Category: Writing
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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
A 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
A 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
A 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
To 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
The 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
This 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
Not 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
Never 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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2025…
New year, same busy ass life. It is currently 5:57pm on December 31st, 2024. I hate to name some cliche like “oh what a year it has been”, but damn…what a year it has been. My house flooded due to a burst pipe. I went to Japan and had an amazing time being able to…
Everything With Nothing 