“Once the quietness arrived, it stayed and spread in Estha. It reached out of his head and enfolded him in its swampy arms...sent its stealthy, suckered tentacles inching along the insides of his skull, hoover
Think of creative ways to show what’s beneath the surface of a character’s face. For example, describe a character’s smile as “a crack in a wall,” suggesting that their friendliness is fragile or forced. Or, instead of saying someone has a “sharp gaze,” you might write: “Her...
"Deafening silence": This phrase is used to describe a profound or intense quietness, often found in literature to emphasise the weight of an absence of sound. Example: In "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, the silence in Juliet’s tomb is described as deafening. "Bitter sweet": Th...
Purusha is a Sanskrit word used to describe consciousness, also known as the seer, the witness, and the one that is watching the world unfold. Each person has, at the root of their being, a pure consciousness (purusha) with which to observe the world. When anxiety hits, we think that ...
Hi I’m Ben and I’m 15 but i will sometimes make eye contact with a sad kid or angry or sacred but then i will feel this emotion that i don’t know how to describe its like half of me is that said emotion and the other is me and i feel normal but the other half is going...
Meltdown, or breakdown, is an English term that was once used to encompass manymental illnesses. Nowadays it is used to describe a period of intense mental distress that leaves sufferers unable to function ineveryday life. Compared to our grandparents, we live a stressful daily life. A melt...
This is just one thing I learned from chess. In another post I will describe more. But for now, whenever you have to make a complicated decision, take a step back and see if you can think the way a grandmaster of life would think. ...
Controlling/Manipulative– Using all sorts of behaviors to control or manipulate people will lead to defensive behavior. No one likes to feel like they are being used by someone else. Guarded/Withholding Information– When people feel like they are being left in the dark or purposely excluded fro...
Colors that are across from each other on the color wheel, like yellow-violet, green-red and blue-orange. Usecomplementary colorsto neutralize some colors that don’t describe the center of interest. The saturation or intensity of a very bright drawing can be easily controlled by applying a ...
How would you describe where you are in life right now? I'm really in the life part of my life, if that makes sense. I feel like this part of my life has a lot to do with, like, my nine-year-old self. And my nine-year-old self is getting to exist in a way that she ...