Recently in a class of mine, we discussed the main elements of a feeling and an emotion. We drew our consensus from the reading what is an Emotion by Cheshire Calhoun and Robert C. Solomon. Our agreement was that a feeling is a mental state and that that mental state ignites the physical attributes that are commonly associated with the feeling.
"Quit being such a pain in the butt." "He broke my heart." "Ouch... that was a bit harsh, don't you think?"
There are three main types of rhetorical appeals: the appeal to ethos, the appeal to logos, and the appeal to pathos.
There is a commercial running on television currently that you may have seen. The narrator says “This man has almost learned to walk” and it shows a man using crutches to help him scale a steep set of stairs. The commercial is about people who ‘almost’ donate to causes, and where that almost gets the people who need the help.
It is very difficult to find an artist that moves me to tears with their music. I enjoy music from all walks-- but let's face it, when I'm listening to Fergie's Big Girls Don't Cry I am not so overwhelmed with emotion.
I'm standing in a field,
once lush and green and grand.
The ground is scarred a deep coal black,
the trees are darkened posts,
and as I watch mine enemy,
the world becomes a ghost.
mine old enemy, Spite,
has made his rounds today,
my world has been destroyed.
And as I watch he turns to me,
a grin across his face,
he's happy with his work, for now,
but promises return,
Good vs. Evil?
What is the difference? It's relative. For each human being there is a different standard of good and evil and a varying amount of grey space in between. How fine is the line between something 'bad' and something evil? It depends on who you ask.
Once more there has been violence in my neighborhood. This week I witnessed another
I firmly believe that in order to achieve emotional stability, one must allow himself (herself) to find several ways to vent his or her feelings.
A modicum of trust is involved in all forms of emotional release, whether talking to someone on the phone, typing in an instant messenger, sending a text message, or shouting in someones face.
