Echo
Whenever I move, there’s an echo. One version of me following another, until the sound of her is completely gone…
Continue ReadingWhenever I move, there’s an echo. One version of me following another, until the sound of her is completely gone…
Continue Reading“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.” – Salvador Dali “In Dreams” Inspired by the dream of the unicorn in Blade Runner, the painting seeks to capture the atmosphere of nostalgia in the style of a fairy tale. The painting embodies the yearning for human connection in the age of virtualized identities. […]
Continue ReadingMuch to her displeasure, as the moon waned to crescent, Miss Carlisle was roused from a five-day slumber by an onset of pain in her mouth. Upon brief examination in the mirror, she was confronted by a major alteration in her appearance — her canines were elongated and hooked. No longer was she able to […]
Continue ReadingTo the Person I Thought I Was, High school has changed you. It has made you cold. Buried beneath the layers of the façade you cake on, you are still there, the real you. It will take some time to dig her back out, but she will see the light of day eventually. Right now, […]
Continue Reading“Do not collapse before your minute is over. Understood?” The tester glared down at us as I nodded. I was the one that stood out, with my pale skin and scrawny figure. However, regardless of my dislike, or disability rather, for any physical activity, I still had to take the Physical Fitness Assessment. “Hello? Olivia?” […]
Continue ReadingAs much as I might want to be, I never truly am. As much as I might crave the sea, I’ll always hate the sand. As much as I might need to scream, It’s stuck there in my throat. As much as I might dare to dream, It’s all in words I wrote. […]
Continue ReadingWhen you were little, you used to wear tiny floral print dresses and sit with your legs apart because that was the only way you knew how to. You would confidently march on that stage and carve melodies with your body — each move either accentuating or masking every curve on your body — and […]
Continue ReadingDiverging into crevices, rotting away, hidden. An intellectual decay, a sophisticated savage, deploring for substance, my sustenance. Longing for a cover to devour, for a cause to fixate and a persona to adapt. Musty inhabiting between the coarse layers where comfort and the concepts of superiority are my neighbours. Occupying the space on a bookcase, […]
Continue ReadingIt’s ok if you’re unsure, And don’t know how to feel; If you lay awake at night and wonder Which parts of life are real. You’ve only just turned twenty, And life has been a dream, But now you start to think about Whether it’s what it seems. What if you’re too quiet? Do people […]
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