Writing Territories

If a piece of writing has the power to change my mind and make me think, I would consider my time reading it, time well spent. I have always enjoyed reading essays and short stories with lots of hidden meaning and perspective on life. I'm curious about the ways other people view the world and I think literature is a great way to understand other views. Magazines, like Time, Discovery, Rolling Stone, and National Geographic are full of interesting pieces of writing. I like to read about whats going on in our world and the new ideas and inventions we're coming up with. Rolling Stone is my favorite magazine because the writing in it is so beautiful. Every article is written with such passion and perfection. It's content particularly appeals to me as well; not so much the music stuff, but the politics. Most days, most newspapers bore me. I don't like to read news because I feel like I've already heard it all so many times. Some articles, however, catch my eye and draw me in. One newspaper I love to read is the Onion. I enjoy reading things that aren't always so heavy and devastating like the news.  Besides books, or possibly even along with them, my favorite form of writing is poetry. No matter if I'm writing my own or reading someone else's, I absolutely love poetry. My absolute favorite poet is actually a 5-way tie between Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, Sean Daley (Slug of Atmosphere), Maya Angelou, and my cousin Nikki.