To draw. To create is to feel anger. It is the fury of your silence, the poison in your stare, and the repetition of one word, one word, one word to keep calm.… Read more “I want to”
Month: April 2016
identity
“Migration across borders can cause mental illness: the ways the space you have penetrated can penetrate you so deeply as to splinter your mind” You feel nostalgic… Read more “identity”
Goodbye Hello
Dear Sophie, As I write this, there are two more days until the end of the semester (not counting the two exams I have). One day of… Read more “Goodbye Hello”
July 6, 2015
“What do you want?” such a simple question with a not so simple answer. I’ve been struggling with this question for as long as I can remember,… Read more “July 6, 2015”
when i call you my love
So far I have only written one topic, which is hardly a topic, and more of a compulsion. The language of topos suggests consolidation around a theme,… Read more “when i call you my love”
“Well I’ve learned everything now, I’m ready”
This according to Allingham, which in preparation for his final undergraduate class (he had every intention of attending), told me all about the learning process, how it… Read more ““Well I’ve learned everything now, I’m ready””
On Old Friendships and Endings
I talk to a couple of people this week about how rapidly the end of our undergraduate careers approaches. Finals flatten out the jagged and uncertain landscape… Read more “On Old Friendships and Endings”
21 Years of Sundays
At our church there is a giant statue of a freshly crucified Jesus Christ hanging from the 30 foot wall behind the main alter. I remember being… Read more “21 Years of Sundays”
Paradigm Shifts In Writing
I learned to read and write from a very early age. I grew up as an only child, and before I started kindergarten my mom and I… Read more “Paradigm Shifts In Writing”
Losing Confidence and Foucault’s Carceral Society
The loss of confidence Ahmed writes about in her post on Feministkilljoys parallels the metaphors and examples in Foucault’s Discipline and Punish to showcase that a loss… Read more “Losing Confidence and Foucault’s Carceral Society”
