Getty Images Sharing another piece from my writing class with the Writers Studio Amsterdam. The technique used in the poem was modeled off of Font by Linda Gregerson. The content was inspired by the heartbreaking events at…
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Failures of Kindness
George Saunders put it best when he said: “What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.” It’s something that springs to mind often for me — all the times I let my reticence or my…
This idea of purpose
It’s easy to let the days blend together. Each one washing in and out, each one erasing the last. Life becoming a diffuse sky of endless gray until you turn around and realize how far…
My (un)glamorous life
The other day I had the grand idea of writing about “the glamour of everyday life”. Inspired by a positively miraculous sunset that blazed through the Amsterdam skies, it seemed like a good idea. If…
Explaining yourself for the verbally stilted
Explain yourself. It’s something we are required to do often. In job interviews, on websites, at “networking events” or when simply meeting a friend of a friend. There’s nothing wrong with it, we all crave context,…