at her like she was crazy, but that ended up being the best writing advice any teacher had ever given me. Now when I write a paper, I typically leave the introduction for last. By doing this I have saved a lot of time that I would have wasted sitting and staring at the blank paper or computer screen.

I never would of thought something so simple could drastically change the outcome of my writing. The technique Mrs. Schulze suggested not only saved me time, but it also improved the final results of my paper. When writing an appropriate and effective introductory paragraph I tend to reflect on the context included in the body paragraphs to give the readers a broad view of the topic I’m writing about. 

Although writing does not come first nature to me I really enjoy the limitless diverse qualities it obtains.