Tag: writing
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Daily Art Musings: I Really Needed to See This
“I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” ― Frida Kahlo Other than the brutal ice of the December cold, my own mind has been chilled, often wishing I existed in an alternate timeline. I drown the realities out with work and alcohol, and exist daily in a purgatory of action and denial. It occurred…
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Alchemy
Happy Halloween! Alchemy is one of my favorite words. I distinctly remember the first time I saw it. I was in middle school playing a stunning fantasy video game on my Game Boy Advance called Golden Sun. In a nutshell, the game is about eight young people on a quest to save their world. The…
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Pattern: Knit Hogwarts House Scarf
“I solemnly swear I am up to no good.” ― Harry Potter I am one of many millennial Harry Potter fans that was mesmerized by the book’s mysterious and otherworldly setting, memorable characters, and themes of differentness, love, and bravery. I remember the day I got the book. I was in fifth grade―ten years old just like…
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The Beginning
“Where should I start? I texted my old Jiko this question, and she wrote back this: 現在地で始まるべき. You should start where you are.” ― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being I am shaking with overstimulation. After an eclectic and chaotic month of teaching, emotional professional clashes, mass shootings, political assassinations, and an inconvenient…
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AI-Free Childhood
“Distracted from distraction by distraction” — T.S. Eliot It was the first time in perhaps ten years that I opened a half-filled scrap book I started in elementary school. The book has thick pages dyed cream, much like the exquisite resume paper that once was the expectation at job interviews. Between the pages are scraps of…
The Alchemist Diaries 