The System
Metal bars barricaded every access point
I walked
Ominously across the spotless tiled floor
“Don’t get lost in here”
He warned
The room was small and
It felt like it was getting smaller by the second
I began worrying
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Fear: A Mindset
Fear: A Mindset Out of breath Must be released Feared that we would lose until Death row Take it all in I’ve been so worried I haven’t even thought… I’ve lost New trial Get you home Mood lightened We’d been too afraid to discuss This assignment took me by surprise at first, if I’m being … Continue reading Fear: A Mindset →
Read moreTerrible Nightmare
I had bad dreams with my mother’s body so beaten-down.
My mother was very beautiful once.
The world’s ugliest cat tried to drown a scrawny kitten with worms.
I begged so hard, cried even, to let out my mother.
The All-Consuming Monster We Struggle to Slay
Title is a mouthful, huh?
In fact, you’d expect my Human Document to have a drawing of an actual monster (that might have been clever!), but instead there’s just a messy disarray. In my eyes, that’s stress, and I thought it would be appropriate to make this sketch about it, seeing as we’re at that point of the semester where it feels like we have responsibilities and problems and work coming at us from every direction. Here’s the poem:
about stress
i have found
The moment of departure itself
without frequency
causes mere charge
not relief… Continue reading The All-Consuming Monster We Struggle to Slay
Read morePrivately You’re Thinking…
Privately You’re Thinking… privately you’re thinking American people were very happy no scandals. Then, Donald Trump the MLK bust in the background made it more real that contrast While reading Obama, An Oral History by Brian Abrams, I came across a series of quotes on page 394 by Jen Psaki and Kori Shulman, two communications advisors …
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Read moreAudience Engagement
Spiegelman attempts to keep the audience engaged with his work by implementing camera angle shifts, as well as variety in panel structure. When placing the panel styles for both pages side-by-side, it may seem like they are pages from two different authors’ styles altogether. Both of these pages are critically designed to keep the audience […]
Read moreShe Would Never See Her Again
This was not a good sign. Her eyes blinked She would never see her again. It stung her As she lay there Her breathing calmed. She could feel herself against the floor. She would never see her mother again. This text is taken from the novel “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak. I recently got this…
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Page 157 from Tune in By: Sonia Choquette
Humument inspired by The British artist Tom Phillips
All that Remains
She was laughing in the photo. Now she drooped, particularly quiet. We sat on the floor as if around a table. One spot was left empty for family members who were gone or deceased. I gently set our family photo at the empty setting. Mother Mother “Now, you know better.” Now, this was quite an… Continue Reading →
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