April 2015
Pigment Perception: A Response to the “The Price of Blackness”
Tears well up in my eyes every time I hear it, and my heart gets really heavy and I can slowly feel it sink into my stomach, then my hips, all the w..
Toward those short trees / We saw a hawk descending / On a day in spring.
Shiki
Observing Jealousy in “Othello, The Moor of Venice”
Love and jealousy are powerful emotions that can induce behavior that would otherwise not normally be warranted. In Othello, The Moor Of Venice, jea..
The Variety of Family Found in Harry Potter
Family can have numerous meanings, depending on the individual defining the term. The term can exclusively mean “a group of people who share common ..
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
Henry David Thoreau
The Fear of Being Black
“(Bang)” Another man down!
It’s not considered murder if the body doesn’t make a sound.
And, it doesn’t get justice if nobody’s around,
Just anot..
Pariah in the Flames
This is a character named Juji I created, for a story I never got around to writing.
Plato’s Allegorical Cave – A Christian View
“The Myth of the Cave” is an allegory that represents the human condition as light vs. dark. The prisoners in the cave represent humanity and light ..
A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.
Natalie Goldberg