Hair-story

I attended a conference about the social implications of hair – needless to say, I thought about it for a while. Long hair was precious when I was young. From the bushy afro of my baby pictures grew a mane that writhed down my back and looped itself over my sloping shoulders. I was a […]

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The South Asian Question in a New York Minute

The New York MinuteLiving in New York is a mixture of fast and slow moments – this week, I’ve experienced the latter half. But, even when God deals you an idle hand, you must embrace it. And therefore, we must write.Thus, this week, I present to you a warm-up article for the actual one that […]

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Firefly Shadows

Karyan flipped past an advertisement for makeup and found little pencil marks indenting the page. Sitting on her oversized queen bed one night, they had conspired against anyone who wore these atrocious things (half the school) and vowed to cut off their mock-goth hairstyles and burn them in a bonfire. Needless to say, their mothers […]

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The Fremont Troll Chronicles

Everyone thinks the troll is made of stone.His long terraced fingers rest inanimate and no breath shoots from between his closed lips. His body is grey and ever-locked in a soulful expression of grief, lost in thought. Encapsulated in one grand silver eye, his wandering expression gazes over the hill, seemingly through the bridge, seemingly […]

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Finally… Finished…

View me larger! Click me! Then you’ll understand! I am about to fall on my face out of sheer exhaustion… my eyes have dried out from staring at the computer screen for so long…Today was my foray into panography (thank you, Photojojo, for introducing me to another really cool technique!), which is where you take […]

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Experimenting with Light Painting

Today was all about the photography (or, at least, mostly about the photography).Josh and I went hardware searching for remotes for our cameras – we went to 6 different stores, but they were either out of stock or it cost too much, so we finally ordered online. All that work… But, we did have the […]

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