PinnedPublished inWriting 150 Spring 2021To Live Vicariously (WP3)My mom raised me under the wing of stories. Reading was a nightly tradition for us: up until early middle school, she’d read me…Apr 12, 2021Apr 12, 2021
PinnedPublished inWriting 150 Spring 2021WP2: The StorytellerInitially, I was hesitant to archive video games, of all things, in preparation for an intellectual autobiography. The concept felt taboo…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
Published inWriting 150 Spring 2021To Abandon Writing with Force (WP4)I have mastered the art of the argumentative essay. Twelve grueling years of public school pummeled the structure and format into my brain…May 8, 2021May 8, 2021
Post IX: Creating Anxiety (Celeste’s Soundtrack P2)NOTE: This is part two of a connected post series about musical storytelling and emotional weight in Celeste. If you would like to read…Apr 28, 2021Apr 28, 2021
Post VIII: Motivational Motifs (Celeste’s Soundtrack P1)I briefly touched upon the depth of Celeste’s soundtrack in the first minute of my podcast, The Beginning, in my WP2 (linked here), but I…Apr 28, 2021Apr 28, 2021
Post VII: Learning from “Learning from Tea”NOTE: This is a direct response to Rishi’s post, linked here.Apr 28, 2021Apr 28, 2021
Published inWriting 150 Spring 2021Post VI: Grief and Nothingness in “Nomadland”I watched Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland a couple weeks ago and was surprised by the movie’s structure: there was a noticeably strange lack of…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Post V: Deflective ComedyWhile listening to Soloman Georgio’s comedy album “Homon*gro Superior,” I found myself surprised at how mentally tense I was. Not at the…Apr 17, 2021Apr 17, 2021
Published inWriting 150 Spring 2021Post IV: Undertale, an Anti-Oppressive Game (Train of Thought from “How Should Games Teach”)While reading fellow classmate and publicist Rishi Basu’s post about the distinction between oppressive video games and humanizing ones…Apr 7, 20211Apr 7, 20211
Published inwp2: the storytellerThe Ending: Exploring Expectation and Tragedy in Ori and the Will of the Wisps[SPOILERS for Ori and the Will of the Wisps]Mar 13, 2021Mar 13, 2021
