I love this song for so many reasons. But that one line in the chorus“Everything that kills me makes me feel alive…”,that knocked something over in me internally and got my attention. It hooked me hard, the rest of the lyrics just kept pulling me in deeper. When you think of the...
Love stories make up a popular genre in and of themselves, the romance genre, but they are also at the heart of many of the most well-regarded stories in history, including Homer'sIliad, Ernest Hemingway'sThe Sun Also Rises, and also more recent, prize winning novels likeAll the Light ...
You’ll hear relatable statements about love, romance, or heartbreak in many hooks. Other song hooks are humourous and might even use a punch line. Many hooks are memorable because they use melodic syllables that even easier to sing than words, or they cleverly rhyme. Some song hooks might ...
*I wrote a poetry book through this challenge I found online (the fee was low and I didn’t do any add ons) and it’s being published and will be out later this year- I think sometime this spring. I will keep you posted on the release of that on my instagram. I’m really exci...
of people that brings a spotlight right on the two of you. Which I didn’t want. I wanted to stand still and hear a man who sings the way I feel. He likes the heartbreak songs, he likes the songs where the boy doesn’t get the girl, and ...
She smoked since her teens, enjoying each inhale, so this grave news wasn’t a surprise. But she was young, fifty-nine, with so much love to give. Yet, she was elated with the special news her son and daughter-in-law shared today. A grandma for the first time. How lovely. But ...
All of which is to say that everything was incredibly normal. That normalcy is part of the heartbreak of that day in my mind. The monitor flickered and very suddenly we were being subjected to the live footage*** of the earthmen coming. The government had clearly taken over all monitors...
A great example of how to tell a story that spans 30 years and how to effectively blend humor with heartbreak. 5. Rain Man (1988). A character-driven movie that focuses primarily on the unique relationship between estranged brothers, one of whom is an autistic savant. 6. Schindler’s ...
Miami Museum Opens a New Exhibit That Examines a Century of Swimwear and Its Connection to Florida Just in time for bathing suit season, the HistoryMiami Museum is opening a new exhibit that examines the relationship between the evolution of swimwear and the...
1. La La Land – I know this movie is divisive, but it’s been a few years since I loved a movie as much as I loved La La Land. The visuals, the score, the heartbreak, I loved all of it. Thanks for reading and let me know your top movies!