A Reflection on “Last Moments”: Finding Enjoyment in Everyday Life

Senior Joshua Lee (’24) reflects on appreciating last moments and how a future orientation can cause us to miss the joys of everyday. “The promise of a reinvented self–immune to current faults, problems, and worries–makes the future an incredibly beckoning thought. However, a life geared toward it becomes an unquenchable thirst, never to be satisfied.”

A Work in Progress…

Spoons Stovall (’24) shares an excerpt from their writer’s journal. Set in a world akin to D & D, this piece was an experiment that turned into something far grander than they has originally intended it to be. They liked it so much, they decided to share it here. Enjoy and be inspired to create your own experiments!

The power of angry scribbles

Gia Falcicchio-Wall (’24) describes how how our “angry scribbles” can impact our emotional health and well-being. “Those emotion-led shapes finally let me get everything that’s been eating me alive out of my head.”

Nebula

Sean Weathers (’23) shares a poem and describes his unique creative process. “…I learned a lot about myself and how I express creativity as someone with ADHD and how I work with it, instead of against it.”

Write It Out

Dylan Schueler (’23) writes about the ways that writing and self-expression can support our mental health.