Week 3 A3

A Student Response From:ErThis piece reflects how we experience what we witness around us, from our relationship to nature, to what we are feeling in our soul when there is a disconnect from that outer layer. Next Student Reply

Week 3 A2

A Student Response From:PatrickFrom the urge to protect others (a hummingbird’s nest), to doubting one’s ability to succeed, to changing a wanting mindset to a having one; these all depend on how one dedicates their effort and energy towards the pursuit of one’s own endeavors. That is my takeaway from this week’s prompt. A Last Note:  In terms of interesting …

Week 3 A1

A Student Response From:QuinnThe birds appreciate being considered. Even though you did, others might not. I think about how much or how little our actions make a difference. Your actions made a difference in the lives of those birds. Even though some might see it as insignificant, I don’t. Of course it’s significant. Whether or not motherhood enhances this significance, …

Week 2 D4

A Student Response From:ChristopherWhen I can be a question without an answer, I will be free. Yet, I long for the security of diminishing the unknown with cutting descriptions that make the question of being easier to manage. And I tell myself I want to be free. Extricating myself from comforts’ soft grasp doesn’t seem to get easier, it’s always …

Week 2 D3

A Student Response From:MeganSometimes everything around you can feel like a lot and can feel like it is holding you down. so I created this piece to kind of represent that. Next Student Reply

Week 2 D2

A Student Response From:SophiaHow much of identity is dictated by appearance? Next Student Reply

Week 2 D1

A Student Response From:Er CaseThis is an audio response. Listen to it here:Next Student Reply

Week 2 C4

A Student Response From:Baahozohnii With color, with size, with detail…. the painter gives us a sense of depth. I think this applies to more than just paintings. In terms of human beings, our own uniqueness and personalities bring color into our worlds. As well as bringing color into ourselves. I remember reading somewhere that, no matter how hard we try, …

Week 2 C3

A Student Response From:AubreyI often think about how complicated we have made the world on more than just a surface level. We didn’t just create arbitrary systems that make life more complex like governments and money, but we made systems that are used to control the way that we think about ourselves and those around us. On some level, the …

Week 2 C2

A Student Response From:YamileI think you’re absolutely right about ownership. I believe that we weren’t put into the earth to belong to someone or something and let it control every aspect of our lives and it absolutely baffles me that we are forced to live by societal rules, which are essentially not real. Who are they to tell us who …