Excellent Writing

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Timo Cruz.
"Coach Carter" 2005


This is one of my favorite pieces of writing, and definitely a piece I'd consider excellent. It explains the complexity of life, and it explains life by looking beyond the surface. This paragraph may be short, but it has such a vast and important meaning behind it. In life, we often overlook the things that mean most to us and the things that make us who we are. This piece allows people to think about their lives and put it into perspective. I know that whenever I'm not feeling so confident, I read pieces like this, and they lift me up and give me inspiration and a new perspective on things. I think most the pieces that are like this are excellent, but this happens to be my favorite.
I think this piece is very well structured and gets the point across very well, unlike a lot of other pieces that go off topic and say irrelevant things. This piece flows well and gets from one point to the other very smoothly.

Photograph Excersize

This is my brother, Jesse, bodysurfing. This is one of my favorite pictures because it's such a unique and special shot. The main focus of the picture is him, and he is on the far left, some of him is even cut off. This picture is taken from inside the wave as well. It is a fairly big picture and illustrates the art of bodysurfing. In the background is Koko Head Crater, and it looks slightly slanted, showing that this picture was taken at an angle. You also see the clouds and the wave that my brother is actually in.