To those of you who don’t know me, or to those of you who do, I am a girl who likes to hide behind her facade, a wall between the external and internal, the separation[…]
Author: vrennie
Ideals Rooted in Another – Polished Critical
[…] the significance of idealism and truth in an individual’s life. (June 2009). Ideals are often thought of as the quintessence of escapism; through the creation of false ideals, one may find the motivation[…]
A German Girl and Her… – Polished Personal
[. . .] the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others The following is set during WWII Germany during the purging of Jews. Because of their forbidden love, Liesel and Werner[…]
Dream-Like Responsibility – Polished Critical
[…] the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others (June 2010) Responsibility is inarguably the quintessential factor behind the creation of one’s ideals because it is through one’s illusions that they[…]
WORLD WAR II JAPAN
Emperor – Ryuichi Tamura There are eyes in the stone, the eyes closed in grief and fatigue. The man in black passes my door – You, the Emperor of Winter, my lonely Emperor, walking to[…]
Balance
[…] The ways in which individuals struggle to restore honour and certainty Honour is ironic it can mean that being honourable is finding personal integrity or abiding by moral principles, however, honour can also[…]
It’s Late Summer
It’s late summer and the red death of leaves flow through the wide city streets. It welcomes the thick smell of the October night. And I try to find faces in the red – the[…]
“WORDS, WORDS, WORDS” – A Hamlet Character Analysis
The ways in which individuals struggle to restore honour and certainty. MAIN QUOTE “HAMLET: To be, or not to be? That is the question— Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and[…]
Welcome to the Darkness
My own welcome into darkness happens twice a day. Once in the morning, I pop a little white disc into my mouth and let it dissolve under the tongue. Once in the evening,[…]
A Colourful Tragedy
To those of you who don’t know me or to those of you who think they do, there is a mystery within this heart where a passion lies fast asleep beside a longing to inquire.[…]