As I write this I am sitting in my room on my bed, with the faint glow from my salt lamp and only a will to lie still. Not to die but to lie still,[…]
Tag: life
The eye of my mind
Prompt: The ways in which individuals deal with the prospect of an uncertain future. Text: Habitar La Oscuridad Theme statement: When individuals are faced with the prospect of an uncertain future, they[…]
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,[…]
A Destination Left Behind – Polished Personal (Free Choice #2)
— A Destination Left Behind — “The nature of human longing and how an individual’s life is shaped by such dreams…” (Texts: “The Nightingale” by Kristen Hannah & “Be Still” by Elizabeth Gadd) The day[…]
Frankenstein: The Real Monster
What does it mean to be a monster? Who is the real monster in Frankenstein? Is Victor, the well-intentioned yet trouble scientist, a monster? What is his creation the monster? Are they both monsters in[…]
About Me — An Indefinable Definition
Who I am is difficult to express through words. Like a block of clay in a potter’s hand, I am someone who is watered-down, then shape up again, accenting the likable traits, and carving out[…]
For Every Lost Soldier
PROMPT: A recurring theme is the classic war between a passion and responsibility. For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or[…]
Redemption (both in your eyes and in mine)
I just want to take this moment to sincerely apologize for my lack of preparation for the first presentation of our AP year. I know some of you don’t know me very well, and I[…]
On the American Dream.
I don’t think the American Dream is “bad”. Ironically, many of the books I have read that revolve around the idea of the American dream support a much more hopeless view on the dream[…]
Thirty and a Half Minutes: A Tragedy
Note: I’m struggling to come up with material at the moment, so for this blog I have decided to publish a script I had written last year. My deepest apologies, and I will humbly accept[…]