“With Martyn, I hold forth some of the philosophies I’ve been honing since beginning my travels in Ireland almost two years ago, about universal health care and the travel practices of American youth, about my country and the way I was indoctrinated to believe that America was number one in everything, but actually people in other countries have what we have–and sometimes better–about my obligations as a daughter, about the ways that I have put my faith in all the wrong things and now I am hopelessly lost but at the same time realizing that’s okay so maybe that means I’m not lost at all, just searching.”
― Rachel Friedman
There are only four seasons in the year, fall, winter, spring and summer. Yet the weather changes and the months collide together bringing in an endless mesh of days becoming weeks, becoming months, becoming years. Then the next thing you know its December 31st and you’re ringing in a new year yet again wondering how […]
Anxiety is something that I have become accustomed to. Ever since I was born I feel that my body has been riddled with anxious thoughts. From childhood the idea of sleeping over at a friends house would slowing drive me mad. It would start the morning of, the uneasy feeling deep within my stomach, the […]
Staring at the keyboard in front of me I see random letters, all piled up together without ever making sense. I see nothing more than those black squares with white lines, but then something happens. As I sit staring at those little black squares my hands being to move, my brain begins to think, words […]
Recently, I have become more focused on becoming healthier not just physically but mentally as well. Mental health and meditation, used to be known to me as an old wives tale, something that you believed because your parents said so, but it wasn’t actually true. But, mental health is becoming more and more prominent as […]
The letters that are stuck together placed on a stock white piece of paper, the words that spell out messages. These letters form words that do so much more than describe a thought to someone. They are meant to invoke a sense of feeling within the reader. The size and legibility of the type faces […]
When living in modern society, things change constantly. Whether it be technology, the shaping of our culture, the change in businesses or the way that the ideals of society are turning to crap. Things change within the world and sometimes not for the better. In todays society people don’t want to work, they want something […]
Thrift stores, a place full of mix matched items, passed down relics from generations, stories filling every inch of the building. It may seem like a store full of second hand items but it’s a place that hold so many memories from all over. Have you ever just walked around a thrift store, looking at […]
Have you ever sat in a crowded room or on a crowded train and just sat and watched. I do it all the time. Everyone is so focused on their phones or listening to music that they never look around. They’re missing out on some pretty incredible things and some really awesome people. I take […]
A new book is placed within your hands, imagine the leather covers and bound spine, the paper pages that have never been turned, the never ending possibilities of what words lie within those two leather covers. When opening a book, there is a sense of sophistication and pride, The sound of the spine snapping back […]