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Leaving WordPress…
View post: Leaving WordPress…My reasoning for leaving WordPress and starting writing over on Substack for more community engagement and high quality writing and discussions.
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A Literary Reflection of: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
View post: A Literary Reflection of: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul KalanithiA literary reflection on how Paul Kalanithi’s book When Breath Becomes Air looking specifically on death, cancer, neuroscience, connection with literature, and looking back on life feeling fulfilled.
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Analysis of Why Read the Classics? By Italo Calvino- Martin McLaughlin Translation
View post: Analysis of Why Read the Classics? By Italo Calvino- Martin McLaughlin TranslationA personal reflection and literary analysis of Italo Calvino’s Why read the classics essay written in 1981. Italian writer. Translation work. Literary criticism.
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From Dada to AI Revolt: A Brief History of ATCs & ACEOs
View post: From Dada to AI Revolt: A Brief History of ATCs & ACEOsA brief history of how the industrial revolution led to the Dada art movement which let to ATC and ACEO art trading and creation. Mention of Mail Art, Yoko Ono, Ray Johnson, Comte, Satre, Stirnemann, Warhol. Art History. Art revolutions.
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For the Love of Books
View post: For the Love of BooksTo read a book more than once out of personal interest rather than requirement is not only and ode to the author but a display of love from a true bibliophile. As someone who jumps from one book to the next the second my eyes pass over ‘The End,’ I rarely do reread books. The…
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Three Artworks that Exemplify the Essence of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque Era
View post: Three Artworks that Exemplify the Essence of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque EraThe essay below was an assignment from my college-level art history course from 2025-2026 coving the Middle Ages to the Baroque period. The assignment was to choose a work from each of the listed eras and explain why they were the essence of the given cultural time. The essay below is my intellectual property unless…
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Literary Analysis: The Linear Theme of Narcissistic Men in The Yellow Wallpaper and My Last Duchess
View post: Literary Analysis: The Linear Theme of Narcissistic Men in The Yellow Wallpaper and My Last DuchessThis comparison and synthesis essay of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and My Last Duchess by Robert Browning was assigned during a 2024 college English Class. All ideas and text below is my own intellectual property unless directly cited. The Linear Theme of Narcissistic Men in The Yellow Wallpaper and My Last Duchess…
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My Father’s Home
View post: My Father’s HomeNot a never, as I have been there. Many times. I used to live within the walls that he altered with spackle and paint and wood trim to create his own safe space. I was a cherished decoration in the house of a man who had finally found himself. A house now owned by unknowns.…
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Spring is Here and So is the Existential Dread
View post: Spring is Here and So is the Existential DreadNever experienced 80 degree weather in April before, but here we are. As the air warms so does the stress of life. Through the winter, we hunker down, keep stock of what we have to survive off of, and plan for the warmer days. This is good in theory but difficult when you never get…
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Muffins with Endless Flavor Options
View post: Muffins with Endless Flavor OptionsLike anyone else, I love a versatile recipe that can be adapted to the seasons and ingredients on hand. This vegan muffin recipe is one I have used for years as it starts you with a good base to add-in any flavor combination you want. There will be a ton of “ifs” in this recipe…
WRITE. READ. REPEAT.
“Oscar Wilde said that if you know what you want to be, then you inevitably become it – that is your punishment, but if you never know, then you can be anything. There is a truth to that. We are not nouns, we are verbs.”
-Stephen Fry
About the Author
K. Fowler
K Fowler is a bibliophile and an artist from Washington State. She discusses literary analysis, college life, and her own artwork and appreciation for other’s. K’s preferred mediums are watercolor and oil paint with subjects ranging from the natural world to fantasy and surrealism. While a full time student, she sells her art on eBay and Etsy, and is a full time cat mom to an opinionated tortoiseshell named Olga. K currently holds an Associate’s of Art and is working towards her Bachelor’s of English. The book and art communities are the key building blocks to humanity and reflect how we react to and interact with the world around us. Each person’s experience is unique and worth hearing. So let’s talk about it all: the everything and the nothing.
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