<p>QUESTION 2
Would you please tell us about a few of your favorite books, poems, authors, films, plays, pieces of music, musicians, performers, paintings, artists, magazines, or newspapers? Fell free to touch on one, some, or all of the categories listed, or add a category of your own.</p>
<p>I really don't know where to start. I want to talk about the books, and movies I like. Maybe music. There are so many ways I could answer this, I just want to know how to make is sound like it's not all over the place. It's a pretty broad question.</p>
<p>When I applied last year, I wrote about the fact that I compose music, my thought process behind the act, and why my compositions are my favorite pieces. I included a CD with two of my compositions for piano, which I thought was a nice addition. Whatever the case, I was accepted.</p>
<p>This was mine, and I was accepted.......somehow:</p>
<p>I knew this question would come up among my application essays and unfortunately I'm pretty sure that I'm going to see it many, many more times. So let me first thank you for that. Because of my clairvoyance not only am I ahead of the game, I have also had time to ponder which literary and artistic pieces please me mentally and often physically.
I can say without any doubt in my mind that my favorite poem (and as such should be the benchmark of all poetic art) is "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams. After being introduced to it during American Literature, dying with glee, and continuously re-reading it, I accidentally memorized the poem. I’ll display it for you now. No, not in some arrogantly characteristic attempt to woo you with an elephant-like memory, but simply because I don’t think anyone can fully appreciate my adoration of the poem without having first witnessed the deliciousness themselves. That and it’s pretty short. Here goes:</p>
<p>I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox</p>
<p>and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast</p>
<p>forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold</p>
<p>Hahahahaha! Orgasmic. I love it because it is so bleak. Here were these mouth-watering plums somebody else had set aside unselfishly for breakfast, perhaps for the family or the neighbors or even God, only to be devoured by a single man who did not care about the plans the plums had made. And what does he do to make amends. Why he gives a hollow apology for the buffet he did not regret. And why should he? The plums were, after all, delicious and cold and sweet. The poem is sheer brilliance. Read it again if you must. Why it's hardly a poem at all, but a note the author left next to the icebox telling the recipient about the enjoyable plum heist which occurred before breakfast. Human nature at it's finest. No one feels remorse for his or her Greed. It is after all the least deadly of the Seven Sins. Never in my life have I read a piece of literature that so truly reflected human nature, as "This is Just to Say". My life, as does every applicant to Chicago, is that of petty larceny. Just today at Buffalo Wild Wings I distracted my sister to obtain the last Medium (not to be confused with the Mild, which is of less intensity) wing of the dozen. It was rightly hers, but I wouldn't change my decision for the world. It is the plums and wings of the world that outline our true selves: greedy, life-sucking capitalists that would rather enjoy temporary satisfaction than ignore that insatiable temptation and lead selfless lives. We pass over the possibility of worldwide solidarity for plums. This man’s miniature poem is a window into human honesty. And the survey says: humans suck.
Oh, and as far as favorite books go, I’ve always been partial to the dictionary.</p>
<p>EDIT: Haha, I just re-read this essay, and man, I'm ridiculous.</p>
<p>be free with your spirit, widen your mind. you can interpret that prompt any way you'd like! some ppl choose one specific thing (like i did) and others actually go and touch up on each of the categories.</p>
<p>OH eric, how pleasant to reread your orgasmic essay for the 23rd time.</p>
<p>yes, most of my essays were last minute........also I suck</p>
<p>And as much as I love people ***** slapping my essay, I posted it per the request of the OP. Not to say that it answered the question successfully, but simply that i was accepted.</p>
<p>cmon u guys dont u love eric's essay?!?!?! l;KSJDF
i think it's brilliant.
WHERES THE LOVE.</p>
<p>my #2 essay's posted in the "post your essay" thread. go search it on the forum! it's post #36. really, interpret it anyway you like, although mine's not as creative or brilliant. it's just bleh and probably been done by many others.</p>
<p>for a serious answer, this question bothered me. i had no idea how to answer it and i worried about it afterwards. i basically just wrote a semi-narrative laundry list of my favorite artists from various mediums, and i got in. it wasn't even an essay.</p>