My Writing Project, Bold in Love, a somewhat dysfunctional Bonnie and Clyde adaptation, was heavily influenced by music. Growing up, I was constantly listening to a wide variety of musicians and flipping through an extensive collection of books, and I quickly learnt that similarly to stories, songs held an element of individuality to each person listening; a love song could easily be interpreted into a song about heartbreak, and a sad blues tune could make others joyful. With this knowledge and imaginative control with access to millions of songs, I began writing what would become Bold in Love. Songs such as “Sleep on the Floor” (2016) by band The Lumineers and countless John Mayer records profoundly influenced my writing. The lyrics:
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I wanted to accurately portray the human mind, and how it cannot stay focused on one topic without remembering others. Her flashes from the past to the present were crafted to capture the state of shock she is in, as well as contributing to her back-story to help the reader understand the context and feel suspense.
The first piece of work in my suite of poetry, Love on the Weekend, explores the feeling of dread and confusion and the anxiety of late menstruation and not ready to have a child, and then contrasts this situation to being in a relationship and ready to have a child. I wanted to portray my take on the Western World’s view on sex, which I expressed through ‘free-spirited’ imagery and a ‘yearning for instant gratification’ tone. I believe that the best words are the ones left unsaid, and I duly feel that poetry reads best when it is hinting to elements of the meaning but not quite giving it all …show more content…
Being tormented relentlessly by the many expectations of love and romance from a young age, my thirteen-year-old self set off on an unrealistic adventure; to be the girl that was always shown in the films, an idealised archetype of a women. In short, I aimed to be a girl with little substance, frighteningly thin and constantly attached to the hip of a boy, and I believe these desires are portrayed in Letters to Lost Lovers. This piece explores the consistency of the heartbreaks I have gone through, and the ironic understanding developed by being in love, or lust, as a young girl in the 21st century. Influenced by many poems submitted onto the online blog, The Messy Heads, I strayed from my comfort zone and was brutally honest in my writing, showcasing not the images I had once told others but those that were in fact painfully
“Pack …show more content…
I wanted to accurately portray the human mind, and how it cannot stay focused on one topic without remembering others. Her flashes from the past to the present were crafted to capture the state of shock she is in, as well as contributing to her back-story to help the reader understand the context and feel suspense.
The first piece of work in my suite of poetry, Love on the Weekend, explores the feeling of dread and confusion and the anxiety of late menstruation and not ready to have a child, and then contrasts this situation to being in a relationship and ready to have a child. I wanted to portray my take on the Western World’s view on sex, which I expressed through ‘free-spirited’ imagery and a ‘yearning for instant gratification’ tone. I believe that the best words are the ones left unsaid, and I duly feel that poetry reads best when it is hinting to elements of the meaning but not quite giving it all …show more content…
Being tormented relentlessly by the many expectations of love and romance from a young age, my thirteen-year-old self set off on an unrealistic adventure; to be the girl that was always shown in the films, an idealised archetype of a women. In short, I aimed to be a girl with little substance, frighteningly thin and constantly attached to the hip of a boy, and I believe these desires are portrayed in Letters to Lost Lovers. This piece explores the consistency of the heartbreaks I have gone through, and the ironic understanding developed by being in love, or lust, as a young girl in the 21st century. Influenced by many poems submitted onto the online blog, The Messy Heads, I strayed from my comfort zone and was brutally honest in my writing, showcasing not the images I had once told others but those that were in fact painfully