Renovations Hands coated in spackle, breathing deeply, the summer heat unrelenting. She knows nothing of me, nature, refusing to blow a breeze through my window. This is a sauna of my own design. A day of ripping outdated wallpaper from the 70s into sheets. They lay on the carpet like fish, baking in the heat. […]
Bones on Call RADIO STATIC STARTS STRONG THEN FADES OUT-POST OPERATOR: THIS IS OUTPOST 11 OFF OF 5 REQUESTING BONES. BONES YOU THERE? ZIVA: BONES ON, WHERE’S THE DROP? RADIO RETURNS, FADES TAPE RECORDER CLICK, CAR DOOR SLAMS SHUT. CAR IGNITION TURNS OVER. SOUND OF SEAT BELT BEING BUCKLED ZIVA: KIT, TOWELS, ALCOHOL, AND… NIGHTSTICK.
Keep Standing Up What makes an interesting story? What makes a story so good in your mind, heart, and soul that even after one viewing, listen, or read, your mind can’t help but wander back? I decided to watch Spider- Man: Into the Spider-verse and I just can’t stop thinking about it. It feels like
A Poem From here On I am Stuck in Place ISit, wallow,Dream, andHope that oneDay I will beMore than this.Until then, I stay where I am, feel the pain, and hope it won’t
Front Row to the Storm All day long, the sky had taken on a dramatic quality. Dark clouds tinted the clear parts of the sky a sickly green color. The air outside played into the theatrical scene with enough moisture to drench a person if they dare set foot outside. This weather was the exact
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Issue #2 Conversation Starter: Kintsugi Here at brown bag, we spent a few days mulling over what we wanted the theme of the second issue to be. Something that spoke to the lived experiences of others, of ourselves, and that lived in art. For a few days Taylor and I sent words and phrases back
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Breathe Easy The concept for this series came to me while I was walking around. I found so many blooming trees and felt a little like nature was kinda giving us a well deserved middle finger. That she was breathing in the air so easily, able to bloom as if it were nothing, while our
An Ode to Coffee We were acquaintances for so long, you and I. The mornings I’d wake up, and smell you, the secret conversation you had with my mom before sunrise. You were omnipresent for so long. Hot coco was my substitute as a child, but you always had an allure that I couldn’t resist.
What’s Up: A COVID-19 Cover https://youtu.be/HykuUoHxh_4 Cover of “What’s Up” by the 4 Non Blondes, copyright 1992
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Top 10 Songs 1.) Saintlike – Jakey a.) I’m not trying to throw you off beat // Don’t wanna slow you down // I want too much // I’m the splinter in your footb.) You’re snow-packed- // You’re glacial at heart // You played to my vice- // A shoulder of ice // We knew