“…the role emotional courage plays when an individual experiences separation.” Text: “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare All people hold truth their hearts, but only glimpses of it are shared with the people around them. This sense of[…]
Tag: loss
A Love in Spring – Polished Personal
…the nature of human longing and how an individual’s life is shaped by such dreams… My first dream was to fall in love. At 7 I watched every Disney princess movie and while my brothers[…]
an incomplete me- a polished personal exam
AN INCOMPLETE ME (…the nature of human longing and how an individual’s life is shaped by such dreams) The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah I remember. They think I’ve forgotten, but I still remember. It[…]
Nowhere
A creative piece based on the idea of the unknown in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. “What the—” The man’s eyebrows furrow as he opens one eye to pear at the sunlight piercing his eyelids, before[…]
Limestone Love: Quotation Presentation
A creative emulation response to a quote from “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini: “Already Laila sees something behind this young girl’s eyes, something deep in her core, that neither Rasheed nor the Taliban will[…]
Ted Talk: Heir to a Garden Heart
part 1: (child) When I was a child, my favorite flowers were tulipa tardas, these tiny pale yellow star-shaped blossoms. In the spring, they are the first to bloom and the first to die,[…]
An Eye For An Eye (Polished Personal Response)
~ 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[…]
(a letter never sent)
Dear best friend, How have you been? Tell me about the continuous stream of photos from you filling up my Instagram feed for I’m sure there’s an adventure to tell behind each one. Oh, how[…]
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[…]
A Requiem – To Me
If there is one thing I have learned throughout my life, it’s that an innocent man will always be used by others. Those that are corrupt. Whether it is his parents, siblings, or friends, there[…]
