Monday, October 5, 2009
Maya Angelou speech
Maya Angelou had mentioned many inspirational statements and how she was inspired by other poets and writers like William Shakespeare. One thing she said that really struck me was that she described poetry as music to a human voice. I had always heard that every person has at least one good story in them, but that's not true because everyone has more than one story to tell. Everyone has a voice and they just need to speak up and they will be heard. That is what Maya Angelou seemed to be saying, and another quote she mentioned was "I am a human being, and nothing human is alien to me". Maya said that everything and all types of literature is available to us; every author and poet are available to us if we just took the time to read their works. A person who states to have a major in American or English Literature raises the question if they had read every type of American or English Literature from every background. Another thing that Maya Angelou said that really inspired me was that a person can become a master at everything and how she compared talent with electricity. Everyone has a talent for something and everything but we hardly touch the tip of the iceburg when it comes to our talent. All we have to do is to know ourselves and recognize the talents that we have and nurture them, so they we can master those talents.
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Maya Angelou is an excellent speaker and writer. She is also incredibly intelligent and has a beautiful way with words.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite quotes from her that you mentioned was how we can become a master of everything. So often people focus on being extra good at one thing that they is all they know how to do. We should try to expand our talents and interests to become great at doing multiple things.