Prompt: The conflict between choosing a personal desire or choosing to conform. He whispered to me, “in the war you find solace.” I laughed then. A bitter laugh it was. Delusional old man. Who is[…]
Category: Sadia
Essay
The Yearning That Becomes Need Prompt: The ways in which individuals pursue or compromise their happiness. Jubilance is a trait one cannot[…]
Mama, and Her Night of Stars
The following is a response to Italo Calvino’s short story, “The Distance of the Moon.” I fear it, the terror of the night skies, where our cries become silenced, where my agonized eyes, desperately search[…]
To Muzzle My Sins
The following is a journal response from Scene Six. Question: From Allan Gray’s point of view, retell the story Blanche told Mitch. Try to provide some explanations why he killed himself and how he felt[…]
Lie to Me
Lie to me. Please lie to me. Let me not know that this is my truth, my reality. God let me not know. Keep my eyes clouded, blind. Let my ears bleed; prevent me from[…]
The Magic
The following is a response to the film Life Is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni and the epilogue written by Gustave Gilbert in Sergeant Nibley PhD. Magic. He lost it. He found it. They are the magic. Hide[…]
How We Always Walk By
There is that girl. She walks. Passes by strangers, her every breath causes a haze of fog to conjure within the fronts of her vision. She clenches the cold fabric of her pockets tighter. It[…]
This I Believe- Society Suppresses Our Empathy
I believe that society through its silent deception, lulls the empathy that we acquire into a permanent slumber. That inclination, that inconceivable urge we have to root ourselves within another’s fear and become the sturdy[…]