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 […]
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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Justice for George Floyd This week our minds have been occupied with a disheartening trend of police brutality towards brown and black men in the United States, and most recently in our backyard. On Monday, May 25th George Floyd was murdered by police. The only reason we know about this murder is because it was
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What’s Up With Dragons? In these troubling times of equal parts anxiety and boredom, I find it helpful to ask questions and seek answers from Wikipedia. It’s a nice way to practice curiosity and get insight into our world. For me, I chose dragons as my topic of discovery, because they have always been fascinating
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Little Things I’m Doing to Survive This Pandemic Hello, We’re in some weird times right now. Scary even. Covid-19 has reached us in the states, and has shut down just about everything. I’m thankful that we’ve managed to close down all non-essential services, for the most part, but as a health care worker, it’s been
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Disney World During COVID-19 Last week I was on vacation at the most magical place on Earth: Disney World. I went with my brother and mother as a kind of “let’s recapture that childhood” vacation, and we were more than excited when we booked back in October. Then, months later when Covid-19 infection rates were
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Burnout The most frustrating place to exist is on the grey side of winter. Where your mental background is half-melted snow piles and dead grass. The bitter cold wind that whispers bitter lies, and that all your ideas are best left in the permafrost. Whether it’s work or creative life being affected, burnout can be