The toughest a part of observational drawing is seeing the strains the place shadow meets gentle and unfavorable area meets optimistic area. 5 years in the past these strains grew to become tangible to me, as I drew an Ugg boot propped towards my bed room wall. I blinked, and it was now not a […]
Albert Camus mentioned, “You’ll by no means be completely satisfied if you happen to proceed to seek for what happiness consists of. You’ll by no means stay if you’re searching for the which means of life.” If I might say one factor to Albert, it will be that the which means of life might be […]
“I wish to be in Buffalo when the world ends.” I look up from the journal I’ve been flipping by and take a look at my good friend with skepticism. Rolling her eyes as if the reasoning behind her weird assertion is clear to everybody besides me, she explains, “As a result of it’s all […]
Imagine being stuck in traffic waiting to cross an intersection. You have an important meeting to attend and an absence may revoke your chance of promotion. This particular traffic light takes longer than average to change green. As it finally turns to green, the cars ahead of you ease from their brakes and slowly accelerate […]
When life offers you 100 causes to cry, present life that you’ve a thousand causes to smile. Unknown I really like this quote. With its give attention to braveness and self-discipline, it’s one thing I’ve triumphantly come to personal during the last two years. My childhood has not been idyllic: I’ve suffered monumental loss and […]
I have a confession: I watch the Bachelor/ette. I had always wanted to, so when I heard a new season was starting, I decided to try it. Sitting on the couch that first night, my eyes ballooned as women spewed sharp whispers as another limo of women arrived, and I shook my head as one […]
I find solace with the television on, and the cable box turned off. With fragments of black and white vibrating across the screen, and stagnant white noise infiltrating my soul and invigorating my bones, I have the opportunity to feel nothing. I am liberated by the stillness; the static sets me free. Living with an […]
Consider a major expertise you’ve gotten confronted and its influence on you: Ramsay Corridor, in London, England, was flanked by hospitals. I grew to become used to the screeching sirens. On Thursday, July 7, 2005, I didn’t discover it uncommon to listen to so many. It wasn’t till that evening when the town was silent […]
Diversity is living in Chinatown and having dim sum with my Chinese speaking parents every Sunday morning. Diversity is going to school and having Korean, Bengali and half Dominican and Polish friends. Diversity is eating Halal food from street stands, dining in fancy Italian restaurants and simultaneously enjoying a McDonald’s cheeseburger. But diversity extends far […]
“I love you so much Kerry, how did I get so lucky to have a cousin like you?” The day my cousin Laura said this to me I was reaffirmed at how much this statement is true, yet in regards to her. Laura is beautiful, carefree, excited, and has a disability. In 1968 a healthy […]