Essay

I have lived in constant fear of the word "beautiful." Exceptional, no, unique, never, but any word that has ever described the state of my face? Every. Single. Damn. Time. It's a consistent, damnable struggle.

I turn fifteen in exactly sixteen days. That, in and of itself, is terrifying. Difficult to explain, really, but I am a writer — that is my job — to explain, to entertain, to engage.

I suppose the best kind of freedom can be found in listening to old records, sitting alone in your room, a cool drink in hand, book open in your lap.

I'm putting this one up here for myself to hang onto; that being said, it's a message I'd like to extend to any 2021 grads! :)

    It was Friday and it was the same as every other Friday or so we thought. Every Friday for gym class we have fitness Friday.

For a long time, the most interesting news articles about technology were vapid product reviews. The most popular Kickstarters all shared the same mentality of trying to make everything from smoke detectors to coolers smart.

Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it.
- Joseph Conrad

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.
- Arthur Schopenhauer

Agitate! Agitate! Ought to be the motto of every reformer. Agitation is the opposite of stagnation – the one is life, the other death.
- Ernestine Rose

You can’t use up creativity, the more you use, the more you have.
- Maya Angelou

Creativity is intelligence having fun.
- Albert Einstein

It always seems impossible until it’s done.
- Nelson Mandela

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.
- Cullen Hightower

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.