“Changing direction in life is not tragic. Losing passion in life is.” Max Lucado After finishing the novel, “Night” by Elie Wiesel, I found myself overflowed with emotion. Every single Jewish person in the novel[…]
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Tormenting Passion – A Polished Critical
Tormenting Passion (…the nature of motivations that direct an individual’s course of action.) Motivation describes the will granted in order to accomplish a given task. A motivation pushing an individual towards a goal regardless of[…]
Stepping into my Shoes
Hello, and welcome to my first ever blog post! Since this is the starting line of my writing journey, it would only make sense for it to be about the person I currently am, so[…]
Regret as a result of passion vs responsibility
Everyone has passions. Desires to fulfill. Dreams to reach. Goals. Oftentimes our passions are formed to motivate ourselves to get us to where we want to be. Yet, in an individual’s lifetime, there will be[…]
Into the Woods (Jieo & Ibukun)
Love and Other Magic Tricks Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform. (January 2011) Quotation: “A good persuasion.[…]
For Every Lost Soldier
PROMPT: A recurring theme is the classic war between a passion and responsibility. For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or[…]
To Feel & See
“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you just have to see and feel.” (pg.149) Babi from A Thousand Splendid Suns The beautiful moments[…]
Αυτή η δεμι-θεά είναι η ουσία της ποίησης
Ted Talk The eye of the universe bats its lashes at a a single sliver of splintered light blinking boastfully in the opaqueness– a crescent m☽☽n is birthed, carved by the Huntswoman’s ➳silver tipped arrows➳[…]
Bright Young Things
~ ~ “The parties were bigger. The pace was faster, the shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser and the liquour was cheaper.” –F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby ~ By[…]
When it Snows in June
There is a wilderness, home of behemoths issuing from a floor carpeted with life. There is a wilderness, labyrinthian, trees milking the sun, ushering its golden light from the heavens to the earth[…]