By Nicole R. Pramik “In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman rises toward her day after day,” Sylvia Plath once mused in her poem “Mirror,” as she describes the power of the looking glass. But mirrors are not the only things that can manipulate our perception of physical […]
By Brad Wise We were three days into our 25-day film shoot for a movie I wrote and directed called A Strange Brand of Happy. Things already felt like they were spinning out of control. Making movies is terrifically hard work. Not as hard as coal mining, I’m sure. But the days on set are […]
By Kathy Bruins “You have cancer,” my doctor told me on September 11, 2009. My “911” event began. Just like on September 11, 2001 and the sorrow I felt for our country, darkness surrounded me on this September 11 also and I couldn’t see clearly. I felt the ugliness inside of being diseased. Like many […]
By Bryan K Brigham Tragedy, suffering, and pain come to each of us eventually. If you or someone you love is suffering right now, I’m not going to pretend I understand what your life is like. I’m not going to quote a celebrity or act as if everything will be all right. Your tragedy is […]
By Jennifer Avery In my mind I can very clearly remember the days all throughout school when the teacher would make the one request that I hated the most—to work in groups. Most of the time we were given multiple-choice worksheets and were asked to complete them within the class period. Each student would take […]
