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“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

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Control – Free Choice

May 8, 2020June 11, 2020 katie125Katie

  I don’t think I understand  How we have the world in the palm of our hand.   We’re expected to nod our heads, zip our lips, And hope that we get something out of[…]

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The Monsters of Victor Frankenstein & Walter White – Frankenstein Response

January 28, 2020January 29, 2020 _luca.jr_Luca

— The Monsters — of — Victor Frankenstein & Walter White — Breaking Bad Theme… Knowing that not everybody watches the same things I do, I feel inclined to provide a quick synopsis the award-winning[…]

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An Eye For An Eye (Polished Personal Response)

January 5, 2018January 7, 2018 jadeb2000Jade

~ The following is a creative response (stage play) to the visual–a photograph by Marco Antonio Cruz from his book Habitar La Oscuridad (Inhabiting the dark). This particular photograph is one of many taken by Cruz that[…]

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“Freedom” of Choice

October 23, 2017 rehmantariqRehman

I once read an article that argued that “you’re the average of the five people you spend the most time with” (Source Unknown). My first reaction to that was sincere disbelief. Upon reflecting on my[…]

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Holding Breath in a Room Full of Air

January 6, 2017January 10, 2017 ZiyanaKZiyana

She held her breath in a room full of air. She was determined to prove she could control her body, because she was afraid to be a slave to the flesh and bone construct that[…]

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Porcelain Berry Vines

December 21, 2016January 10, 2017 ZiyanaKZiyana

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[…]

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The True Monstrosity

October 14, 2016October 14, 2016 ZiyanaKZiyana

Women in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein play apparently disposable roles that are founded in a docile pliability. Females appear to be one-dimensionally portrayed as possessable and passive supports for the actions of the more prominently capable[…]

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A Ladies Only Poker Night

December 4, 2015December 4, 2015 malikadayaMalika

A Ladies Only Poker Night A Monologue: Stella to Blanche Stella is losing her temper with Blanche over a few drinks of bourbon while playing a game of poker in the kitchen. New found truths[…]

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Who is Stanley Kowalski?

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 siddharthk21Siddharth

  Who is Stanley Kowalski? Introduced to the reader through the aggressive symbolism of raw meat, Williams seems to have a very clear intention of who we wants Stanley to be. Right from our opening[…]

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Physical Force and Physical Love

November 29, 2015November 30, 2015 ZiyanaKZiyana

Through currents that are subtle yet nonetheless powerful, dominance is a controlling factor in relationships- both of the past and present.  Dramatized to demonstrate the effects of dominance, the connection between passion and violence in Tennessee[…]

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