http://changethis.com/

Go to that link and look up Jonathon Flaum's article "Find Your Howl" 

Flaum's first story is about a red wolf named Mumon. Mumon was raised in captivity because of a decrease in birth rates in red wolves.  Once the population rate grew Mumon and his siblings were released back into the wild. The rest of the story focuses on Mumon discovering his howl. Through interactions with different wildlife, with some hardships and shame on Mumon's part, he finally finds his howl. Flaum uses this story to symbolize people expanding their freedom in their own lives. Flaum mirrors Mumon's own struggles with struggles that people face in everyday life. People "find their howl" meaning that they find their voice by facing struggles head on. There are no short cuts to finding our own voices despite the lengths that sometimes people go to to avoid doing things the hard way. 


Since I do not know how to post audio clips on here, I will just have to read my own "Howl" aloud but through text. I am going to be explaining my favorite line of lyrics from one of my favorite songs called "The Hell Song" by one of my favorite bands Sum 41. 


---"Everybody’s got their problems (problems)......Everybody says the same thing to you.....It’s just a matter how you solve them (solve them).....And knowing how to change the things you’ve been through". 


This quote of music lyrics speaks to me as a creative person because it literally almost tells what you need to do in order to get past what I was put through. When I told many people I was coming to OU to study Digital Media: Games, Animation, and Special Effects quite a few people thought I was crazy for doing that. THey believed that there is no job prospect in the future for such a major. However, what they obviously didnt realize is something very important, the fact that I am a very motivated and hardworking person who knows what it takes to make it in the world. I do not accept failure very well, so I strive for the very best possible for me. That includes my studies here at OU, in order to prove them all wrong and get a great and fun career!