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Polished Personal-How He Found His Peace in Hell

January 21, 2016January 21, 2016 sadiaaSadia

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[…]

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January 15, 2016January 21, 2016 sadiaaSadia

       The Yearning That Becomes Need                    Prompt: The ways in which individuals pursue or compromise their happiness.   Jubilance is a trait one cannot[…]

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Mama, and Her Night of Stars

January 10, 2016January 13, 2016 sadiaaSadia

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[…]

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To Muzzle My Sins

December 2, 2015December 3, 2015 sadiaaSadia

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[…]

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Lie to Me

November 12, 2015November 30, 2015 sadiaaSadia

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[…]

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The Magic

October 12, 2015October 13, 2015 sadiaaSadia

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[…]

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How We Always Walk By

September 27, 2015September 30, 2015 sadiaaSadia

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[…]

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This I Believe- Society Suppresses Our Empathy

September 15, 2015November 12, 2015 sadiaaSadia

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[…]

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