Below is my polished personal response to the photo by Elliot Erwin that captures the idealized the romantic couple in a rear-view mirror. What do these texts suggest to you about idealism and truth in[…]
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Porcelain Berry Vines
What do these texts suggest about an individual’s response to the constraints of convention or circumstance? (Polished Personal) Creative Response to Wilmer Mills’ poem “Diary of a Piano-Tuner’s Wife” with connections from the ideas of rebellion[…]
A Stolen Crown
The response that I have shared is not my personal response towards Trump acquiring the presidential title of the United States of America, but rather is the perspective of an individual that could arise during[…]
Letters Home
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about how acts of courage develop and nurture personal integrity. (June 08) To my dearest Eleanor, I hope you never have to read[…]
Polished Personal-How He Found His Peace in Hell
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[…]
Murder
* These are just my thoughts as of this moment. I feel that it can be quite dark, so please, if you’re in a good mood and don’t want to ruin it, do not take[…]
To Love, is to War
I have heard that humanity is good. Of course hearing is very different from believing. That is, I never believed it. Then came November 5, 2015. There was a man. A retired Corporal[…]
A Letter to War ~ Free Choice
Dear War: I saw you in the news today. You looked the same as you always did. You were wearing a scarf woven out of the threads cast by fear and hatred; power and insanity.[…]
Protecting young minds
When you see a child, yours or not, you have this intense, overwhelming desire to protect it, to shield it from the world. Shield it from the war, pain, and horror of everyday military life.[…]
This I Believe: Humanity in Hopelessness
“If we say we care, we must take action.” – Malala Yousafzai I believe in the importance of humanity during times of hopelessness. To simply state our concern in these times, and not take action[…]