The tree in the picture was seen outside of Bingham 101 at approximately 3 p.m. on January 21, 2009. The five authors of this blog individually wrote their descriptions of this tree.

Tyler: "I love the tree because the tree gives me life. It is a different looking tree.

Jen: "It's green and it seems like it would be soft to the touch. It's pretty big and it seems great for climbing."

Dylan: "When I looked at the tree the first thing I thought of was Rochefeller Center’s Christmas tree during winter. It’s just as bug as the one blowing in the wind outside, but its decked out in the craziest most colorful ornaments and draperies money can buy."

Virginia: "This tree seems to have a false appearance. The bushy branches make it seem like it would be good for climbing though I believe that beyond the needles the branches would probably not be able to hold much weight."

Vincent: "This tree is a very tall every green and is looking kind of droopy since its weighed down by the rain. But since its an evergreen it reminds me of Christmas. So essentially i perceive it as a tall droopy Christmas tree."

Although the ideas show similarities, one cannot ignore the differences in the perception of the individuals. One can view this experiment as an algebraic equation, where environment, mood, and the object act as constants; while individual perception acts as a variable. The differences betweenthe descriptions is because of our individual methods of perception, involving mood, environment, and the actual object itself. So why is it important? It is important because perception is limited to the jurisdiction of the perceiver, inhibiting one's ability to see every aspect of the entity. This interrogative blog is designed for those who are captivated by the procedure of perception. Specifically the factors attributing to the methods which we use to conclude our thought process. We will be specifically focusing on the different approaches one can encounter while studying the natural sciences, psychology, and art.

Now that you have read about our purpose, here are some short descriptions of the authors:

So, my name is Tyler Fletcher, I'm a freshman at UNC (the

greatest college in the world) and I will be contributing to this blog. I like to write about drugs (the best), politics, and international crises, hopefully I will get the chance to talk about a little bit of each on this blog. My writing really varies greatly depending on my state of consciousness and perception, not necessarily altered by a particular thing, but by an ideal. With that said, its not out of the ordinary for me to say "the tree is ugly" one day, and "the tree is beautiful" the next. So this blog is abut perception, which is a generalized topic because of its ability to change instantaneously. At the same time, it gains a certain specificity when applying it to certain subjects. I hope you guys enjoy my writing, it may provide some insight as to how you perceive things, or it might not. Either way, have fun at our blog.

Hey Tarheels, I'm Dylan D'Joseph and I'm excited to be joining the Doors of Perception blog. I want this blog to allow others to better understand perceptions and how they affect writing. I love writing about politics (Cuba specifically), food

(mainly Italian), drugs (just like Tyler and his similar infatuation), and music (if you enjoy music go to Bonnaroo).I'm part of the ENGL-102 class at UNC Chapel Hill hoping to major in International Studies and minor in Spanish. Hopefully by explaining interesting things like how the brain works in perceiving things and how some odd aspects of natural sciences work people out there will be inspired to follow our blog. This is my first time writing a blog on blogspot and if things go well this will definitely not be the last. Ciao!

Hey my name is Vincent De Neef and I will be one of the authors of this blog. I have only one prior experience with blogging in my last english class but I'm hoping to make this one more successful. I am currently a freshman at UNC Chapel Hill and enjoying it very much. I'm looking to possibly major in physics or some other sort of natural science. My interests include sports in general and participate in swimming and soccer. Our focus will be on perception and hopefully it will provide some insight into keeping an open mind so you can see more than one perception yourself. Either way I hope you enjoy.

Hey, I’m Virginia Conover and I must admit that this is my first experience with writing for a blog. I know that this day and age everyone and their mother has some sort of experience with publishing their work online, but until now I have not come across an idea that I thought was worth blogging. Now that my blogging career has been jumpstarted thanks to my English 102 class at UNC-CH, I am hoping to gain a better understanding of how I perceive things through this blog. I am especially excited for looking further into perception when dealing with psychology since at the moment I am considering a career in a field of psychology. All-in-all I feel that although perception is a very broad and abstract idea, it can easily be tailored to any subject since every single thing on earth is perceived by the individual. For example, I perceive that green looks good on pretty much anything and you can never have enough mango. You might not agree, but it is at least something to think about.

Heyyyyyyy! My name is Jennifer Santillan, most people call me Jen, and a freshman at UNC (GO TAR HEELS!) I honestly don’t write that much, unless it’s facebook chatting, buuuuuuut I would like to start writing a journal about every day things that happen, just so in the future when I’m old I can remember what I did back in the day. This whole blogging thing is pretty new to me and hopefully our blog, Doors of Perception, will get me interested in blogging more often. I find it interesting how perceptions can affect how people view the same thing differently and I’m sure this blog will be one of the most interesting ones in our English 102 class…so yay!