Isabella.donn

Bio

About me

I am a junior in high school and I am beyond interested in meditation and the effects it leaves on your body. I am into learning about diverse cultures and their history and reasoning for their rules and dynamics. I began getting into meditation when I was in 6th grade when I started noticing how maintaining a certain breathing pattern helped my anxiety, from there I tried and learned several types of breaths to help me in different situations. Once I became into the breaths, I got into different guided meditation that helped with many different things. From guided meditation I learned about chakras and the effect they have on the human body. To this day I am still learning and growing my plate of knowledge of eastern medicine, mediation, and distinct cultures such as Buddhism. As a person I would say I am a very easy-going down-to-earth person who is energetic, excited, and kind.

My wikipedia interests

While I am using Wikipedia, I plan to investigate information about diverse cultures and different practices. For example, Buddhism is a remarkably interesting topic to look up on Wikipedia it is a very in-depth page, and it brings so much information and fresh look at the culture. But on a different side of things, I would love to add more to the smaller things that interest me such as charkas, when you look up this topic there is no information on the chakras I am into. There is a sentence or two on chakras which is a place in Iran, which is obviously not what I am talking about so I would love to add information for others to learn.

Article evaluation

I have been interested in gemstones and the benefits they have, as well as the power they hold. I've been collecting gemstones for as long as I can remember, going to the beach and small stores on vacation. I was always drawn to the rocks and the energy they give off. I have many favorites, but one I noticed did not have good enough coverage was the stone Tiger’s eye. While visiting Tiger’s Eye Wikipedia page I noticed three that need to be greater, cultural associations.

Cultural association  

In this Wikipedia page it states, “In some parts of the world, the stone is believed to ward off the evil eye.” This does not give the reader any context on what parts of the world, how it wards off the evil eye, as well as the multiple other things the stone provides to many diverse cultures around the world. Ancient Egyptians used Tiger's eye to adorn the eyes of their statuary, symbolizing divine vision. (https://christophertaylortimberlake.com/materials/alternative-june-birthstones-tiger-eye-moonstone) The stone has also been used in Chinese cultures, Greek and Roman mythology too. In Chinese folklore they believe the tiger is protecting the good, guarding it from the evil. Being a guardian spirit, Tiger's Eye has often been carved into amulets and worn to ward off bad spirits, protecting its wearers. (https://www.myku.co/pages/tiger-eye) . Tiger’s eye is used in many ways and the Wikipedia article does not show the cultural association that the stone deserves.  

Citations  

While looking further into the Wikipedia article I noticed there were citations and they had links, at first glance this may seem factual but with a deeper look you can see most of the citations are dated to as early as 1909 when it uses USGS (1908–1909). "Cat's Eye or Tiger-Eye". Mineral Resources of the United States / Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office. 2: 802 as a reference. This article could use an update on the facts that are being published in the article.  

Variety of the stone  

This article does not state several types of Tiger’s eye such as Blue Tiger’s eyes, Galaxy Tiger’s eye, and Red Tiger’s eye. These varieties of stone are all connected to the original Told tigers' eye so why not be listed on the page? This would be an easy fix as to just mention and add a wiki link.  

Conclusion  

In the final analysis, I would say this page is mediocre, it gives you the facts of the rock, it gives you a small hint of its background, however it does not pull the reader in for more. It does not try and get the reader interested in the gemstone and the branches it holds. Also it is missing information on culture and updated citations which could completely misdirect the reader. If this could be updated it would help people fully understand the gemstone Tiger’s eye.