If you haven’t already done so, I highly encourage you to check out the “Our Greatest Resource” issue just released at Project As[I]Am. It features love letters, poetry, visual and audio art about the world we want to create. You can also hear our editors speak on the issue in our audio letter — edited […]
Yet another list today, but this one a little more on the how-to side; having recently done a bit of travel, I feel it is mandatory to put up a post on the best ways to travel for a writer, from hyperlocal (really really hyperlocal) to global, travel can be just what you need to […]
Yesterday, I mentioned that one method of celebrating the day-to-day is to take notes. This advice was first introduced to me by Anne Lamott in her book Bird by Bird. The first time I read it, the message didn’t necessarily sink in – what was I going to do with the mountain of notecards/notebooks/computer files […]
I talked a bit on Monday about beginnings (and endings). About how there are a lot of them in this life to take note of, that we don’t often choose to see. I was thinking about how I could make that concept concrete in my own life this year, starting at the generally accepted level […]
Yesterday was the first day of classes at Columbia, which ushered in the fruitful chaos that is the fall semester here at college. Though I’ve been here for a week to work on Well Woman topics and generally ease myself back into New York-style living, the beginning of classes was wonderful. Sitting down with a […]
What are some pairs that don’t go well together? Creativity and exams. Productivity and busy work. Deadlines and relaxation. Yet these same pairs come together all too often in the life of anyone who has a job or attends school and still wants to channel creative pursuits. Putting these pairs together is like assembling furniture […]
Last week, I had the fabulous opportunity to attend not one, but two literary events in NYC: The Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe Friday night slam and The Moth’s StorySlam at the Brooklyn Museum. After getting a healthy dose of Snoop Dogg, I took a 180 degree turn in my live entertainment consumption. And, to put it […]
I am at an impasse. I have come to love the broadsheets that I have created for the collage project so much that I feel it would almost be better to leave them as is (as opposed to cutting them up into all sorts of cool shapes), although that was not my original intention for […]
It is time for me to tackle the double-edged sword that has been affecting me all of my college life thus far: the complicated relationship between my creative and academic minds. I have devoted myself to academics, which is a major privilege and portion of my daily life. I am lucky enough to be able […]
This was the first blizzard of the year and Barnard didn’t close until the afternoon. When everything else was closed early in the morning. Ugh! But once they did close, I was thankful because I got to get all my work done and now I am no longer panicking as I am wont to do.It […]