Dialectical Journal Analysis

Writing a dialectical journal for the first time was actually interesting. Especially spending each day with a leaf. I would get weird looks or questions from my family and friends why I am holding a leaf. If I saw someone holding a deformed leaf in the library, or cafeteria I would react the same way. For a week we have to take at least ten minutes of our time to write down our experience with our object for class. In my case I took my leisure time with a leaf. I was actually surprise to find a leaf because we are in the winter season and most trees loses their leaves due to the temperature. I found the leaf outside of Meier building near the door entrance of Dunkin Donuts. There was a whole bunch of leaves, which made me question how it the tree still has leaves on it. I stop to pick out the leaf. Many students walked in and out of the building. I notice a couple of students had made an odd facial expression, as to why I am randomly picking a leaf. It was an awkward feeling and I walked into class. There were some days where I was in the cafeteria and the library. Looking at the leaf, the shape was like a lip holding it horizontally. The texture of the leaf is firm and flexible like a piece of paper. It was dark green on one side like an
On my first day, I drew a smiley face on the leaf since I am going to spend time for a week. This made me happy every time I look at it along the week. Almost losing my leaf on my third day gave me a slight panic but I found it in my backpack crushed between my notebooks. Looking at the shape I was surprise it was not spilt in half however, the shape was deformed. In general, when I am casually holding the leaf one of my friends or families would look at me oddly. They would either ask me why I am a holding leaf or slowly walk away. Especially, when I was in the library because it is unlikely to see someone with a