I am standing on the bridge between chaos and tranquility, between crimson and greenery. I want to drink from that well of blue water, to graze beneath the hearts of rounded mountains. I want to stop and dance with the dandelions, to twirl around their seeds, to grow my own. I want to expel black…
Dreyfoos School of the Arts' own literary magazine is initiating a program to help the students at Stoneman Douglas. We are asking students to submit visual and/or written submissions that are meant to heal the students and faculty at Douglas. All submissions should be sent to seedsmag@gmail.com; we also launched an Instagram page called seeds.artfortheheart, where students…
While most people try not to judge a book by its cover, some involuntarily judge a book by its colors. Simply seeing or hearing words can cause a select group of people to instantly associate words with colors, a phenomenon known as synesthesia. After hearing about this condition, I wanted to know more about those…
Time is a liquid. We carry it throughout the day in our cupped hands; we slosh it around as the hours pass; we watch as droplets fall unto the ground when we stress and when we are unproductive; we watch time glide down our fingers when we procrastinate. And when the day is over, we throw our…
Between the crevices in the syntax, the sentence, the subject, punctuation serves as an altar to ideas that cannot be connected by splinters or nails. Exclamation marks that yell also scream out tales. Gentle commas swirl into periods, like silk but even softer and create something that serves the crevices between the icons and…
Happy Wednesday, everyone! I would like to congratulate Alicia Mrachek for being February's poetry winner of the 2B or Not 2B website! Alicia's writing truly is amazing, and her poem “Rubber Pieces of April” shows how raw and honest her writing is. Every month there will be a new winner pertaining to all genres of writing, so keep a look out…
The most prevalent goal for writers and artists is to make an impact on the world around them. When you fall in love with a film, find yourself entranced by a book, or realize you are transfixed by an art piece, you feel as if those pieces of works have impacted you in some way, yes?…
A couple years ago, I was given a Kindle for my birthday. I remember being excited; I was ready to read my favorite classics on the same device wherever I wanted, eager to swipe the touch screen, anxious to download dozens of applications from the app store. But, most of all, I was excited to…
Congratulations to Chloe Coates for being the first poetry winner of the 2B or Not 2B website! Every month there will be a new winner pertaining to all genres of writing, so keep a look out for new artists featured on this blog. Doors to Life by Chloe Coates What are we, man, woman, child,…
A guide to help all of my fellow Creatives out there to fall in love with their creative process.
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