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1972 South Korea. Black hair and almond eyes and parted lips; impatience intertwined with red blood. It is quiet and you are crying: a baby swaddled in fragmented memories and a mother’s tears. The air is smoky, sweet, sea-foam blue and pearly pink. An attempt to speak leads to a
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Mei Huang meets August Claremont in the spring, when the air smells of rotten honeysuckles and mist. A chill rattles her bones even through her cardigan — a sure, swift wind that jostles her gait and forces her hands into thin denim pockets. Mei’s breath comes in sharp bursts: clouds
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We are full of things which propel us outwards. Our instinct leads us to believe we must seek our happiness outside ourselves. — Blaise Pascal, Pensées and Other Writings “Time is money.” “A race against time.” “Time flies…” In today’s time-obsessed culture where our lives are dictated by calendars,
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I’ve always been fearful of change although it’s the only constant in life. I always knew this, so why did I expect college to be any different?
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Upon reaching my bathroom on Thursday, I realized that the tube was now a wrinkled shell. The toothpaste was finished and I almost burst into tears.
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Recently, my friend told me about his new decision to stop saying “no” to things. I found that he had begun throwing himself into every new situation.
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Some days stretch on forever, losing all meaning of conventional time.
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We cannot proceed as though time is linear, as though our reputations are the only things at stake, as though the past is a dusty relic.
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The mélange of students coming and going produces a sense of departure, if not from the area, then from the normalcy and comfort of routine.
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Many people use technology to socialize, to navigate, to date. Look up, and you’ll see that this technology is relied on for much of what we do these days.
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