Quentin Tarantino has directed some of the most beautiful films I have seen in my life. He is, in a sense, the anti-director. His work is based purely on dialogue; each of his[…]
Category: 10AP 2020
Essays in Idleness
Essays in Idleness is a collection of musings and opinions on a variety of different subjects, from the perspective of influential Japanese writer Kenko (1283?-1352?) It is a type of non-fiction called zuihitsu— meaning “follow the[…]
Repose – Free Choice
I will sit and watch The same days and same people I sleep And eat Yet they are so busy Moving to no end But I still sit and watch Why[…]
The Silent Killer – June Free Choice
In memory of: Ahmaud Arbery who died for running (25 years old), Breonna Taylor who died for sleeping (26), Botham Jean who died for entering his own home (26), Stephon Clark for holding his phone[…]
Neutrality in a Crisis – June Free Choice
“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.” Dante Alighieri Neutrality is an interesting place to be in. Supporting neither side, a neutral person is[…]
For A Reason – Night Personal Response
“We could bear nearly any pain or disappointment if we thought there was a reason behind it, a purpose, to it.” — Rabbi Harold Kushner, When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Many I[…]
Hide and Seek – Free Choice
“Each day the traders are kidnapping our people … This corruption and depravity are so widespread that our land is entirely depopulated.” “Twa Mwe, a Kwango chief. Indigenous leaders often faced the[…]
Free Choice for April – The Scientist and the Specimen
I only ever love in waves… Too much Then too little Too much Then too little You’re a saint to me, That is, Until you unveil your ugliness Until my patience wears thin and my[…]
A Choice – April Free Choice
So, the title does seem a little misleading but this is a murder mystery, or at least my attempt at a murder mystery short story based upon a six-word story from creative writing: A body,[…]
Love; a Requiem, Epistle, and Journey
Requiem The thin layers of will and faulty delusion, I make my way up higher and higher, never fulfilled; life was greed and greed was life. Oh, the exhilarating landscape I had been promised,[…]